Faiz Rahman

Simplified Affiliation PhD Researcher and Lecturer at Leiden University and Universitas Gadjah Mada

Faiz Rahman is a PhD Researcher at the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society and eLaw Center for Law and Digital Technologies, Leiden University, the Netherlands, and a Lecturer at Constitutional Law at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. His research focuses on the intersection of law, politics, and digital technologies. His dissertation examines the conceptualisation of public interest in personal data protection and its impact on state-society-citizens relationships in the digital era.

Fadhilatul Hikmah

Lecturer and Researcher at Universitas Gadjah Mada, specializing in Tax Law and related studies.

Fadhilatul Hikmah (Dhila) is a lecturer at the Tax Law Department Faculty of Law of Universitas Gadjah Mada and a researcher at the Indonesian Center for Tax Law and the Center for World Trade Studies at the same university. She has a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in Sustainable International Development Law from the University of Washington, where she received the Roy Prosterman Student Leadership Award and the Barer Fellowship in 2013. Her PhD research focuses on tax fairness within and beyond border: A Case Study of Indonesia’s Tax Dispute Resolution Mechanisms and Governance.

Santy Kouwagam

Researcher at Leiden University’s Van Vollenhoven Institute

Santy Kouwagam is a researcher at Leiden University’s Van Vollenhoven Institute. Her work examines how law, religion, and culture intersect in shaping care systems, social security, and access to justice in plural societies. Trained in Indonesian and comparative law, she has taught courses in comparative and European private law. She also brings experience from legal practice in Indonesia and the U.S., as well as volunteer work supporting vulnerable communities.

Anugerah Rizki Akbari

PhD Candidate in criminal lawmaking, nation-building, and Indonesian politics

Anugerah Rizki Akbari (Eki) is a non-permanent lecturer at the Department of Criminology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Indonesia. He holds an expert panel position at the Institute for Criminal Justice Reform. Eki is also affiliated with the Indonesian Anti-Corruption Commission (KPK) as an editorial board member of their Integritas: Jurnal Antikorupsi

Iftitahsari Iftitahsari

Program Manager and Researcher at Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR)

Iftitahsari (Tita) is a program manager and researcher at Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR). ICJR is an independent research institution that focuses on criminal law reform, criminal justice system reform, and legal reform in general in Indonesia. Tita holds a Bachelor of Law (SH) from Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia, then obtained a Master of Science in Crime and Criminal Justice from Leiden Law School, Netherlands in 2017. She is currently working as a researcher at ICJR focusing on advocating fair trial rights, accountable and democratic criminal justice system, institutional reform of lawyer profession, the abolition of death penalty, and evidence-based drug policy reform

Sartika Intaning Pradhani

Lecturer and Researcher at Universitas Gadjah Mada, specializing in Adat Law (Customary Law).

Sartika Pradhani is a lecturer at Adat Law Department and researcher at Djododigeono Adat Law Research Center in Faculty of Law, Universitas Gadjah Mada. Her dissertation critizining adat law-making based on customs by showing two case studies on how reasoning worked within the community. Her teaching interest is to reveal indigenous women’s experience in dealing with various legal systems, their barriers, and their choice of law.

Tody Utama

Simplified Affiliation PhD Researcher at Leiden University and Lecturer in Adat Law at Universitas Gadjah Mada

Tody Utama is a PhD researcher at the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society, Leiden University, and a lecturer in Adat (Customary) Law at UGM, Indonesia. His current research explores the instrumentalization of customary law and institutions, focusing on the socio-political context and the strategies used by national and regional institutions to recognize, incorporate, and utilize adat. Some of his work is available

Dyah Hizbaron

Lecturer at Faculty of Geography and Research Fellow at Research Centre for Disaster UGM

Dr. Dyah Rahmawati Hizbaron is a lecturer at Faculty of Geography and Research Fellow at Research Centre for Disaster Universitas Gadjah Mada. She acts as Director for International Affairs at her Faculty (2012-2016), and is appointed as Vice Dean for Research, Community Services, Cooperation and Alumni of the Faculty of Geography. She gained her BA from the Faculty of Geography, UGM majoring in Regional Development, and finalized her Master Program from the Institut Technology Bandung and the University of Groningen, majoring in Infrastructure and Environmental Planning. She gained her PhD. from the Universitas Gadjah Mada sandwich program with the University of Innsbruck, Austria, majoring in Environmental Science. Her main interest is disaster studies, especially vulnerability assessment, urban risk management, and to broaden coastal and watershed management

Alfarizi Ramadhan

International Forestry Students' Association

Alfarizi Ramadhan is serving as the IFSA Youth Consultant for CIFOR-ICRAF Asia Restoration Education, where he plays a key role in representing students across Asia in shaping the future of landscape restoration education. Together with fellow youth consultants, Alfarizi actively contributes to conducting student needs assessments and co-developing educational frameworks to strengthen restoration capacity in the region. Beyond this role, he is also the Vice President of IFSA LC IPB, which demonstrates his participation in empowering youth in forestry and environmental sustainabilty.

Cora van Oosten

Head of Capacity Development & Education CIFOR-ICRAF

Dr. Cora van Oosten is a human geographer with over 30 years of international experience in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. As director of CIFOR-ICRAF’s Capacity Development and Education, she helps translate research outcomes into cutting-edge learning products and supports projects and programs to innovate their capacity development action. One of these is the Restoration Education initiative, which focuses on integrating landscape restoration in the curricula of higher education institutes. Launched by CIFOR-ICRAF and adopted by a growing number of universities, the Restoration Education initiative is expanding rapidly and getting institutionalized in curricula across Africa and Asia.

Mafrikhul Muttaqin

Lecturer in the Dept of Biology and Assistant Director for Technology & Learning Digitalization at IPB

Mafrikhul Muttaqin has two key roles at IPB University. As a lecturer in the Biology Department and Bioinformatics Study Program, he enjoys teaching and researching how plants interact with their world. Also, he has another job as the Assistant Director for Technology and Learning Digitalization within the Directorate of Educational Transformation and Learning Technology (DTPTP). In this role, he leads projects that utilize new educational technologies and innovative approaches to enhance student learning and improve the quality of education at the university.

Christina Prell

Associate Professor in Networks, Sustainability, and Human Dimensions of Environmental Change

Christina Prell is an Associate Professor in Networks, Sustainability, and Human D's research focuses on the intersection of social networks (e.g. trade networks and stakeholder networks) and socio-environmental changes (e.g. climate impacts, local adaptations and climate actions), at multiple scales.

Sabine Bolk

Independent Researcher

Sabine Bolk is a Dutch researcher, curator, and artist specializing in Batik Belanda and the European influence on Indonesian batik. Since 2009, she has conducted fieldwork in Java, collaborated with museums and collectors in both Indonesia and the Netherlands, and curated exhibitions such as Masa Depan Batik – Future of Batik (2023) in Jakarta. From 2019 to 2021, she was a Research Associate at the Research Centre for Material Culture in Leiden. Sabine’s project, Retelling the History of the (Indo-) European Influence on Batik, reflects her commitment to decolonial research, education, and cross-cultural dialogue.

Isabelle Claire Dela Paz

Network Coordinator for CIFOR

Isabelle is a dedicated forestry professional with a five-year career in connecting stakeholders and creating accessible scientific educational content in the forestry sector. She serves as a Network Facilitator for the Restoration Education Project at CIFOR-ICRAF. Currently, Isabelle is pursuing her Master's degree in Development and Rural Innovation at Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands.

adriaan bedner

Professor of Law and Society in Indonesia at the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society

Adriaan Bedner is Professor of Law and Society in Indonesia at the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society. He is also Head of Department of the Van Vollenhoven Institute and honorary fellow of the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV)

Haryo Winarso

Professor at the School of Architecture, Planning and Policy Development ITB

Prof. Haryo Winarso is a Professor at the School of Architecture, Planning and Policy Development, Institut Teknologi Bandung (SAPPD-ITB). Head of Urban Planning and Design Research Group, ITB. His undergraduate degree is in Architecturefrom UGM. He obtained his M. Eng. degree from the Asian Institute of Technology and a PhD degree from the DPU, Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, University College London. Haryo Winarso has more than 30 years of experience in undertaking research, consultancy, teaching, and training assignments nationally as well as internationally, including assignments to the USA, Singapore, Thailand, and Nepal, on urban land and housing-related issues. Undertaking several joint research funded by the World Bank, DFID, Government Agencies of Indonesia, Asian Development Bank, contributing papers in International and national seminars. He is the former Attaché of Education and Culture in the USA and the former president of ASPI (Indonesian Planning School Association). He teaches Planning Theory, Housing Policy, Land and Housing Development, Urban Design, and Housing to both undergraduates and graduates at the school.