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.