Aris Arif Mundayat, PhD

Aris Arif Mundayat, PhD

Research Associates

Aris Arif Mundayat Ph.D is a cultural and political anthropologist and sociologist by training. His bachelor degree background was in Antropology, Faculty of Cuture, Gadjah Mada University then continued to study in social sciences for his MA leading Ph.D on social sciences from the Division of Busineses, Humanities and Social Siciences Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria, Hawthorn, Australia. He has been working for universities for more than 20+ years.  Experienced in teaching and research at the universities in Indonesia and Malaysia. 5+ years experienced as director at the Centre of Southeast Asian Social Studies University Gadjah Mada, and now as the head of Sociology Labouratorium, of Sebelas Maret State University


  • Head of Sociology Laboratory, Department of Sociology, State University of Sebelas Maret, Surakarta (Since 2019-present)
  • Senior Lecturer at the Department of Sociology, State University of Sebelas Maret, Surakarta (2019-present)
  • Guest Lecturer at the Ph.D program Faculty of Social and Political Scinces Gadjah Mada University.
  • Research Team leader for INFID research on The Efect of Marawi and Rohingya Ethnic Violence Extremism on Regional Dynamic. (2019)
  • Research Team Leader for INFID research on Violence Extremism in Indonesia (2018-2019)
  • Research Consultan for Migrant Care regarding research on Violence Extremism among Migrant Workers in Malaysia and Hongkong
  • Former Position in 2017-2018 : Senior Lecturer at the Department of Defence Diplomacy, Faculty of Defence Strategy, Indonesian Defence University, Sentul, Bogor, Indonesia. •
  • Former position in 2013-2016: Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social and Development Sciences Faculty of Human Ecology, University Putra Malaysia. Malaysia
  • Former position in 2005-2011: Senior Lecturer at the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Culture, Gadjah Mada University
  • Former Position in 2005-2012: Director of Centre for Southeast Asian Social Studies Gadjah Mada University (CSEASS-GMU).
  • Aris Arif Mundayat, 2020, The 10 Years Jurney of PT. Timah Downstreamization. ( Fortcoming publication)•
  • Aris Arif Mundayat & Mufti Makarim, 2018. Urgensi dan Strategi Efektif Pencegahan Ekstremisme di Indonesia. Jakarta: INFID. (Research Report)
  • Aris Arif Mundayat, et all, 2010 Target Menurunkan Angka Kematian Ibu- Tahun 2015 Sulit dicapai. Jakarta: Women Research Institute
  • Aris Arif Mundayat, et All, 2008. Bertahan Hidup di Desa atau Tahan Hidup di Kota –Balada Buruh Perempuan. Woman Research Institute. Jakarta.
  • Aris Arif Mundayat, et all, 2006. Studi Dampak Advokasi Anggaran
  • Aris Arif Mundayat. et all 2005. Dinamika Kelembagaan Sistem Informasi Desa: Cerita dari Andongrejo, Jember. 2005, Pustaka Latin: Jakarta.
  • Aris Arif Mundayat (Co Author), 2001. Agama dan Perubahan sosial : studi tentang hubungan antara Islam, masyarakat, dan struktur sosial-politik Indonesia (Co Author). 2001, LKIS: Jogjakarta 5 • Aris Arif Mundayat (Co Author), 1995. Rencana Pembangunan PLTN di Indonesia: Sebuah Perbincangan. Yayasan Obor Indonesia: Jakarta
  • Aris Arif Mundayat (Co Author), 1994. Rencana pembangunan PLTN di Indonesia: Anotasi Bibliografi. UGM Press: Jogjakarta
  • Aris Arif Mundayat, 2020. “Sistem Ekonomi Gotong Royong: Menempatkan Desa dalam Sistem Negara dan Dunia” dalam Kewargaan: Pola Relasi Baru Warga dan Negara. Yogyalarta: Sanggar Inovasi Desa, 2020.
  • Aris Arif Mundayat, 2016. The Marginalizen” in Malaysia: Human Rights Predicament and The Future Challenge of ASEAN Integration” in Human Rights and Peace in Southeast Asia Series 5: Pushing the Boundaries. ISBN 978-616-279-849-8. . Bangkok: Southeast Asian Human Rights Networks. • Aris Arif Mundayat, 2009.“Wong Cilik and Wong Gede: Contesting Over Nationalist Imagination” in Minorities, Community Rights and Political Governance : Post Colonial South & S.E. Asian Scenario. Edited by Lipi Gosh. 2009. Routledge
  • Aris Arif Mundayat & A.E Priyono, 2008. “The Model of Political Bloc” in Building Democracy on the Sand: Advances and Set Backs in Indonesia. Edited by Willy Purna Samadhi, Nicolaas Warouw. Demos: Jakarta.
  • Aris Arif Mundayat, 2006. “Djoko Pekik: Seni Sebagai Ekspresi Kritik” in Esei Esei Antropologi, teori Metodologi & Etnografi. Edited by Heddy ahimsa Putra, 2006, Kepel: Jogjakarta.
  • Aris Arif Mundayat, 1995. “Mythen und Riten der Indonesischen Politik: Der Ritus des Sibebzehnten” in Traum der Freiheit, Indonesian 50 Jahre nach der Unabhängigkeit, edited by Hendra Pasuk & Edith Koesoemawiria. 1995, Cologne: Omime Interculturel Publishers.
  • Aris Arif Mundayat, 2020. “Perdebatan Mubyarto dan Arief Budiman: Pijakan Untuk Merumuskan Sistem Ekonomi Pasar Pancasila” dalam Prisma, No.3. Vol 39, 2020.
  • Aris Arif Mundayat et all, 2020. “Kerentanan Pekerja Migran Terhadap Ekstremisme kekerasan: Studi Kasus Perempuan Purna Pekerja Migran Indonesia di Hongkong” dalam Jurnal Perempuan. 106, Vol 25 No. 3, Agustus 2020.
  • Aris Arif Mundayat and Sulaiman Daiharu, 2017. “Geopolitical and Geocultural epistemologies of the Nomadic Society in the Global South ” in Journal of Advanced Research in Social and Behavioural Sciences 9, Issue 2 (2017) 50-67. ISSN: 2462-1951. www.akademiabaru.com/arsbs.html
  • Aris Arif Mundayat, 2016. “Indonesia-Malaysia Cultural Network Of Minangkabau Diaspora: A Preliminary Finding” in Jurnal Melayu. Vol 15, No 2 (2016): December 2016. Kuala Lumpur: University Kebangsaan Malaysia.
  • Aris Arif Mundayat & Ayu Anastasia, 2013. “Gerakan Perempuan Bagian Gerakan Demokrasi di Indonesia” dalam Affirmasi, Vol. 02, Januari 2013. Jakarta: Women Research Institute. 6
  • Aris Arif Mundayat & Ika Wahyu Priyani, 2013 “Upaya Membangun Pengorganisasian Perempuan di Lampung” dalam Affirmasi, Vol.02, Januari 2013. Jakarta: Women Research Institute.
  • Aris Arif Mundayat & Siany Indria L. 2011. “Ketika Perempuan Surakarta Berpolitik”. Jurnal Affirmasi, Vol. 1, 2011. h. 27-44. Aris Arif Mundayat, Seks: Wilayah Kekuasaan yang Diperebutkan dan Dikontestasikan. Working Papers Vol. 3 No.1. Juni 2009. Yogyakarta: Laboratorium Sosiologi Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta.
  • Aris Arif Mundayat, Political Figure, Civil Society, and the Half-hearted “reformasi” in IRE Journal, 2004.
  • Aris Arif Mundayat, “House Wives & Children against the Father: Rethinking Authoritarianism in Indonesia” in Indonesia: A Neighbour in Transition. Center for Development Studies, Flinders University of South Australia. Conference Paper Series No.11 1 May 2002.