Dr. Yulia Indrawati Sari is a lecturer in the Department of International Relations at Parahyangan Catholic University (UNPAR). Her work bridges development studies, public policy, and governance, with a focus on community-driven approaches and social accountability.
She earned her PhD in Policy and Governance from the Australian National University. Her doctoral dissertation, “The Building of Monuments: Power, Accountability, and Community-Driven Development in Papua Province, Indonesia“, examines the intersection of governance, development, and local participation.
Her research focuses on community participation, community-driven development, gender issues, and accountability in development processes. In addition to her academic role, she is actively engaged as a consultant for various local and international non-governmental organisations, contributing to policy and program development in the field of inclusive and participatory governance.
Dr. Anastasia is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Communication, Widya Mandala Catholic University, where she is also actively engaged as a researcher and lecturer. With nearly two decades of experience in research and activism, her work focuses on media studies, digital communities, and digital ethnography.
Her research explores how digital technologies shape collective action, community formation, and governance practices. She has conducted extensive work on media and community-based digital practices, particularly in the Indonesian context.
She recently completed her doctoral research titled Solidarity and Neoliberal Governmentality Based on Locality (Localised Governmentality): A Digital Ethnographic Study of the SONJO Online Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic. This study examines how the local online community SONJO utilised digital media as a tool for self-governance and collective coordination during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2021) in Indonesia.
Rizki is a doctoral researcher at the Department of Southeast Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. She is also a co-founder and Co-Executive Director of Integral Knowledge Asia (IK-Asia), where she contributes to advancing critical and engaged knowledge production in the region.
With years of experience in research and activism, her work focuses on gender and development, political economy, conflict, and Islamic feminism. Her research adopts an interdisciplinary approach to examine how structural transformations shape gendered experiences and inequalities in Indonesia.
She is currently completing her doctoral dissertation titled “A House Unfinished: Gender, Labour, and Circular Migration in Rural Indonesia“. Her research investigates the relationship between women’s circular migration from rural to urban areas and agrarian transformation within the context of neoliberal development in Indonesia.