Center for Policy, Development and Social Trend (CEPODEST) UNU NTB

Personal Identity
E-mail saipul.hamdi@ununtb.ac.id / saipul.hamdi@gmail.com
Phone +6281392435641
Languages: English, Arabic, and Indonesia

Education
2006-2011 PhD in Religious and Cross-Cultural Studies, Interdisciplinary Study Program, Postgraduate School, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2003-2005 MA in Religious and Cross-Cultural Studies, Interdisciplinary Study Program, Postgraduate School, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1998-2002 Bachelor of Art in Arabic Education, Islamic Education, State Islamic University Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

University Work Experience
2019-Current Associate Professor at Sociology Education Department, Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama (UNU) Nusa Tenggara Barat Indonesia
2019-2025 Associate Professor at Sociology Department, Universitas Mataram, Nusa Tenggara Barat
2010-2019 Lecturer at Samarinda State Agricultural Polytechnic, Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Organizational Experience
2019-Current Director, Center for Policy, Development and Social Trend (Cepodest) UNU NTB
2019-2024 Director of Research Center, Islamic Culture and Society (ICS) University of
Mataram
2005-2010 Research Coordinator in The Inter-Cultural Institute (TICI) Yogyakarta

Reviewer and Assessor for an international research grant proposal experience
May 21, 2021 Australian Science Fund (FWF)

Research Focus Conflict resolution, socio-religious changes, local politics and democracy, Islamic transnational movement, Tablighi Jamaat, Salafism, and Migrant Workers, Covid-19 and religious practices.

Research Sites USA, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Filipina and Malaysia

Research Grants
 “Cultural Integration, Political Participation, the Islamic State, and Countering Radicalism in Japanese Muslim Communities”, Sponsored by The Sumitomo Foundation, Japan (September-December 2024), IDR. 100.000.000
 “The Shift of Tablighi Jamaat’s Da’wah Movement in Indonesia: Identity Politics, Democracy, Islamic Caliphate, and Countering Radicalism in West Nusa Tenggara, DKI Jakarta, East Kalimantan, East Java, and North Sulawesi”, sponsored by National Research and Innovation Agency (Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional) Indonesia (2023-2024), IDR. 300.000.000
 Reconstruction of Tablighi Jamaat’s Religious Understanding and Practice in Responding to the Spread of Covid-19 in Indonesia: Case Studies of Tablighi Jamaat in West Nusa Tenggara, DKI Jakarta, and South Kalimantan (Rekonstruksi Pemahaman dan Praktek Keagamaan Jamaah Tabligh Dalam Merespon Penyebaran Covid-19 Di Indonesia: Studi Kasus Jamaah Tabligh Di Nusa Tenggara Barat, DKI Jakarta, dan Kalimantan Selatan), sponsored by National Research and Innovation Agency (Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional) Indonesia (2020-2021), IDR. 200.000
 “Tablighi Jamaat in the US: Cultural Integration, Religious Education and Countring Radicalism”, sponsored by Aminef Fulbright (Desember 2018-April 2019), IDR. 238.000.000
 “Wahhabi Movement Southeast Asia, : Deculturalize Islam, Radicalism and Social Disinegration”, sponsored by Ministry of Higher Education and Culture, Indonesia (January 2017-December 2019), IDR. 330.000.00
 “Tablighi Movement in Southeast Asia: The Fluditiy of Madhab, Education and Global Terrorism in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia”, Sponsored by Ministry of Religious Affair (July- December 2017), IDR. 120.000.000
 “Tablighi Jamaat in Indonesia: Demazhabization, Economy and Conflict Narration”, sponsored by Ministry of Higher Education, Indonesia (January 2015- December 2016), IDR. 100.000.000
 “Woman Migrant Workers: Violence and Remittance of Lombok Women Migrant in Malaysia and Saudi Arabia”, sponsored by Ali Dachlan Center and Regional Bank of Nusa Tenggara Barat Province (January-July 201), IDR. 50.000.000

Publication: Articles and Books

1. Hamdi, S. (2024). Gaya Politik Samsul di Panggung Pilpres 2024. Pulham Media Press
2. Hamdi, S. (2022). Covid-19, social stigma and changing religious practice in Tablighi Jamaat communities in Lombok, Indonesia. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 76, 102996.
3. Hamdi, S., & Fogg, K. W. (2022). The Indonesian Central Government in Local Conflict Resolution: Lessons from the Reconciliation of Nahdlatul Wathan. Indonesia, 114(1), 31-50.
4. Hamdi, S. (2021). Self-Islah, Gender Relation and Socio-Economic Challenges on Tablighi Jamaat Proselytization Practice in Indonesia. Islamic Studies Journal for Social Transformation, 5(1), 17-30.
5. Hamdi, S. et al. (2023). Jamaah Tabligh dan Pergeseran Identitas Politik Keagamaan Pada Pemilihan Presiden 2019 Di Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat. Harmoni, 22(1), 143-166.
6. Hamdi, S., et al. (2023). Proselytizing Expansion Of Tablighi Jamaat In Wetu Telu Indigenous Community In Bayan, North Lombok. SANGKéP: Jurnal Kajian Sosial Keagamaan, 6(1), 29-43.
7. Hamdi, S., et al. (2023). SASAK MIGRANT WORKERS: Slavery, Cultural Challenges, and Family Life During the Migration Period. SANGKéP: Jurnal Kajian Sosial Keagamaan, 6(2), 179-192.
8. Hamdi, S. et al, (2023). The Socio-Entrepreneurship Potential of Migrant Workers during the Covid-19 Era: A Mapping Study in Suralaga, East Lombok. Jurnal Kawistara, 13(2), 170-184.
9. Hamdi, S., et al. (2023). Strategi Pemerintah Desa dalam Penanganan Stunting Berbasis Modal Sosial di Desa Bilebante, Lombok Tengah. Jurnal Kebijakan Pembangunan, 18(2), 209-234.
10. Hamdi, S., et al., (2022). Madhhab Negotiation, Education Transformation and Conflict Resolution in Conveying the Sermon of Tablighi Jamaat in Southeast Asia. Religious: Jurnal Studi Agama-Agama Dan Lintas Budaya, 6(1), 95-110.
11. Hamdi, S. (2017). Conflicting Religious Identities-Blaspheming Islam and the Future of Democracy in Indonesia. Al-Albab Bourneo Journal of Religious Studies, 6(2), 247-262.
12. Hamdi, S., et al. (2022). Covid-19 And Migrant Worker: A Case Study Of The Education And Health Of Children Of Migrant Workers In East Lombok During The Covid-19 Pandemic. SANGKEP: Jurnal Kajian Sosial Keagamaan, 5(1), 97-111.
13. Hamdi, S., et al. (2022). Strategi Pemerintah Membantu Pekerja Migran Dalam Mengatasi Dampak Covid-19 Di Suralaga, Lombok Timur. Jurnal Kebijakan Pembangunan, 17(2), 185-198.
14. Hamdi, S., et al., (2021). De-Radikalisasi Islam, Khilafah dan Pendidikan Pancasila di Komunitas Wahabisme di Indonesia. SANGKéP: Jurnal Kajian Sosial Keagamaan, 4(2), 185-202.
15. Hamdi, S. (2019). De-kulturalisasi islam dan konflik sosial dalam dakwah Wahabi di Indonesia. Jurnal Kawistara, 9(2), 164-178.
16. Hamdi, S. (2018). Integrasi budaya, pendidikan, dan politik dalam dakwah Nahdlatul Wathan (NW) di Lombok: Kajian biografi TGH. Zainuddin Abdul Madjid. Jurnal Sosiologi Walisongo, 2(2), 105-122.
17. Hamdi, S. (2017). Integrasi umat, kemiskinan, dan radikalisme dalam jamaah Tablighi di Indonesia. JRP (Jurnal Review Politik), 7(1), 26-54.

Research Fellowships and Host
 Visiting Scholar, Religious Department, Oxford College of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, US (Des 2018 – April 2019
 Visiting Research Fellow, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University, Australia (2009-2010)
 Visiting Research Fellow, Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of Singapore (May-July 2009)
 Visiting Research Fellow – Sasakawa Nippon Foundation, Ateneo de Manila University
The Philippines (2008)

Scholarships
 Full scholarship for Ph.D. program (2007-2010), sponsored by The Ryoiki Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship (Sylff), The Tokyo Foundation, Japan
 Full scholarship for Masters program (2003-2005), sponsored by Indonesian National Department of Education (Dikti)