Dr. Thamrin Amal Tomagola is a sociologist from the University of Indonesia. He studied at several universities, including Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Politics, Universitas Indonesia (1974), National University of Australia (M.A. in social demographics, 1982), and the University of Essex, United Kingdom (Ph.D. in media sociology, 1990). He is also an active member of the Indonesian academy of science.