Yuda is Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Development & Welfare, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Indonesia and concurrently R&D Director of Wiralembaga Indonesia Policy Consultant Ltd. He is currently on official leave until 2024 to pursue a PhD studies in the Department of Sociology & Social Policy, Lingnan University, Hong Kong SAR.
His areas of research expertise are in policies and politics of welfare state and social innovation with reference to Indonesia and Democratic Middle-Income Countries (DMICs). The range of his publications includes papers inSocial Policy & Administration[1,2, 3], Social Policy & Society [Cambridge University Press, 1,2], International Journal of Social Welfare[1], International Social Work [1],Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy [Cambridge University Press,1], Public Administration & Development [1], Political Studies Review [1]and others.