Agustin Samosir works in Badan Pertanahan Nasional (Indonesian National Land Agency) as one of staff in Directorate of Community Empowerment, Division Government Institution Cooperation. Since 1997 he has been involved in Indonesian Land Administration Project; and Land Management and Policy Development Program funded by the World Bank, focusing on accelerating systematic land registration and developing national land policy. In 1998 – 2001 he was a Technical Auditor and member of working group of land resolution in the central National Land Agency. He graduated from Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta (1990) and got master degree from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, majoring in Land Administration (1997).