Dr. Andreas Darmega Sihotang joined the Clinton School of Public Service as an Assistant Professor in July 2024. Sihotang will teach Program Planning and Development.
Sihotang spent the 2023-24 academic year as a postdoctoral fellow in the Truman School of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Missouri. He has served as guest lecturer at the University of Indonesia.
Sihotang boasts more than 15 years of experience working in international development, peace-building, and policy advocacy. He has led and managed different projects funded by organizations such as the World Bank and European Union, collaborated with academic and non-academic institutions to conduct research and project evaluations, developed case studies and training modules, and facilitated numerous training and workshops in Asia and Africa.
His research interests include public participation and organizational performance. As part of his dissertation, he applied quasi-experimental designs to examine the effects of direct and indirect forms of public participation on different public organization performance indicators.
Sihotang’s research has been published in the Public Management Review, the Journal of Urban Affairs, and the International Journal for Equity in Health.
Sihotang earned his Ph.D. in Public Affairs from the University of Missouri in 2023.