Edy Suandi Hamid was also researcher at the Centre for Rural and Regional Development UGM (1983–1995), researcher at Leknas-LIPI (1984) and the Centre for Economic Democracy Studies UGM, editor at the daily newspaper Kedaulatan Rakyat, Yogyakarta, and also a visiting scholar at Monash University (Melbourne, 1998).
[1] In his professional career, Hamid has been elected to and held positions in both government and private organizations which mainly focus in educational activities.
In 2011, he was elected as the Chairman of Indonesian Private Universities Association (APTISI) for the period 2011-2015,[2] the Head of HMI Alumni Foundation (YAHMI) Yogyakarta (currently), Member of National Consumer Protection Agency (BPKN) RI (2009-2012), Member of the Expert Council for Indonesian Shar’I Economic Society (2009-2011), Active Member in the Forum of National Defense Board (WANTANAS), and the Chairman of the Cooperation Board of Indonesian Islamic Private Universities (BKS-PTIS) 2009-2014/11.
Furthermore, under his leadership, Edy urged the necessity to manage the university as well as its study programs with advance information technology and good governance certified under ISO 9001:2008 issued by the Certification Board of TUV Rheinland Germany since 2009 onward.
Notable books which he wrote, for example “Economic Development in Indonesia: From Centralization to Decentralization”, “Vertical Fiscal Inequity and Alternative Formula for Public Allocation Fund”, and “Professionalism in the Economic and Business Perspective and the Challenge in Indonesia”.