Ario Wicaksono adalah pengajar di Departemen Manajemen dan Kebijakan Publik (DMKP) FISIPOL UGM sejak 2009. Menyelesaikan studi program PhD dalam bidang ilmu politik dan studi kebijakan pada Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis (IGPA), Faculty of Business, Government and Law, The University of Canberra, Australia pada 2021. Saat ini menjabat sebagai Sekretaris Departemen MKP FISIPOL UGM periode 2021-2024. Minat penelitian pada isu transfer kebijakan, peran pakar dan kepakaran dalam proses kebijakan,  kebijakan pendidikan tinggi, serta studi organisasional di sektor publik. 

Ario Wicaksono has been an assistant professor at the Department of Public Policy and Management, Faculty of Social and Political Science, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia, since 2009. He completed his PhD in political science and policy studies at the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis - The University of Canberra, Australia. He has research interests in organisational studies, the role of expertise in the policy process and higher-education policy.