Individual Researches
- "Silsilah and Ijazah of Nusantara Islamic Manuscripts: A Portrait of Social and Intellectual Life". Research conducted and sponsored by the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, September 2012-July 2013.
--- - "On the Track of Neo-Sufism in the Malay Indonesian World: A Philological and Historical Analysis of Ithaf al-Dhaki by Ibrahim al-Kurani", research conducted at the Department of Oriental Studies/Malaiologie, University of Cologne, sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Germany, August 2006-April 2008.
--- - "Shattariyyah Order in West Sumatra: Study on the Dynamics and Development through Local Manuscripts in West Sumatra", Dissertation at the University of Indonesia, 2003, (in Bahasa).
--- - "Tanbih al-Masyi al-Mansub ila Tariq al-Qusyasyi: al-Sinkili’s Response on Controversy of the Wujudiyyah Doctrine in Aceh in the 17th Century (annotated texts and content analysis), thesis for M.A. Program at the University of Indonesia, 1998, (in Bahasa).
--- - "Daur al-Tasrif fi Fahmi Ma'ani al-Kalimat al-'Arabiyyah (The Role of ‘Tasrif’ in Arabic Sentences)", thesis for B.A. Program, at the Faculty of Arts, IAIN Jakarta, 1994.
Collective Researches
- "Social Construction of the Understanding of Nusantara Muslim on Natural Disasters: Text and Context", a collaborative research with Ahmad Arif and Arief Rahman Hakim, funded by Puslitpen Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta (2014).
- "Digitisation of Ambon Manuscripts", Jointly Project by Department of Literature, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, University of Indonesia, in collaboration with Yanassa, Manassa, and the Endangered Archive Project, the British Library, January 30 - February 6, 2010.
- “Digitisation of Indonesian Islamic Manuscripts”, Jointly Project by Northen Illinois University and Hawaii University at Manoa; in collaboration with PPIM UIN Jakarta and Manassa, 2009-2012.
- “Catalogisation of Southeast Asian Kitabs”, Jointly Project by Islamic Area Studies, Institute of Asian Cultures, Sophia University (SIAS), and Documentation Center for Islamic Area Studies, the Toyo Bunko (TBIAS),(Member), 2008-2010.
- “Catalogisation of Tanoh Abee's Collection in Aceh Besar”, PPIM UIN Jakarta, in collaboration with Manassa and Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (Coordinator), 2007-2010.
- “Catalogisation of Ali Hasjmy's Collection in Aceh”, PPIM UIN Jakarta, in collaboration with Manassa and Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (Coordinator), 2006.
- “The Development of Islamic Education Institution in Indonesia”, PPIM UIN Jakarta, in collaboration with Boston University (as researcher), 2005-2006.
- “Mainstreaming Pesantren and Madrasah”, PPIM UIN Jakarta, in collaboration with Danish Embassy, 2004-2006 (as Researcher and Program Secretary).
- “Indonesian Barometer for Consolidation of Democracy”, PPIM UIN Jakarta, in collaboration with AusAid, 2004 (as Researcher and Coordinator of Province).
- “Indonesian Barometer for Consolidation of Democracy”, PPIM UIN Jakarta, in collaboration with The Ford Foundation, Oktober-Nopember 2002 (as Researcher and Coordinator of Province).
- “The Culture of Good Governance in the Indonesian Muslim Society”, PPIM UIN Jakarta, in collaboration with The Ford Foundation, 2001-2002 (as Researcher and Coordinator of Province).
- “Preserving Islamic Archipelago’s Manuscripts Programme”, PPIM UIN Jakarta, in collaboration with the Ministry of Religious Affairs, 2001 (as Consultant).
- “The Discourse of Gender in the Works of Indonesian Muslim Scholars”, PPIM UIN Jakarta, in collaboration with The Ford Foundation, 2000-2001 (as Researcher).
