Margareth Sembiring, PhD, is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies (NTS Centre), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her research focuses on environmental politics, climate governance, and low-carbon energy transitions in Southeast Asia.
Dr Sembiring holds a PhD in International Relations from Nanyang Technological University, a master’s degree in International Peace and Security from King’s College London as a recipient of the prestigious Chevening Scholarship, a master’s degree in Defence and Security Management from the Indonesian Defence University where she graduated top of her cohort, and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Singapore.
Her works have been featured in several edited volumes and prominent platforms, including the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Bureau of Asian Research, the East Asia Forum, the Straits Times, and the Jakarta Post. Most recently, she published “Critical Geopolitics of Global Environmental Norms: Exploring Indonesia’s Response to Climate Mitigation Agenda” in Geopolitics journal.
Dr Sembiring leads the Energy Research Cluster at RSIS. She formerly managed the Secretariat of the NTS-Asia Consortium, a network of think tanks and research organisations working on non-traditional security issues across the Asia-Pacific region.
