Andar Nubowo, Ph.D.
About Lecturer
Andar Nubowo defended his PhD dissertation in French on the Socio-history of a Justly Balanced Islam (Wasatiyyat Islam) in Indonesia at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), Lyon, France, in December 2023. In 2008, finished his master degree in Political Sciences at the Ecole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) Paris France. Associate Research Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2017-2019 and an Associate Researcher at the Institut de Recherche sur l’Asie du Sud-Est Contemporain (IRASEC) Bangkok Thailand in 2023-2024 and Institut d’Asie Orientale (IAO) ENS Lyon since 2019, he is currently a permanent lecturer at the Faculty of Education, Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII), West Jawa, Indonesia and an Executive Director of MAARIF Institute for Culture and Humanity Jakarta, founded in 2003 by the late progressive Muslim thinker Ahmad Syafii Maarif. He published his book chapters, articles and op-ed at Routledge, Brill, and RSIS, Jakarta Post, Kompas, Republika. His research interests are Islam, education, politics, and democracy in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. He can be contacted at andar.nubowo@uiii.ac.id
Ecole normale superieure de Lyon (2019-2023)
Master
Ecoles Hauntes Etudes en Sciences Sociales Paris, France
Bachelor at Islamic Theology
UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta (1999-2004)
Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2017- 2019
Lecturer
Faculty of Politics and Social Sciences of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta
2012- 2016
Political analyst
Indonesian Embassy, Paris, France
2009- 2011
Executive Editor
Jurnal Inovasi: Jurnal Ilmu dan Kemanusiaan, LP3 Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta
2004-2006
Executive Editor
Majalah Gerbang: Majalah Pendidikan, LP3 Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta – Ministry of National Education Jakarta
2004-2006
Program Manager
People Voters Education Network (JPPR)-LP3 Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta
2003- 2006
Halim, W., & Nubowo, A. (2025). Muhammadiyah Bugis-Makassar: Dispersal of Muslim Organizations in and from South Sulawesi, Indonesia . Studia Islamika, 32(2), 313–346. https://doi.org/10.36712/sdi.v32i2.4254
Nubowo, A. (2023). Promoting Indonesian Moderate Islam on the Global Stage; Non-State Actors’ Soft Power Diplomacy in the Post-New Order Era, Muslim Politics Review 2 (2), p. 238-283.
“Covid-19, Fatwas, and Socio-religious Praxis: Muhammadiyah’s Social Engagement and Mission in Coping with the Outbreak in Indonesia”, Social Sciences and Missions 35, 2022, Brill, p. 308–342
« Le hause de l’influence islamiste dans le champ sociopolitique indonésien », in Romain Bertolino, Alexandre Negrus, et Nato Tardieu. (2022), Atlas Géopolitique du Monde Contemporain, Paris: Ellipses, p. 192-195.
“In Search of the Imagined Ummah: Explaining the Political Crossover of Islamic Conservatism in Indonesia’s 2019 Presidential Election”, Journal of Asian Social Sciences Research (JASSR), 2 (2), 2020, p. 109-143
“Indonesian Hybrid-Salafism: Wahdah Islamiyah’s Rise, Ideology and Utopia,” in Leonard C. Sebastian, Syafiq Hasyim and Alexander R. Arifianto. (2020), Rising Islamic Conservatism in Indonesia: Islamic Groups and Identity Politics, London: Routledge, p. 181-197.
“The 2018 and 2019 elections in South Sulawesi: Jusuf Kalla’s decline and the return of Islamists” (with Dedi Dinarto), in Leonard C. Sebastian and Alexander Arifianto. (2020), The 2018 and 2019 Indonesian Elections: Identity Politics and Regional Perspectives, London: Routledge, p. 128-144.
“The ‘Conservative Turn’ in Indonesian Islam: Implications for the 2019 Presidential Elections” (with Leonard C Sebastian), Asie.Visions-IFRI, 106 (3), 2019, Paris, 30 p.
“The Three Streams Facing Indonesian Muslims: Pulls of Politics”, en Yang Razali Kassim (ed.). (2021), RSIS Commentary Series: Jokowi’s Second Term, Emerging Issues, Singapore: Worlds Scientific, p. 41-44
“Grand Narratives in Outer Provinces: Impact of Islam on Politics”, en Yang Razali Kassim (ed.). (2021), RSIS Commentary Series: Jokowi’s Second Term, Emerging Issues, Singapore: Worlds Scientific, p. 27-30.
“How do conservative Muslims see Indonesia’s presidential hopefuls.” East Asia Forum, 28 February 2019, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/
“Jokowi’s Soft Diplomacy: Global Islamic Network of Moderation”, RSIS Commentary, Nanyang Technological University, 16 July 2018
“Muhammadiyah: The Challenge of Rising Conservatism”, RSIS Commentary, Nanyang Technological University, 4 May 2018
“Islam dan Pancasila di Era Reformasi: Sebuah Reorientasi Aksi », Jurnal Keamanan Nasional 1 (1), 2015, p. 61-78.
“Arah Baru Politik Islam Indonesia: Dari Nalar Syariatik Menuju Islam Partisipatoris Transformatif”, in Usman Hamid and AE Priyono, Merancang Arah Baru Demokrasi: Indonesia Pasca Reformasi, Kompas Gramedia, Jakarta, 2014.
Membangun Gerakan Anti Korupsi dalam Perspektif Pendidikan, Andar Nubowo and Rosita Susi Aryanti (ed.), Yogyakarta: Lembaga Penelitian & Pengembangan Pendidikan Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, 2004.
Seri Pendidikan Pemilih Untuk Pelajar: Menuju Pemilu Yang Demokratis dan Tanpa Kekerasan, Asykuri ibn Chamim, Andar Nubowo, dan Irfan Mawardi. Yogyakarta: JPPR, 2003.