Ratri Istania, Ph.D
Senior Researcher
Profile
Ratri Istanania, Ph.D is a senior researcher at the Populi Center. Aside from being a senior researcher, Ratri works as a permanent lecturer at the STIA LAN Jakarta Polytechnic. His love for local politics has brought him to deal with issues of territorial politics and ethnic/identity conflicts. Outside of local government politics, Ratri pays great attention to the politics of the United States, Southeast Asia and women's politics.
Study Interests:
Territorial politics and ethnic/identity conflicts
Education
- Ph.D, Loyola University, Department of Political Science, 2019
- M.Sc, Ohio University, Department of Political Science, 2006
- S.IP, Padjadjaran University, Government Science, 1999
Publications
| 2025 | “25 Years of Indonesia Decentralization.” Co-editor bersama Populi Senior Researcher, Testriono, dan Populi Fellow, Santi Dharmastuti. |
| 2024 | Policy Brief tentang 3 isu perempuan (Kepemimpinan Perempuan, Pekerja Perempuan, dan Perempuan dan Lingkungan) bersama Hartanto Rosojati dan Aulia Rahmawati, sebagai bagian dari tim advokasi kebijakan RPJMN/Renstra K/L INKLUSI/MITRA INKLUSI/RemDec. |
| 2024 | “Kepemimpinan Perempuan Desa.” Penulis utama bersama Aulia Rahmawati, The Conversation Indonesia. |
| 2024 | “AK Kekuatan Pengecek.” The Conversation Indonesia. |
| 2024 | “Authoritarian Nostalgia and Democratic Decline in Contemporary Indonesia”, Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs (GIGA). Penulis kedua bersama Ehito Kimura, Afrimadona, Rafif P. Imawan, dan DimasRamadhan |
| 2023 | “Memaknai Kebijakan Berorientasi Manusia: Sepuluh Pembelajaran Berhargarsama Aulia Rahmawati (10 Desember 2023). |
| 2023 | “Meretas Jalan Perbaikan Kondisi Ketenagakerjaan Di Tengah Turbulensi Global: Jejak Ikhtiar Grup Ketenagakerjaan Presidensi G20 Indonesia”, Editor Utama, Jakarta: Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia. |
| 2023 | Territorial Change and Conflict in Indonesia: Confronting the Fear of Secession, London, UK: Routledge. |
| 2022 | Territorial Change and Conflict in Indonesia: Confronting the Fear of Secession,” London, New York: Routledge, 2022 (book manuscript). |
| 2022 | The Struggling Aristocrats? Noble Families’ Diminishing Roles After Regional Splitting in Toraja, Southeast Asian Studies. |
| 2021 | How Do Ethnic Groups Compete for a New Province in a Decentralised Indonesia, Asian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 29, Issue 5. |
| 2020 | “When a Major Breaks the Gender Stereotypes: A Study of Tri Rismaharini Political Campaign Coverage,” manuscript submitted to Contemporary Southeast Asia Journal, first author, co-authorship with Faza Dhora Nailufar, MA, and Dr. Twyla Blackmond Larnell, 2020. |
| 2019 | Dissertation on “Regional Proliferation and Conflict: The Case of Decentralization in Indonesia 2000-2014,” defended on April 24, 2019. |
| 2017 | “Administrative Unit Proliferation and Ethnic Group Conflict: Understanding Proliferation Policy as a Channel to Obtain Provincial Status,” paper presented at Midwest Political Science Association (2017) |
| 2017 | Bureaucracy Reforms and Regional Development, book published by Development Policy Institute, Trilogy University: Indonesia (2017). |
| 2014 | Road Map: Bureaucracy Reform, East Nusa Tenggara Province 2013-2017,” PGSP UNDP Policy Issue Paper No.10 (2014) |
| 2012 | “Towards Prosperous and Fair Local Autonomy: A Revision of Current Local Autonomy Model to Asymmetrical Model,” Journal of Decentralization, Vol. 10, No. 1 (2012) |
| 2012 | Managing Policy Boundaries Between the Republic of Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste: the Vanishing Nationalism,” co-authored paper presented for the American Society for Public Administration, managed by Indonesian Association of Public Administration, International Conference (2012) |
| 2010 | Local Politics Dynamics: A Game Theory Perspective, book published by STIA LAN Press (2010) |
| 2010 | “Cultural Dimension of Administrative Reforms,” co-author, prepared for the IIAS International Conference (2010) |
| 2007 | “Keys to Formulate Citizen's Charter: A Guide to Local Government,” National Institute of Public Administration Republic of Indonesia (2007) |
| 2007 | The Future Training Model for Public Officers,” National Institution of Public Administration Republic of Indonesia (2007) |
| 2006 | Decentralization and Political Stability: A Comparison Between Nigeria and Indonesia,” master thesis (2006) |
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