ArkomJogja is a local NGO in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, that works with local communities to design and build housing and improve living conditions of marginalised and poor groups. Arkom is one of the partners in the UQ Indonesia course. UQ|UP has been working with them since 2015. Arkom also works in post-disaster reconstruction and is currently … Continue reading
The University of Sydney, School of Architecture, Design and Planning is hosting on Symposium on Informal Urbanism in the Asia-Pacific region on 25 September 2018. The event will discuss the work of researchers in Australia and overseas in relation to urban informality, bottom-up approaches and the New Urban Agenda. The program is available here. Sonia … Continue reading
Andri Supriatna has received his PhD degree by The University of Queensland. Congratulations Andri! Andri’s thesis analyses land tenure security of urban kampung in Jakarta. The thesis attempts to understand what tenure security entails (especially concerning de facto or de jure tenure forms) and to assess the impacts of tenure security in a specific local context and … Continue reading
New article in The Conversation by Dr Sonia Roitman on how inclusionary planning instruments could help to reduce income inequality in Indonesian cities. If you want to read the article in English click here and for the article in Bahasa Indonesia click here. Continue reading