Fandy Arrifqi, S.I.P.

Fandy Arrifqi is a Politics and Government graduate of Universitas Gadjah Mada and a researcher at PARES Indonesia, a research institute affiliated with UGM’s Department of Politics and Government. He focuses on digital politics, social media analysis and big data research methods, bridging comparative political analysis with modern data extraction and processing.

His skills include web scraping, social network analysis and qualitative and quantitative data visualisation with Python, R, Gephi, NVivo and Looker Studio. He has studied public perceptions of the national parliament using big data methods, online conversation around the 2024 election and environmental issues, and the power of online news media in government–society relations, and has contributed to regional development planning documents. He was previously editor-in-chief of Jurnal Balairung at UGM.

At ASPIRASI he processes survey, demographic and digital data for mapping, sample design and precise, measurable data-driven recommendations.