Viona Wijaya is a PhD student at the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet), Australian National University, and an Australia Awards Scholar. Her research examines regulatory governance in Indonesia, focusing on how bureaucrats understand, interpret, and implement better regulation ideas and what shapes these processes. Through her research, she explores how global regulatory ideas are translated into practice within Indonesia's political and administrative context.

Before commencing her doctoral studies, Viona spent more than a decade working at Indonesia's Ministry of Law and Human Rights, where she served as a legal analyst and later as a senior legal analyst. Her work involved analysing and evaluating national legislation, supporting regulatory reform initiatives, and assisting ministries and government agencies in implementing regulatory reforms. She also taught and facilitated training programs on legal and regulatory evaluation for government officials. Her policy experience spans issues including national security, criminal law, drug policy, law enforcement cooperation, and law development strategy.

Viona holds a Bachelor of Laws from Universitas Padjadjaran and a Master of Laws in Public Law from the Australian National University. Throughout her career, she has been driven by a commitment to improving the quality of laws and regulations in Indonesia and strengthening evidence-informed policymaking. Her broader research interests include regulatory governance, regulatory reform, institutional change, law and society, and comparative approaches to governance reform.