Warih Aji Pamungkas (Aji) is the Green Energy Policy Coordinator at the Institute for Essential Service Reform (IESR). Aji is responsible for assisting the Program Manager of Green Energy Transition Indonesia (GETI) in accelerating policy reforms to enable energy transition and green hydrogen. Prior to joining IESR, he worked as a Global Geothermal Alliance (GGA) officer at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and as an ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation (APAEC) officer at the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE). Aji has a strong interest and experience in energy transition policy, community renewable energy, and data-driven policy modeling.

Aji holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics from Gadjah Mada University (UGM) with a focus on renewable energy and a master’s degree in Engineering and Policy Analysis from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), the Netherlands, with a specialization in energy policy and market at the Technical University of Munich (TU Munich), Germany, under the Erasmus+ program. During his studies, Aji was actively involved in various research centers, including the Integrated Smart and Green Building Research Centre (InSGreeB) at UGM, the Politics and Government Research Centre (PolGov) at UGM, the Urban Energy Institute (UEI) at TU Delft, and the Indonesia Regional Energy Transition at TU Delft.

Outside of his professional work, Aji invested his time on art-related subjects, particularly in literature, theater, and photography. He has won several national poetry competitions and has been appointed as an actor and director in various theater groups in Yogyakarta. In fact, his professional endeavour of bridging the gap between the realms of technology and socio-policy is intertwined with his passion for science fiction literature. He believes that if science fiction authors such as Isaac Asimov and Michael Crichton were able to vividly imagine the development of technology and its impact on civilization decades ago, policymakers with a direct responsibility for the society should also be capable of doing so.