Dias Prasongko works as a researcher at the Research Centre for Politics and Government (PolGov), Department of Politics and Government, Faculty of Social and Political Science, Universitas Gadjah Mada. He received a Bachelor of Politics and Government from Universitas Gadjah Mada and wrote undergraduate thesis about democracy and discourse analysis. Before joining as a researcher at PolGov, he has worked as a journalist in TEMPO Media Group. Aside from that, he is also a copyeditor for some books. He is interested in democracy discourse, natural resource governance, water governance, climate and environmental policy and urban studies.