Peneliti pada Center for Governmental Studies, Northern Illinois University (2000 - 2000)

Research Manager di IPC, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, Amerika (2004 - 2005)

Direktur Riset The Indonesian Institute, Center for Public Policy Analysis, Jakarta (2005 - 2009)

Peneliti Utama di The Indonesian Survei Institute (LSI), Jakarta (2005 - 2007)

National Advisor Bidang Desentralisasi dan Otonomi Daerah pada Partnership for Governance Reform, Jakarta (2006 - 2007)

Rektor Universitas Paramadina (2007 - 2011)

Pendiri dan Ketua Gerakan Indonesia Mengajar (2010)

Presenter Program Save Our Nation, Metro TV (2010)

Presenter Young Global Leaders Summit, Tanzania, Afrika (2010)

Menteri Kebudayaan dan Pendidikan Dasar dan Menengah dalam Kabinet Kerja (2014-2016)

Gubernur DKI Jakarta (2017-2022)

Penghargaan

AFS Intercultural Program, Milwaukee High School, Wisconsin, AS (1987)

JAL Scholarsip (1993)

Fulbright Scholarship (1997)