Selected Publication

English Pieces on Democracy (International)

• The Illusion of Media Decentralization in Indonesia’s 2024 Election, Keseb Outlook Magazine, May 2025
• Do ideas matter in an election?, January 2024
• Curing Indonesia’s collective amnesia, January 2024
• A recipe for system change, February 2024
• In search of a wise king, March 2024

Think Policy (Principal/CEO)

• An Evaluation of Indonesia’s Democracy using an Ecosystem Approach, 2025 (upcoming)
• Indonesia in Transition: A Critical Overview of the Country’s Climate Policy and Governance Framework Post-2024 Election, with GIZ, March 2025
• The Pandemic Playbook: Bunga Rampai Studi terkait Kebijakan COVID-19, 2019
• Think Policy Handbook: Seni Memahami Kebijakan Publik untuk Pemula, 2019

World Bank (Environmental Economist)

• Indonesia Country Climate and Development Report (team member), Apr 2023
• Oceans for Prosperity: Reforms for a Blue Economy in Indonesia, Mar 2021
• Minimizing Externalities from Post-Crisis Economic Recovery Policies (Box), Indonesia Economic Prospects, Jul 2020
• Indonesia Public Expenditure Review: Spending for Better Results, Jun 2020
• Indonesia Systematic Country Diagnostics Update, Jun 2020
• Economic Damage and Loss Assessment from 2019 Forest and Land Fires (Box), Indonesia Economic Quarterly, Dec 2019
• Effects of Plastic Pollution in Indonesia (Box), Indonesia Economic Quarterly, Dec 2018
• Oceans of Opportunity: Reforms for a Sustainable Blue Economy in Indonesia, Indonesia Economic Quarterly, Jun 2019

World Resources Institute (Climate Program Lead)

• Looking Past the Horizon: the Case for Indonesia’s Long Term Strategy for Climate Action, Working Paper, March 2020
• How Can Indonesia Achieve Its Climate Change Mitigation Goal? An Analysis of Potential Emissions Reductions from Energy and Land-Use Policies, Working Paper, October 2017
• 6 Things You Never Knew About Indonesia’s Emissions and Local Climate Action, Blogpost, June 6th, 2016
• Indonesia to Enter New Climate Chapter as Paris Agreement Is Signed, Blogpost, April 22nd, 2016
• Indonesian Climate Policy and Data in CAIT Indonesia Climate Data Explorer, Technical Note, 2016
• Details of Indonesia’s Climate Plan Remain Hazy, Blogpost, September 24th, 2015
• 4 Ways GIS Mapping Can Empower Forest Communities in Indonesia, Blogpost, May 1st, 2014
• Building National Forest and Land-Use Information Systems: Lessons from Cameroon, Indonesia, and Peru, Working Paper, 2014

Harvard Kennedy School (Master In Public Policy)

• Advancing Indonesia from the Margins: Implementing Public Sector Strategic Management to Maximize the Impact of Village Funds, Capstone Policy Analysis/Master Thesis, May 2018
• Why Democracy Is Worth Promoting, Class Memo, April 15th, 2017

Op-Eds/Columns Part II (grad student on democracy and identity politics)

• The U.S. Election, Jakarta Protests, and Identity Politics, Rappler, November 7th, 2016
• What They Don’t Talk About When They Talk About Papua, Rappler, October 26th, 2016
• Why Indonesia Must Not Back Down From Paris Agreement Despite Trump Presidency, The Jakarta Globe, December 22, 2016
• Trump’s Triumph and the Case for Democracy, The Jakarta Globe, November 15th, 2016
• New Climate Chapter for Indonesia, The Jakarta Post, April 29th, 2016
• Dicari: Bahasa untuk Kesadaran Baru Kelompok Mayoritas di Indonesia, The Magdalene, June 6th, 2017
• We should all be a minority, at least temporarily, The Magdalene, January 20th, 2017
• Healing Indonesia’s historical amnesia: Lessons from Germany, Rappler, October 4, 2017

Op-Eds/Columns Part I (undergrad student/fresh graduate)

• A World without States, UNESCO GOI Peace Foundation, 2012
• Generation (Un)screwed, The Jakarta Globe, 2012
• The Overlooked Gap Between Journalism and Plagiarism, The Jakarta Globe, 2012
• Pilkada Tidak Langsung vs. Demokrasi Asli Indonesia, Berita Satu, 2014
• Kampus Netral atau Kampus Apolitis?, Selasar, April 20th, 2014
• Governance, Forests, and Instagram: How Youth Can Put the Pieces Together, CIFOR Forests Asia Summit Blog, 2014
• Religions Back Green Movement, The Jakarta Post, September 4th, 2015