Burhanuddin Muhtadi is a Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University in Jakarta. In addition, he serves as a Visiting Senior Fellow at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. He is also an executive director of Indonesia's leading independent public opinion research institute, Indikator Politik Indonesia.

Burhanuddin received his PhD from the Department of Political and Social Change, Australian National University (ANU), working on money politics in Indonesia. He has published widely in leading peer-reviewed journals in both area studies and political science, including Journal of East Asian Studies, Asian Studies Review, Pacific Affairs, Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, Contemporary Southeast Asia, Asian Journal of Social Science, World Politics, Third World Quarterly, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Party Politics, Democratization, International Journal of Communication, and Electoral Studies.

His research interests include voting behavior, clientelism, public opinion, political Islam, and democracy. His current research centers on political representation in clientelistic democracies.

During his stay at FDDI, he will conduct research on “Elite Framing and Public Attitudes toward China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Indonesia: Evidence from a National Survey Experiment with Oversamples in BRI-Exposed Regions,” with a particular focus on how elite framing shapes Indonesian public attitudes toward China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

Burhanuddin Muhtadi will be a visiting scholar at Fudan Development Institute from September 7, 2026 to October 25, 2026.