Hali Aprimadya's research explores the intersection between knowledge and institutions in public policy, with a particular focus on science and higher education governance. He is a sessional academic at the Crawford School of Public Policy and a research officer in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University. Hali is also affiliated with the Research Centre for Public Policy at Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN).

Hali completed his PhD in Public Policy at the Crawford School of Public Policy. His thesis explored the entanglement of ideas and institutions in Indonesia's higher education policies, offering an innovative perspective on policy implementation.

As an emerging policy scholar, Hali has begun building a strong academic track record. He recently published a journal article in Critical Policy Studies. He has contributed a chapter to the forthcoming book titled How to Conduct Interpretive Research: Insights for PhD Students and Early Career Researchers in the Social Sciences and co-authored a chapter in a forthcoming Elgar Handbook of Public Policy in Asia.