Elghafiky Bimardhika

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Elghafiky Bimardhika currently serves as the Executive Director of Bahana (bahana.org), an organization that specializes in evidence-based narrative change through research-to-messaging (RTM) projects. He also serves as Research Director for Bahana's sister organization, Communication for Change (https://communicationforchange.id).

Prior to this, he was employed by Aceso Global as a consultant for Badan Kebijakan Pembangunan Kesehatan (BKPK) at the Ministry of Health, worked on ADBI (Asian Development Bank Institute)-funded research, and was a consultant for Oxford Policy Management Indonesia (OPMI) for a joint World Bank-Ministry of Domestic Affairs (Kemdagri) research project.

He was also a Research Manager at Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab South East Asia (J-PAL SEA). He supervised the establishment and development of Komite Etik Penelitian, an Institutional Review Board (IRB) at J-PAL SEA's host institution, Lembaga Penyelidikan Ekonomi dan Masyarakat (LPEM), Universitas Indonesia.

Elghafiky holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Indonesia and a Master's degree in International and Development Economics from the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. He has published his work in the Economics of Education Review, The Conversation, book chapters, working paper series, and on the Bahana's LabNarasi (labnarasi.id) publication series.

Experience

  • 2024–present
    Research Director, Communication for Change
  • 2025–present
    Executive Director, Bahana
  • 2024–present
    Research Consultant, World Bank
  • 2024–2024
    Consultant, Aceso Global
  • 2022–2023
    Quantitative Specialist, Oxford Policy Management Indonesia (OPMI)
  • 2021–2022
    Research Manager, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) Southeast Asia
  • 2020–2021
    Senior Research Associate, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) Southeast Asia
  • 2019–2020
    Research Associate, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) Southeast Asia

Education

  • 2024 
    Australian National University, Master in International and Development Economics
  • 2021 
    CITI (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative), IRB Members Certification
  • 2015 
    University of Indonesia, Bachelor of Economics

Publications

  • 2025
    Disruption to schooling: Evidence from the Mt. Merapi volcano eruption on Java Island, Indonesia; Co-authored with Lolita Moorena, Economics of Education Review
  • 2025
    Anticipating unintended consequences of policy: Learnings from Indonesia’s child labor reform (2025); Co-authored with Firman Witoelar., Arndt-Corden Department of Economics (ACDE) Working Papers
  • 2025
    Reimagining development narratives that center on the people and the environment (2025); Co-authored with Bahana and Communication for Change Research Team., NarrativeLab Research Report
  • 2025
    Reimagining development: Experimental evidence of public reception to progressive development narratives in Indonesia (2025); Co-authored with Azzah Fadhilah, Paramita Mohamad, Ishlah Fitriani, Keinesasih Puteri., Bahana Working Paper
  • 2022
    Gender-sensitive research protocols and ethics, book chapter in Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion in Practice, co-authored with Milda Irhamni, Gumilang Sahadewo, Prani Sastiono, Rima Prama Artha, IGAA Jackie Viemilawati, and Marifatul Amalia, Research and Advocacy Experience of Knowledge Sector Initiative Partners

Grants and Contracts

  • 2023
    Building Resilient Education Systems in Asia and the Pacific
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    Asian Development Bank Institute

Contact Elghafiky for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision