Lecturer at Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa (Untirta)
2005 – present

Lecturer at Faculty of Education, Universitas Islam International Indonesia
2022 – present

Second Post-Doctoral about researching and writing about decentralization of education in the provinces of West Kalimantan and Banten, Indonesia 
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore (2013-2014)

First Post-Doctoral about roducing an audio visual documentary about education in selected areas of Jakarta, Delanggu, Payakumbuh, Kawal, Sintang, Bittuang, Ternate, and Surabaya, Indonesia
Royal Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), Leiden (2012)

Kontributor features dan op-ed at Jakarta Post
2004 – present

Researcher at International Centre for Islam and Pluralism
(ICIP), pimpinan Syafii Anwar, PhD dan Syafiq Hasyim, PhD
2005 – 2007

Executive Director at Centre for Dialogue and Cooperation among Civilisations (CDCC), pimpinan Prof. Din Syamsuddin.
2014-2016

Head of Library Center at Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa (Untirta)
2015-2016

Staf Khusus Menteri Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia Prof. Dr. H. Muhadjir Effendy, M.A.P.,

Bidang Monitoring Implementasi Kebijakan at Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Republik Indonesia
2016-2018

Director at Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Open Learning Center (SEAMEO SEAMOLEC)
Kementerian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Riset dan Teknologi, Republik Indonesia
2019-2021

Books

Amirrachman, Alpha (2021). Sketches of Asia’s society: People, culture, education and technology. SM, The Jakarta Post and Southeast Asian Ministers Education Organizations Regional Open Learning Centre.

Amirrachman, Alpha (2021). Education decentralization in Indonesia: Community participation, market, politics and local identity. SM and Southeast Asian Ministers Education Organizations Regional Open Learning Centre.

Amirrachman, Alpha (2018). Desentralisasi pendidikan di Indonesia. Untirta Press.

Amirrachman, A., Nubowo, A., Khoirudin, A., (eds) (2016). Islam Berkemajuan untuk peradaband dunia: Refleksi dan agenda Muhammadiyah ke depan. Jakarta: Mizan & Center for Dialogue and Cooperation among Civilization.

Amirrachman, A. et.al. (2015). Muhammadiyah “Ahmad Dahlan” menemukan kembali otentisitas gerakan Muhammadiyah. Jakarta: STIE Ahmad Dahlan.

Amirrachman, A. et.al. (2007). Revitalization of local wisdom: Conflict resolution study in West Kalimantan, The Moluccas and Poso. International Centre for Islam and Pluralism & European Union.

 

Book Chapters

Amirrachman, A. (2022). Tertib administrasi. In Sutanto (ed), Sang birokrat pendidikan: Pemikiran dan keteladanan Prof. Dr. Baedhowi, M.Si. (pp. 130-131). Jakarta: Rezpy Geizla Indonesia.

Amirrachman, A. (2022). Jihad intelektual Muhammadiyah. In Ridho Al-Hamdi dan Abd Rohim Ghazali (Eds.), Islam berkemajuan dan kebijakan publik: Catatan kritis aktivis Muhammadiyah (pp. 53-59). Jakarta: Media Baca Anasti

Amirrachman, A. (2020). Bahtiar Effendy dan pesan pamungkas beliau. In Ma’mun Murod Al-Barbasy & David Krisna Alka (eds), Mengenang Sang Guru Politik Prof. Dr. Bahtiar Effendy, MA (pp. 221-226). Jakarta: UM Jakarta Press.

Amirrachman, A. (2020). Buya Ahmad Syafii Maarif 85 tahun: Landasan kebaikan untuk generasi mendatang. In David Krisna Alka & Asmul Khairi (eds), Mencari negarawan: 84 tahun Ahmad Syafii Maarif (pp. 61-64), Jakarta: JIBPost Pustakapedia Indonesia.

Amirrachman, A. (2017). Higher education institutions in Indonesia: Access, innovation and research. In V. V. Krishna (ed), Universities in the national innovation systems: Experiences form the Asia-Pacific (pp. 335-372). New York: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Universities-in-the-National-Innovation-Systems-Experiences-from-the-Asia-Pacific/Krishna/p/book/9780367277857 

Latief, H. and  Amirrachman, A. and Hilman Latief (2016). Islamic philanthropy and the rights to education: Modalities of education provision for underprivileged groups in post-New Order Indonesia. In Khun Eng Kuah, Jason Eng Thye Tan (eds.), Educating marginalized communities in East and Southeast Asia: State, civil society and NGO partnerships (pp. 37- 52). London and New York: Routledge, https://www.routledge.com/Educating-Marginalized-Communities-in-East-and-Southeast-Asia-State-civil/Kuah-Tan/p/book/9781138365698

Amirrachman, A. (2015). Din Syamsuddin’s legacy: A more pluralist Muhammadiyah. In Abdul Mu’ti, et.al. (eds), Islamic moderation in Indonesia: Muhammadiyah’s experience (pp. 79-84).Yogyakarta: PP Muhammadiyah.

Amirrachman, A. (2015). Moeslim Abdurrahman: Fighting against religious conservatism. In Abdul Mu’ti, et.al. (eds), Islamic moderation in Indonesia: Muhammadiyah’s experience (pp. 105-110). Yogyakarta: PP Muhammadiyah.

Amirrachman, A. (2015). Din Syamsuddin: A man to watch. In Abdul Mu’ti, et.al. (eds), Islamic moderation in Indonesia: Muhammadiyah’s experience (pp. 133-138). Yogyakarta: PP Muhammadiyah.

Amirrachman, A., Syafi’i, S, Welch, A. (2009). Decentralising Indonesian education: The promise and the price. In Zaida & Gamage (eds), Decentralisation, school-based managementand quality. New York: Springer. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-90-481-2703-0_8 

 

Journal Articles

Amirrachman, A. (2015). Creating multicultural citizens: A portrayal of contemporary Indonesian education, by Raihani (book review). Bijdragen tot de Taal, Land – en Volkenkunde Volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia. 171(369-408). https://brill.com/view/journals/bki/171/2-3/article-p392_17.xml

Amirrachman, R. A. (2014). Education in the Conflict-Affected Moluccas: Local Tradition, Identity Politics and School Principal Leadership. South East Asia Research, 22(4), 561–578. https://doi.org/10.5367/sear.2014.0235

Amirrachman, A. (2014). Peace education in the Moluccas, Indonesia: Impact on perception of citizenship and identity. Guest edited by LynParker and Chang-Yau Hoon. Special issue of South East Asia Research on Education for a tolerant and multicultural Indonesia. 22(4) (561-578). https://www.jstor.org/stable/43818553

Amirrachman, A. (2014). Education in Indonesia, edited by Daniel Suryadarma and Gavin W. Jones (book review). Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia. 170(133–173). https://brill.com/view/journals/bki/170/1/article-p159_15.xml

Amirrachman, A. (2013). Technological State in Indonesia, by Sulfikar Amir (book review). Contemporary Southeast Asia. 35(1) (132-134) https://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg/publication/1850#contents

Amirrachman, A., Syafi’I, S, Welch, A. (2008). Decentralisation in Indonesian Education: The Promise and the Price. World Studies in Education. 9(1) (31–53). https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/jnp/wse/2008/00000009/00000001/art00003

Amirrachman, A. (2004). Community participation and empowerment in primary education (book review). Asian Studies Review. 48 (423-452). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10357820500034813