About Us

What’s the next policy problem you’re trying to solve?

Most pressing policy challenges take an entire village to be solved.

Stakeholders must work hand in hand across different perspectives and interests. At Think Policy, we help make that collaboration possible.

Vision

We believe that every challenge in Indonesian public policy requires more than technical expertise to solve—there are human experiences and choices to understand. That’s why we promote an approach based on both evidence and empathy centered on humans.

Mission

To bring together the people, ideas, and capabilities needed to turn complex challenges into cross-sectoral collaborative action through our ecosystem approach of (Un)Learning, Storytelling, Convening, and Solutioning.

Our Journey

Where it all started…
and where we’re headed next

Starting with Our First Policy Bootcamp

Our first experiment was a policy bootcamp for policy professionals in Jakarta, creating a space for people to learn, exchange ideas, and connect around public policy.

Participants of Think Policy's first policy bootcamp in Jakarta

Growing into a Volunteer-based Community

What started as a bootcamp grew into a volunteer-based community of young professionals, coming together to learn, contribute, and respond to emerging needs across the public and private sectors.

Volunteers and community members gathered with certificates

Making the Work More Scalable and Sustainable through Enterprise

As the community grew, we saw the need for a more sustainable way to deepen our impact.

We took our approach to public policy into an enterprise model, building a network of reformists and making policy knowledge more accessible.

The Think Policy community together in a garden

Bringing Policy Education to the Public

We believe meaningful policymaking depends on citizens being informed and meaningfully engaged.

We expanded our work beyond policy professionals to the wider public, launching Vote Wisely, an accessible, technology-based political education platform ahead of the 2024 election.

The initiative went on to reach 1.4 million visitors around 300 cities and regencies in Indonesia–becoming the foundation for our broader work on civic and political education.

Audience at the Vote Wisely political education event

Bringing Citizens Closer to Policymaking Beyond Political Momentums

Beyond helping citizens make informed choices at the ballot box, we believe that citizens need to stay informed and meaningfully engage beyond elections.

We launched Monitor Wisely, a technology-enabled platform that helps citizens follow and understand the work of their policymakers, creating more informed and meaningful engagement between citizens and legislators.

Discussion panel at a Monitor Wisely event

From Doing More to Enabling More

As part of the LSE100x Impact Accelerator, we are embracing a new chapter: building impact is not only about what we do ourselves, but also about working with others to strengthen the conditions, capabilities, and connections that can expand the policy window.

The Think Policy team at the LSE 100x Impact Accelerator
Our Approach

The Four Pillars of Think Policy

Expanding the window of policy reform

Think Policy aims to do public policy differently by strengthening the ecosystem around it. Telling relevant stories to the public and equipping professionals with ample policymaking tools are important, but we also need to go beyond by breaking down the silos in the policymaking process and work hand in hand to come up with innovative policy solutions.

We introduced an integrated approach through four pillars that support and reinforce each other in practice—(Un)Learning, Convening, Storytelling, and Solutioning—in order to expand the window of policy reform in Indonesia.

Meet Our Team

We are an interdisciplinary team committed to
transforming the public policy landscape for the better

Our Team

The people behind the practice—working across four pillars to move policy reform forward.

Leadership
Solutioning
Convening
(Un)learning
Storytelling
Partnerships & Operations

Our Braintrust

Distinguished experts who provide independent advice to our leadership.
Non-executive, non-operational, and non-voting.