Background and experience
Diwangkara Bagus Nugraha is a PhD Research Fellow in International Business at the School of Business and Law, University of Agder (UiA), Norway. He is also a lecturer at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Indonesia, and is currently on study leave to pursue his doctoral studies.
He holds a Master's degree in Sustainability Management from the University of Agder and Universitas Gadjah Mada, as well as a Master's degree in Advanced Power System Engineering from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. His interdisciplinary educational background combines engineering, sustainability management, and business studies.
His doctoral research focuses on sustainability transitions and industrial decarbonization, particularly the socio-technical and institutional dynamics shaping the decarbonization of Indonesia's nickel industry. His work examines how interactions among industry actors, policymakers, and other stakeholders influence industrial decarbonization pathways, as well as the economic, regulatory, and technological factors that enable or constrain these transitions.
Alongside his doctoral studies, he works as a part-time researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). His broader research interests include sustainable business strategies, energy transitions, climate governance, and the political economy of industrial decarbonization.
Research
- Apriliyanti, I. D., Nugraha, D. B., & Overland, I. (2026). Explaining Indonesia's failed energy transition: Mapping power and support for decarbonization among government institutions and actors. Energy Research & Social Science, 135, 104675.
- Apriliyanti, I. D., & Nugraha, D. B. (2025). Burning coal in a cleaner way: Institutional fragmentation, power dynamics, and business influence in Indonesia's biomass co-firing imaginaries. Energy Research & Social Science, 121, 103949.
- Apriliyanti, I. D., Nugraha, D. B., Kristiansen, S., & Overland, I. (2024). To reform or not reform? Competing energy transition perspectives on Indonesia's monopoly electricity supplier Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN). Energy research & social science, 118, 103797.
- Ciptono, W. S., Angela, J., & Nugraha, D. B. (2024). THE MARRIAGE OF A REGENERATIVE BUSINESS MODEL, FINANCING, AND SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION TO TRANSFORM THE INDONESIAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION (PT PELNI). International Business Case Transitioning to a Regenerative Future, 1.