Peneliti Senior
Ratri Istania, Ph.D adalah peneliti senior di Populi Center. Selain sebagai peneliti senior, Ratri bekerja sebagai dosen tetap di Politeknik STIA LAN Jakarta. Kecintaan dia terhadap politik lokal membawa dirinya menggeluti permasalahan politik teritorial dan konflik etnis/identitas. Di luar politik pemerintahan lokal, Ratri menaruh perhatian besar terhadap politik Amerika Serikat, Asia Tenggara, dan politik perempuan.
Minat Kajian:
Politik teritorial dan konflik etnis/identitas
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 Mayor 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, Nusa Tenggara Timur 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,” Jurnal Desentralisasi, Vol. 10, No. 1 (2012) |
2012 | Managing Boundaries Policy Between the Republic of Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste: the Vanishing Nationalism,” co-authored paper presented for American Society for Public Administration, managed by Indonesian Association of Public Administration, International Conference (2012) |
2010 | Local Politics Dynamic: 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 Officer,” National Institution of Public Administration Republic of Indonesia (2007) |
2006 | Decentralization and Political Stability: A Comparison Between Nigeria and Indonesia,” master thesis (2006) |