Thomas B. Pepinsky, Ph,D.
Research Fellows
Profile
Thomas B. Pepinsky, Ph.D is a Research Fellow at the Populi Center. Pepinsky studies the interaction of political and economic systems around the world, with a particular focus on Southeast Asia. More recently, he has been thinking about how to connect these systems with social categories. Thomas B Pepinsky is also interested in how to construct explanations and make inferences in the social sciences.
Education
Ph.D., Yale University, 2007
A.B., Brown University, 2001
Publications
2022 | Yen, W.-T., Liu, L.-Y., Won, E., & Testriono. (2022). The imperative of state capacity in public health crisis: Asia’s early COVID-19 policy responses. Governance, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.12695 |
2021 | Jamhari and Testriono, “The Roots of Indonesia’s Resilience Against Violent Extremism.” Studia Islamica, vol 28 no. 3, 2021, pp. 517-545. |
2020 | Testriono and Scot Schraufnagel. “Testing for Incumbency Advantages in a Developing Democracy: Elections for Local Government Leaders in Indonesia.” Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs, vol. 42 no. 2, 2020, pp. 200-223. Project MUSE muse.jhu.edu/article/763952. |
2017 | Ali Munhanif and Testriono. 2017. Terorisme dan Negara [Terrorism and the State]. In Jajang Jahroni and Jamhari Makruf, ed. Memahami Terorisme: Sejarah, Konsep, dan Model. Kencana. Jakarta. Indonesia. |
2015 | Testriono. 2015. “Islam Indonesia dan Demokratisasi: Dari Transisi ke Konsolidasi.” [Indonesian Islam and Democratization: From Transition to Consolidation]. Studia Islamica 22(3):563-576. |
2012 | Ali-Fauzi, Ihsan, Samsu Rizal Panggabean, Nathanael G. Sumaktoyo, Anick Tohari, Husni Mubarak, Testriono, and Siti Nurhayati. 2012. Disputed Churches in Jakarta. Melbourne: University of Melbourne’s Asian Law Center. |
2012 | Ida Rasyidah and Testriono. 2012. Bidang Kewanitaan PKS [Women Activist Wing of the Prosperous Justice Party]. In Lies Marcus Natsir,ed. Peta Gerakan Perempuan Islam Pasca Orde Baru [The Muslim Women’s Movements in the Post-New Order’s Indonesia], Fahmina Institute, Indonesia. |
2010 | Testriono. 2010. “Madrasah dan Santrinisasi Kaum Muslim Perkotaan” [Madrasah and the Islamization of Muslim Urban] in Potret Mutakhir Pendidikan Islam |
2010 | Testriono. 2010 “Mengapa Pesantren?” [Why Pesantren?], in Civic Values di Indonesia: Pengalaman Pemberdayaan Pesantren, Center for the Study of Islam and Society, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta, Indonesia, pp. 53-88. |
2010 | Testriono. 2010. “Mobilisasi Islamis Damai di Dunia Muslim: Peran Partisipasi Politik dan Kapasitas Negara,” [Peaceful Islamist Mobilization in the Muslim World: The Role of Political Participation and State Capacity]. Studia Islamica 17(2):371-401. |
2009 | Testriono and Jajat Burhanudin. 2009. “Institusionalisasi Pembaruan Islam di Indonesia: Harun Nasution dan Teologi Muktazilah” [The Institutionalization of Islamic Reformism in Indonesia: Harun Nasution and Mu’tazili Theology] in Para Pembaharu: Pemikiran dan Gerakan Islam Asia Tenggara, Southeast Asian Muslims for Freedom and Enlightenment, Jakarta, Indonesia, pp. 183-231. |
2008 | Testriono, 2008. “Islamisasi Jawa: Adaptasi, Konflik, dan Rekonsiliasi,” [Islamization in Java: Adaptation, Conflict, and Reconciliation]. Studia Islamica 15(2):351-374. |
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