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We advance knowledge and and practice on how power shapes the way people access, manage, and contest their environments — through rigorous applied and theoretical research — grounded in the belief that research is inseparable from learning and change.

Research projects

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Research publications

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Our Research Team

Nitia Agustini Kala Ayu, MSc

Evaluator / Researcher

I am a social and sustainability enthusiast, researching just transition, climate policy and adaptation, gender inclusion, agriculture, and water sanitation.

Giovanni Austriningrum, MA

Senior Researcher

I am a social-environmental researcher with over 10 years of experience, working through feminist political ecology, feminist political economy, and intersectional perspectives.

Azka Azifa, MIntDevEc

Evaluator / Researcher

I am a researcher and evaluator focused on natural resource and energy governance, with an interest in how evidence can support just and sustainable transitions. My work explores the intersection of governance, local economic development, and community.

Aliyah Bhuana, MSc

Evaluator / Researcher

I am an evaluator and researcher in environmental and behavioural economics, working on climate, forest, and inclusive-economy programs across Southeast Asia — driven by evidence, aimed at policies that work for society and the environment.

Rahayu Harjanthi, MA

Senior Researcher

I am an anthropologist with almost 20 years of experience in environmental related issues such as sustainable natural resource management, climate change, land-use and civil society movements.

Balgis Inayah, MEnvSus

Evaluator / Researcher

I am a researcher and evaluator passionate about equitable and inclusive sustainability transitions. My work focuses on just transition, energy transition, climate change, GEDSI, and sustainable finance.

Naufal Rofi Indriansyah, MSc

Researcher

I am a researcher and evaluator working at the intersection of climate resilience, social justice, and urban planning in Indonesia and beyond.

Hansen Sukma Kartika, BA

Research Assistant

I am an aspiring policy practitioner specialising in energy transition and climate development, with experience across NGO, private-sector, and government settings.

Rodd Myers, PhD

General Convenor

I am an environmental social scientist. Using mixed methods across agricultural and forest-based land-use systems, I analyse the interactions between people and nature.

Vilona Stevanny, BA

Research Assistant

I am a social anthropologist specialising in ethnographic research, with research interests in social and environmental justice.

Hamidah Busyrah, MA

Associate

I am a social anthropologist researching maritime anthropology, energy transition, gender, power, and genealogy studies.

Micah Fisher, PhD

Associate

I am a human geographer researching landscapes and watersheds, and a planner interested in methodologies of public engagement.

Aidy Halimanjaya, PhD

Co-Founder Emeritus

I am an economist working in the area of international public finance. My research aims to make financial allocation more equitable and transparent.

Muhammad Ichsan, MENCH

Associate

I am a policy researcher in the areas of natural resources, governance, and development. I'm always interested in the links between politics and development outcomes.

Dian Intarini, MSc

Co-Founder Emeritus

I am a forester by education who came to think of long-term management not simply as a choice between plantations and conservation, but as something shaped by human dimensions in natural resource systems.

Cecilia Luttrell, PhD

Senior Associate

I am an interdisciplinary researcher. working on improving linkages between research and policy–particularly around the governance and politics of natural resources and climate change sectors.

Ahmad Maryudi, PhD

Co-Founder Emeritus

I am a policy researcher working on forest governance, community forestry, forest tenure, and land-use.

Martha Maulidia, PhD

Associate

I have more than 15 years of experience in research and consulting projects in climate and energy policy, climate finance, and sustainability.

Yustina Octifanny, BSc, MURP

Associate

I am a regional planner and a researcher studying the human-land nexus. I specialise in political ecology, carbon governance, migration, land transformation, urbanisation, and spatial inequality.

Aung Kyaw Thein, MA

Associate

I am a political economist working for social and environmental justice to ensure equitable distribution of natural resources, sustainable development, and peace.

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