I Wayan Budiasa was born in Northern Bali, Indonesia in 1970. He is an Associate Professor in Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment at Faculty of Agriculture, Udayana University after he earned his doctorate in agricultural economics from Gadjah Mada University under the SEAMEO-SEARCA Scholarship. He’s been teaching at Udayana University for more than 25 years. Now, he’s a Coordinator of Master Program of Agribusiness at Faculty of Agriculture Udayana University; Director of Bali Center for Sustainable Finance (BCSF) Udayana University; and Coordinator of Research Center for Sustainable Development (SDGs Center) at Research and Community Services Institute of Udayana University.  He leads research as a project leader for multiple topics including enabling policy of sustainable finance implementation; sustainable agriculture and agro-ecotourism; subak-based agricultural cooperative development; cost-benefit analyses of agricultural and agroindustry projects; and waste water treatment, irrigation and integrated water resources management. He is a member of the Indonesian Society of Agricultural Economics. He is also a member of the International Society for Southeast Asian Agricultural Sciences (ISSAAS). He has some experiences in national and international collaboration for research project implementation including with Financial Services Authority (OJK) Indonesia (2019-2020); Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan (2011-2016); Japan Institute of Irrigation and Drainage, Japan (2015-2016); Moscow State University, Russia (2013-2018); SEAMEO-SEARCA, Philippines (2018-2019); and Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) UNDP Indonesia (2018-2019).