Iwa Maulana is a Senior Researcher at the Center for Detention Studies, a non-governmental research organization based in Jakarta, Indonesia, that focuses on prison and criminal justice reform, as well as preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) within the correctional system. At the Center for Detention Studies, Iwa manages and conducts research projects related to security and intelligence in prisons, the rehabilitation and reintegration of terrorist inmates, and the sentencing of terrorist offenders. He was the lead researcher in developing the Indonesian Terrorism Cases Database, which was officially launched in 2021.
In addition to his research work, Iwa has served as an expert for international organizations, including the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) under the U.S. Department of Justice and the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center, as well as local NGOs and the Indonesian National Counter Terrorism Agency. On some occasions, he has also taught courses in criminology and counter-terrorism as a guest lecturer at several universities in Indonesia.
