Organizer: Indonesia Project, Australian National University

Type/Location: Hybrid / Canberra, Australia

Description:

How is policy made in Indonesia, and how are emerging scholars helping us understand its complexities?

To mark the opening of the ANU Indonesia Project’s 60th Anniversary celebrations, join us for a special PhD seminar featuring three emerging scholars presenting original research on policymaking in Indonesia. Gita Putri Damayana examines the country’s regulatory frameworks, Joshua Walker explores the energy transition and EV policy from a sociological perspective, and Dyah Pritadrajati discusses social protection through an economic lens.

The session will be chaired by Professor Ed Aspinall, Department of Political and Social Change, ANU Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs.

About the Speakers:

Gita Putri Damayana is a PhD candidate in the ANU School of Regulation and Global Governance. Her main research areas are law and regulatory reform, legislative process and civic space.

Joshua Walker is a PhD Candidate at the ANU School of Sociology. His research examines changing class relations and spatially uneven development, with a focus on Indonesia's 'automotive corridor'.

Dyah Pritadrajati is a PhD candidate in economics at the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy and a Fox International Fellow at Yale University (2024–2025). Her research focuses on gender, labour, and social policy in Indonesia.

Registration:

To attend the event in person, please register here.

To attend the event online, please join the zoom meeting here.