Mutiara Indriani is a PhD candidate and Australia Awards scholar at the School of Regulation and Global Governance, the Australian National University. Her study examines the political economy surrounding access to COVID-19 vaccines across Southeast Asian countries. After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in social sciences from Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan, she began her career at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, where she served in various divisions, including those under the sociocultural and political-security pillars. She holds a master of arts in international relations from Leiden University and a master of science from Uppsala University.