Graduated from Syracuse University over 30 years ago, Paulina Pannen writes and speaks in various scholarly forums, and has had a tenure as director of SEAMEO SEAMOLEC, Vice-Rector at USBI, Dean of Faculty of Education at Universitas Terbuka, chairman of task forces on higher education quality development and improvement programs under DGHE, development of Indonesian MOOCs and e-learning, distance education, Senior Adviser on Academics to the MORTHE until 2019, Interim Director for Innovation System and Secretary to the Consortium of Research and Innovation for Covid-19 at MORT/NARI until 2020. Currently, she chairs the ICE Institute under Universitas Terbuka.