He received his undergraduate degrees in Law and in Asian Studies (Indonesian) from the Australian National University, and his Master of Philosophy in Criminology and Criminal Justice and Doctor of Philosophy in Law degrees from the University of Oxford, where he was the Keith Murray Graduate Scholar at Lincoln College. Daniel has published on crime and punishment in a number of Southeast Asian jurisdictions, including Indonesia. His first monograph, entitled ‘Last Chance for Clemency: Clemency in Southeast Asian Death Penalty Cases’ is forthcoming with Oxford University Press.