Yanuar Nugroho is an advisor to the Centre for Innovation Policy and Governance (CIPG) in Jakarta, Indonesia. He is also a Visiting Senior Fellow at ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore, and a Honorary Fellow at the University of Manchester, UK where he spent dozen of years teaching and researching. Yanuar is a Former Deputy Chief of Staff to the President of Indonesia, at the Executive Office of the President, 2015-2019. His academic and professional interest revolve around innovation, social change, knowledge dynamics, sustainability, and public policy.