- Research Professor at the Research Center for Politics, National Research and Innovation Agency ( BRIN).
- Academician of the Social Science Commission, Indonesian Academy of Sciences (AIPI).
- Chair of the Board of Directors of The Habibie Center.
- Deputy Chair for Social Sciences and Humanities, the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)- (2001-2010).
- Deputy Secretary for Political Affairs/Government Policy Support to Indonesia’s Vice President Boediono and Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla ( 2010-2017).
- Joined HD’s Board in 2019.