Education and Position
Education:
• Professor in Political Science, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia, December 2008
• Ph.D. in Political Science, Flinders University, Australia, 1997.
Dissertation on “Testing the System and Expanding the Boundaries: Political Participation at the Local Level in Indonesia Under Suharto’s Authoritarian Government”.
• M.Soc.Sc. in Development Administration, Birmingham University, UK, 1990.
Thesis on “Decentralization in Indonesia Under New Order Government”.
• Drs. in Government Study, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia, 1985.
Thesis on “Voting Behaviour in National Election in Indonesia”.
Expertises:
• Decentralization
• Local Government Finance
• Public Policy
• Bureaucracy
• Legislation
• Regional Politics
Some Working Experiences:
• Dean of Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. (2008-now).
• Moderator for Final Presidential Debate, in Indonesia, held by Commission of General Election and broadcasted by all national TV station in Indonesia, July 2009.
• Lecturer at Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. (1986-now).
• Chief Manager of Postgraduate Program on Local Politics and Regional Autonomy, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta Indonesia (2003-2008).
• Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2001-2004).
• Member of Expert Team for Ministry of Home Affairs, Republic of Indonesia.
• Member of Academic Board for the cooperation between Universitas Gadjah Mada and Agder University College, Kristiansen, Norway (1998-2003).
• Indonesian Counterpart for the cooperation between Universitas Gadjah Mada and National University of Singapore and some other Universities in Asia and Australia (2001-2008).
• Manager for the cooperation between Postgraduate Program on Local Politics and Regional Autonomy Universitas Gadjah Mada and the Department of Asian Studies, Flinders University of South Australia (2003).
• Indonesian Counterpart for the cooperation between Institute Development Studies, Brighton, UK; Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India; Lahore University of Management Science, Pakistan, and Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia (2004-2006).
• Manager for the cooperation between the Faculty of Social and Political Science Universitas Gadjah Mada with the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Carribean Studies/ the Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal, Land, en Volkenkunde (KITLV, Leiden) (2007-2011).
• Permanent Indonesian Counterpart for Asia Barometer, Tokyo University and Chuo University, Japan. (2004-2009)
• Board for the cooperation between Center for East and South East Asian Sosial Studies (CESSAS) Universitas Gadjah Mada with Oslo University, Norway and Colombo University, Sri Lanka (2007-2009)
Involvements in Governance Reform in Indonesia:
• 2006-2007: Member of Expert Team on the Division of Law, Social-Politic, and Regional Autonomy, the Ministry of Home Affairs, Republic Indonesia.
• 2007-2009: Member of Expert Team the Conception of Implementation Regional Government, The Ministry of Home Affairs, Republic Indonesia
• 2007-2009: Member of The Council of Consideration of Regional Autonomy, The Ministry of Home Affairs, Republic Indonesia
• 2010-2012: Member of The Council of Consideration of Regional Autonomy, The Ministry of Home Affairs, Republic Indonesia