Archives

- Islam and Politics in Indonesia: Formalization of Islam in Some Districts
- Democracy and Democratization after Suharto in Indonesia, Islam politics, Islam and democracy, the role of liberal Islam in promoting democracy and tolerance in Indonesia, the contest between the radical and the liberal Islam.
-ASEAN Cooperation, Roles of Cultures and Values in ASEAN Cooperation, Roles of values in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore’s Politics
-International Relations Theories and Methodologies

- Visiting Research Fellow at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) Kyoto University, Japan, May-October 2006.
- Senior Lecturer at Department of International Relations, University of Jember, East Java Indonesia since 1980.
- Program Officer at International Center for Islam and Pluralism (ICIP-a Jakarta-Based NGO) since 2003.
- Guest Lecturer at Department of International Relations, Paramadina Mulya University Jakarta, Al-Azhar University Jakarta and National University Jakarta 2001-2005.
- Internship Program at the Educational and Research Training and Workshop organized by Asian Political and International Studies Association (APISA), 16-19 December 2004, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Fellow at the Fulbright American Studies Institute (FASI), with theme American Foreign Policy, in the University of South Carolina, Columbia 18 July- 28 August 2004.
- Head, the Laboratory for Political and Area Studies, the Department of International Relations, Jember University, 2001-2005.
- Participant at the Program of Youth Leaders Visit to Kyoto and Tokyo, organized by Japanese Embassy and Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 2003.
- Visiting Research fellow at Institute Kajian Malaysia dan Antarbangsa (IKMAS), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia, September-October 2002.
- Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) Singapore, January-May 2001.
- Chief Editor, JSBP-Jurnal-Sosial Budaya dan Politik, LKPM-LKPK, FISIP Universitas Jember, 2001-now.
- Research Fellow at the Research Institute for Democracy and Peace (RIDeP), Jakarta 2001-now.
- Member, Forum for Democracy Reform, Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA ? a Sweden-based NGO), Jakarta, 2000.
- Ph.D., at the Department of International Relations, Research School Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS), Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia, 1995-2000.
- Master of Arts (MA) at the Department of International Relations, Research School Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS), Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia, 1993-1995.
- Internship program in Political Sciences, PAU-Social Study UGM, Yogyakarta, 1992.
- Internship program in International Relations Theories, PAU- Social Studies, Indonesian University, Jakarta, 1991.
- Accepted as a Junior Lecturer at Jember University, East Java, 1989.
- Reporter, Jawa Pos Newspaper, Surabaya, 1988.
- Undergraduate Program at the Department of International Relations, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, 1981-1987.