https://jurnal.unimed.ac.id/2012/index.php/geo/article/view/36564 https://doi.org/10.24114/jg.v14i2.36564 - (Vol 14, No 2 - 2022) available at http://jurnal.unimed.ac.id/2012/index.php/geo e-issn (2549-7057) & p-issn (2085-8167) Sociopreneurship Empowerment | 182 Sociopreneurship Empowerment as a Developmental Politic of Islamic Boarding School: A Lesson from Darul Mursyid Heri Kusmanto 1 , Muryanto Amin 2 1 Postgdraduate Program of Development Studies, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia 2 Department of Political Sciences, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article History: Received: July 07, 2022 Revision: July 31, 2022 Accepted: August 01, 2022 This study analyses the sociopreneurship empowerment model performed by an Islamic boarding school from the perspective of developmental politics. Darul Mursyid boarding school, an Islamic educational institution in the Sipirok district in North Sumatera, has been known to employ this model as a part of its social development efforts in giving economic and social benefits to the Sipirok society. This study was carried out through subsequent descriptive-qualitative research, observation, in- depth interview, and FGD (forum group discussion) methods. The results exhibited that most of the sociopreneurship efforts had been directed at producing agroforestry commodities such as coffee, vanilla, honey, vegetables, etc., along with other economic activities. The existence of Darul Mursyid boarding school greatly supported the financial capabilities of the community. Overall, the findings of this study revealed the critical role of Darul Mursyid's Islamic principles and the founding figures in driving enhanced sociopreneurship empowerment. This outcome also implicitly exhibited the significant role of Islamic boarding schools despite civil organizations contributing a lot of benefits to society's welfare. Keywords: Development of Politics, Sociopreneurships, Empowerment, Islamic Boarding School, Darul Mursyid Corresponding Author E-mail: herikusmanto@usu.ac.id INTRODUCTION The use of socio-entrepreneurship approaches as the model of political development has become an exciting study for many social scientists and practitioners, especially from the perspective of societal developments (Hastasari et al., 2022). Despite civil organizations' role in politics and society developments, an Islamic boarding school has also played an essential role in making a significant contribution to the enhancement of society's welfare, especially in education and economic aspects (Purnomo et al., 2015). Islamic boarding school is an educational institution that devotes its principal activities to Islamic teaching and learning and preaching the fundamental Islamic principles, Qur'ān and Hadist (Farid & Lamb, 2020). The school consists of one or more students learning in it and is led by the boarding school's leader, so-called "Kyai," and helped by several teachers (ulamā/ustādz) (Choiruzzad & Nugroho, 2013). The studies about the socio- entrepreneurship of an Islamic boarding school are fundamentally considered according to the Islamic civil society's social role (Nurbaiti, 2020). It comprises independent characters, volunteers, and goals for attaining society's welfare. Furthermore, the fruitfulness of the developmental model is strongly influenced by the existence of charismatic figures/leaders and essential Islamic ideology in constructing a developmental frame (Kusmanto, 2017). Islamic developmental thinking is the direction or orientation of ideological thoughts, strategies, and development models that are