Dr. Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti spent most of her life active in research and has dedicated her work on redesigning LIPI's program, which aims to not only develop scientific knowledge, but also provide solutions. Beside that, she is a researcher with focus on ASEAN regional and sub-regional issues, particularly in terms of forced migration. She holds a Master of Arts on International Migration on Geography and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide - South Australia and she received her PhD from the Department of Criminology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Indonesia, focusing on the migrant smuggling.