Policy & Advisory

Translating evidence into policy

Technical assistance and consulting engagements with multilateral institutions, government ministries, and the private sector — turning labour market research into actionable policy.

Present

Ministry of Manpower, Republic of Indonesia (Kementerian Ketenagakerjaan)

Economist

Contributes policy and academic insights on labour market dynamics and development to Indonesia's Ministry of Manpower.

2026 – Present

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Labour Economist (Research Consultant)

Technical assistance supporting Indonesia's National Economic Council (DEN) on Structural Transformation and Middle-Class Job Creation. Leads research design, econometric strategy, and policy recommendations on informality and the routine-to-nonroutine occupational shift.

2025 – Present

Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF)

Labor Market Expert

Leads labour-market intelligence — occupational outlooks, layoff-risk monitoring, internship programme evaluation — and empirical research on the employment effects of mineral downstreaming.

2025

TikTok Pte. Ltd.

Survey Lead

Designed and led a nationwide survey methodology across 300 cities and regencies in Indonesia for product research and development.

2024

UNU-WIDER, Finland

Research Consultant

Collaborated with Prof. Kunal Sen on India and Indonesia's job-ladder dynamics; led data preparation, econometric estimation, and robustness analysis.

2024

UN ESCAP, Thailand

LNOB Consultant

Contributed to ASEAN's Leave No One Behind initiative, producing disaggregated SDG indicators from Indonesian microdata.

2024

Ministry of Finance, Republic of Indonesia

Consultant

Analysed income-contingent loan mechanisms for higher-education access and prepared microdata for regulatory development.

2023

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH), Indonesia

Data Advisor

Provided econometric consultancy to optimise business strategy using labour and digital market data.

2022

UNDP & UN Resident Coordinator Office, Indonesia

National Support Consultant

Constructed Leave No One Behind datasets to identify marginalised groups; authored the concept note on LNOB tagging in UNINFO.

2021

Bank Indonesia

O*NET Consultant

Integrated Sakernas labour force survey data with the U.S. O*NET taxonomy to improve occupational classification and vacancy data accuracy.

2020 – 2021

UNU-WIDER

Research Assistant

Built datasets and literature review for 'Changing Nature of Work and Inequality'; mapped Indonesian labour data to ISCO/O*NET.

2019 – 2020

SDGs Center, Padjadjaran University

Researcher

Analysed microdata for SDG indicators and authored policy briefs for local governments and international organisations.