A Policy Making Talks session for contestants of the Indonesia Economic Outlook 2027 competition. I share the four-step Regulatory Impact Assessment frame I have used since my CIPS days — problem definition, policy targets, policy assessment, alternatives — plus one step I only learned after working inside government: political and institutional analysis.
An in-house briefing on where Indonesia’s economy stands in mid-2026: growth at 5.61% but narrowly carried, a trade surplus thinning fast, inflation driven by supply rather than demand, and an interest bill that is now the binding fiscal constraint.
Plenary talk on global uncertainty: rising geopolitical risk, the return of industrial policy, trade fragmenting into blocs — and what Indonesia and Australia can build together.
Using nighttime light satellite data to nowcast Indonesia’s GDP growth.
Speaker at a training program at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs