Rimawan is a lecturer in Economics at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. He earned his PhD (Economics) and MSc (Economics) from the University of York, UK. His Sarjana or BA (Economics and Development Studies) is from Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. His research interests are in the following fields:

• Crime Economics
  
• Game Theory
  
• Experimental Economics
  
• Economic Evaluation
• Industrial Economics

He has been joining the Department since 1994 and his current appointment is a Deputy of Research in the Training and Research in Economics and Business (P2EB), Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada. His previous appointments include:

• Deputy of Database and Publication, Training and Research in Economics and Business (P2EB), Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada (July 2010-March 2011)
  
• Director, Centre for Database and Publication, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada (February 2009 - June 2010)
• Research Fellow at the Centre for Criminal Justice Economics and Psychology (CCJEP), University of York, UK (Aug 2003 - Dec 2007)
• Research Assistant at the CCJEP, University of York, UK (July 2002 - July 2003)
• Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland (Sept 2000 – June 2002),
  
• Moderator for distance learning, International Equine Institute, University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland (Jan 2001 – June 2002) and
  
• Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York, UK (Oct 1999 - Apr 2000 & Oct 2002 - Apr 2003).