Since August 2025: Visiting fellow at GIGA Institute for Asian Studies sponsored by the Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers
Since December 2021: Assistant Professor of Political Science, National University of Singapore
July 2020 - June 2021: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Konstanz
August 2018 - June 2020: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Religion Research Initiative, University of Notre Dame
Education: PhD in Political Science (University of Notre Dame, 2018); M.S. in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics (University of Notre Dame, 2016); M.A. in Political Science (University of Notre Dame, 2015); M.A. in Applied Social Psychology (Loyola University Chicago, 2013); B.S. In Computer Science and B.S. in Applied Statistics (Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta, 2009)
SIKAP is Indonesia's first high-frequency political survey dataset — 58 weekly waves capturing over 95,000 voter responses through the 2024 elections, constitutional disputes, and shifting public opinion. Harmonized and open access, it's an essential resource for scholars of Indonesian politics.
Using new data from 42,000+ Islamic boarding schools, this analysis maps Indonesia's pesantren landscape for the first time—revealing geographic patterns, organizational ties to NU, accelerated growth after democratization, and surprising correlations with electoral outcomes.
Drawing on data from over 300,000 mosques and a two-wave survey of 16,000+ respondents in Indonesia, this article shows that mosques correlate with increased exclusionary attitudes toward non-Muslims. This is driven by the role of mosques as hubs for community communication and information.
This project examines the dynamic interactions between religious institutions and practices on the one hand and political outcomes on the other - in other words, how religion both shapes and is shaped by politics. While primarily adopting quantitative approaches, analyzing various survey data and location data of various religious institutions, it also draws insights from qualitative evidence and case studies. The project focuses on Indonesia as the initial case and will add more cases as appropriate. AvH, 2025-2026
Prabowo's decision to name dictator Suharto a national hero reveals a troubling generational divide. While activists condemn the move, many young Indonesians respond with indifference or even nostalgia for an era they never knew.
