Associate Professor of sociology at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta. He also holds the position of Director of the Youth Studies Centre (YouSure). His research interests include youth studies, sociology of culture and sociology of knowledge. He has published his work in Journal of Youth Studies, Sociological Research Online, Asian Music, Crime Media Culture, Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies and Perfect Beat: The Asia-Pacific Journal of Research into Contemporary Music and Popular Culture.