Riswandi (Ph.D., S.E., MA.) is listed as a member of the Division of Community Service and Application of Faith-and-Science (IMTAQ-IPTEK), Department of IMTAQ-IPTEK Development and Innovation, ICMI Aceh Regional Organisation 2026–2031. He is a lecturer in the Department of Development Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Syiah Kuala (USK). He studied accounting at USK, economics at Macquarie University (master's) and development economics at the Australian National University (PhD, 2017–2021), then held a J-PAL postdoctoral fellowship (2023–2024) on climate change, energy and the environment. Earlier he worked with the Aceh-Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency after the tsunami, consulted for the World Bank (2006) on Aceh's public spending, and advised the Aceh government (2010–2023) on education, poverty and disability rights. His research covers intergenerational poverty, human capital and the long-term effects of childhood exposure to the tsunami and malaria, including a 2024–2025 ANU Indonesia Project–SMERU grant study on climate change and the wellbeing of people with disabilities.