Billy Thandy Tulungen
Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business
Graduate School Building, 2nd Floor, Widjojo Nitisastro Campus
Universitas Indonesia, Depok 16424, Indonesia
billy.thandy21@ui.ac.id · billythandy@gmail.com
Google Scholar · ORCID 0000-0001-5480-1426
2023–2028
Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
Universitas Indonesia. Dissertation: Shaking Land and Shaking Lives: Essays on the Economic Impacts of Seismic Disasters. Expected completion February 2028. Supervisor: M. Halley Yudhistira, Ph.D. Co-supervisor: Jahen F. Rezki, Ph.D.
2020
M.E., Planning and Public Policy (MPKP)
Universitas Indonesia. Supervisor: Vid Adrison, Ph.D. Thesis on competitive bidding in Indonesian government procurement, selected as one of three theses at the Faculty of Economics and Business examined by the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia.
2015
Bachelor of Government Science, Financial Management
Institut Pemerintahan Dalam Negeri (Institute of Home Affairs Governance).
Fields. Development economics · urban and regional economics · political economy.
Interests. Local public goods · social conflict · household responses to shocks · public procurement.
2021
Kompetisi dan Efisiensi pada Pengadaan Pemerintah: Bukti Empiris pada Kementerian/Lembaga di Indonesia
with Vid Adrison. Indonesian Treasury Review, 6(1), 19–29. doi:10.33105/itrev.v6i1.225
2026
Motive Without Mobilization? Earthquakes and Communal Conflict in Indonesia
2026–
Faith after the Shock: Earthquakes, Religious Expenditure, and the Insurance Value of Religion in Indonesia
2026–2027
PhD Research Grant, ReCIPE Programme
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
2023–2028
Doctoral Scholarship
Government of North Sulawesi.
2018–2020
Master’s Scholarship
National Development Planning Agency of the Republic of Indonesia (Bappenas).
2011–2015
Fully funded undergraduate place, IPDN
Institut Pemerintahan Dalam Negeri, the service academy of the Ministry of Home Affairs, where tuition and living costs are borne by the state.
Teaching assistant, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia, since February 2024, covering the econometrics sequence across the doctoral, master’s, and public policy programmes. Leads the tutorial sessions, theory and applied, four to five per semester in classes of 20 to 25, and marks the midterm and final examinations. Internal procurement facilitator for the North Sulawesi provincial training institution since 2023. Full list →
Civil servant since 2015, first with the Ministry of Home Affairs on secondment to North Sulawesi, then with the Provincial Government of North Sulawesi. On study leave (PNS tugas belajar) for doctoral study since August 2023, posted to the Provincial Civil Service Agency (BKD). Earlier roles run across the procurement cycle, mostly at the Procurement Bureau of the Provincial Secretariat from 2020 to 2023: head of the sub-division for procurement assistance and technical guidance, commitment-making official, member of the procurement selection working group, procurement strategy analyst, and asset management officer. Full history →
Competency assessor for the Professional Certification Body of the National Public Procurement Agency (LKPP) since 2025; procurement advisor since 2021 and contract support team member since 2020; certified facilitator since 2018. Certified mediator under the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia. Full profile →
Competency Assessor, Public Procurement (LKPP) · Public Procurement Competency Facilitator, Levels 1–4 (LKPP) · Advanced Public Procurement Facilitator (LKPP) · Public Procurement Advisor (LKPP) · Certified Mediator (Supreme Court of Indonesia) · Certificate Professional in Public Procurement (World Bank) · Social and Behavioral Research (CITI Program).
Refereeing. Reviewer, Jurnal Kebijakan Ekonomi, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia.
Associations. Secretary, North Sulawesi chapter, Ikatan Ahli Pengadaan Indonesia (2024–2027). Head of Procurement Competency Development, North Sulawesi chapter (2020–2023). Provincial Coordinator for North Sulawesi, Forum Ahli Kontrak Pemerintah Indonesia.
Software. Stata · R · Python · QGIS · LaTeX.
Languages. Indonesian (native), English (professional working proficiency).
M. Halley Yudhistira, Ph.D. (supervisor) Associate Professor of Economics, Universitas Indonesia · m.halley@ui.ac.id
Jahen F. Rezki, Ph.D. (co-supervisor) Assistant Professor of Economics, Universitas Indonesia · jahen.fr@ui.ac.id
Vid Adrison, Ph.D. (master’s supervisor) Associate Professor of Economics, Universitas Indonesia · vid.adrison@ui.ac.id