This year, the Indonesia Council Open Conference (ICOC) is hosted by The University of Sydney. The conference will be celebrating the 25 years of the conference and will be held on 26 and 27 September 2023, in person and online. You can access the full program here and register for free. Sonia Roitman will talk … Continue reading
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Sonia Roitman at upcoming Indonesia Update conference – free registration!
This year the Indonesia Update conference will be on ‘Governing urban Indonesia’. The Indonesia Update is a project at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, that includes an annual conference to discuss issues of governance, politics and economic development in Indonesia. This year’s conference will be in September and it is free … Continue reading
UQ-UGM joint studio has started!
The joint studio between UQ and UGM (Universitas Gadjah Mada) has started! We are very excited to have resumed this course after the ‘Covid-19 break’. The course is PLAN3200/7200 Understanding development complexities. This is a joint studio course delivered annually between UQ and UGM in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, since 2015. Students from urban planning, geography, environmental … Continue reading
Sonia Roitman and colleagues receive KONEKSI grant from DFAT
We are very excited to share that we got a new research grant from KONEKSI (Knowledge Partnership Platform Australia – Indonesia). This is a new grant scheme funded by DFAT (Department of Fair and Trade), Australian Government, that aims to strengthen the development of knowledge-based solutions for inclusive and sustainable policies and technologies. After a … Continue reading
Join UQ|UP team at the XX ISA World Congress of Sociology in Melbourne!
The XX ISA World Congress of Sociology will be held next week in Melbourne (25 June – 1 July, Melbourne Convention Centre). The congress will be a big event attended in person and online by researchers from all over the world! Several UQ|UP members will present their work: In addition, Sonia Roitman will chair two … Continue reading
New book on COVID-19 and informal workers in Asian cities by former UQ|UP colleagues – sign up for the launch!
Former UQ|UP colleagues and graduates have just published a book on COVID-19 and informal workers in Asian cities. The book is titled ‘COVID-19 and informal workers in Asian cities: Impact, response and implications for urban recovery’. It was edited by Redento Recio (UQ|UP PhD Graduate), Kazi Fattah, Nausheen H. Anwar, Noman Ahmed, Iderlina Mateo-Babiano (UQ|UP … Continue reading
Sonia Roitman on Inside Indonesia discussing the social impacts of Indonesia’s new capital development
New article published in Inside Indonesia by UQ|UP Sonia Roitman, Peter Walters (UQ, Sociology), Imam Ardhianto (Anthropology, UI), Rusli Cahyadi (Anthropology, LIPI and UQ|UP Alumni) about the social impacts of the development of the new capital city (Nusantara, also known as IKN -Ibu Kota Nusantara) in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The development of the IKN is … Continue reading