Malik is a lecturer at Paramadina Graduate School and adviser of Paramadina Public Policy Institute. He graduated with a bachelor degree in psychology from University of Indonesia, and under Fulbright Scholarship he continued his study at the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, the New School for Social Research, New York, USA, where he received his MA and PhD degrees. He led the development of Partnership Governance Index/PGI aka IGI and was member of the Expert Panel for Indonesia Democracy Index. Malik worked extensively as a researcher, consultant, trainer, and teacher with various government institutions, international agencies, and private sectors in Indonesia, USA, Egypt, and Senegal. Malik currently also serves as Senior Consultant at Kemitraan. He can be reached through gismar.am@gmail.com.