Yose Rizal Damuri is the Head of the Department of Economics, Centre for Strategic and International Studies. His research activities focus on international trade, regional integration and globalization of value chain. He received his PhD in International Economics from the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland.

He is active in many networks of research institutes in East Asia, such as in Asia Pacific Research Network on Trade (ARTNet) and ERIA Research Institute Network (ERIA-RIN) and Think 20, the think tank network of G20 countries. Currently he serves as the Co-Chair of Indonesia National Committee of Pacific Economic Cooperation (INCPEC), while also serving as a Member of Governing Board of Economic Research Institute of ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). Yose is also active in various policy forum in Indonesia, including as a founder of Indonesia Service Dialogue, a forum dedicated for the development of services sector in Indonesia, Indonesia Bureau of Economic Research (IBER).