Adi Setiawan is a historian-by-training with a passion for teaching and research. 

He completed his Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) in History Education at Universitas Tadulako and recently obtained his M.A. in History at Gadjah Mada University (UGM), with a thesis entitled "Behind the Destruction of Ebony Forest: The extraction of blackwood in Central Sulawesi throughout the 20th Century". His research interests span the history of politics, ecology, and the environment in Indonesia.