Muhammad Bahrul Ulum is a PhD candidate at the School of Law, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) who worked in the NGO and university sectors. After working as an assistant public lawyer at the Legal Aid Institute (LBH) Surabaya, he spent several years as a university lecturer and one year as a legal drafter for the standard of norms and settings at Indonesia’s National Human Rights Commission. His PhD research investigates how the Indonesian government’s decision-making on agricultural land use can empower small-scale farmers to retain access to land resources for their livelihoods and assess to what extent its framework can realise the right to food. Muhammad delivered presentations at conferences held by the Indonesian Constitutional Court, University of Sydney, University of Indonesia, Vietnam National University, Chulalongkorn University, and National University of Singapore.