The Indonesia Institute brings together ANU scholars, post-doctoral fellows, PhD candidates, postgraduate and undergraduate students, and professional staff, who work in and on Indonesia. 

Our members and affiliates come from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, and share a passion for research, engagement and partnerships with Indonesia.

Director

Eve Warburton

Dr

Eve Warburton

Research Fellow / Director of the ANU Indonesia Institute
Government and Politics of Asia and the Pacific
Comparative Politics
Business and Politics

Deputy Director

Nurkemala Muliani

Ms

Nurkemala Muliani

Cyber Engagement Coordinator
International and Development Communication
International Economics and International Finance
Southeast Asia

Advisory Board

Aliza Hunt

Dr

Aliza Hunt

Visiting Fellow
mental health
psychiatric epidemiology
Transcultural Psychiatry
Ed Aspinall

Prof

Edward Aspinall

Professor of Politics and Social Change
Indonesian politics and history
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Southeast Asia
Elly Kent

Dr

Elly (Ellen) Kent

Lecturer, Indonesian Studies, UNSW Canberra
Indonesian Languages
Indonesian politics and history
Arts and Cultural Policy
Eve Warburton

Dr

Eve Warburton

Research Fellow / Director of the ANU Indonesia Institute
Government and Politics of Asia and the Pacific
Comparative Politics
Business and Politics
Greg Fealy

EmPr

Gregory John Fealy

Retired Professor
Indonesian politics and history
Southeast Asian Islam
Sutarsa Nyoman

Dr

I Nyoman Sutarsa

Senior Lecturer in Population Health
Social health
Population/public health
Health system and policy
Wayan Arka

Prof

I Wayan Arka

Indonesian Language Program Convenor
Indonesian Languages
John McCarthy

Prof

John McCarthy

Professor of Rural Development and the Anthropology of Policy
Agricultural policy and food security
Resource rights, governance, and institutions with a focus on forestry, agriculture and land use
Politics, policy and natural resource governance in a developing context
Pierre van der Eng

Pierre van der Eng

Associate Professor
Business history
Economic History
International business

Members

Aliza Hunt

Dr

Aliza Hunt

Visiting Fellow
mental health
psychiatric epidemiology
Transcultural Psychiatry
Andree Surianta

Mr

Andree Surianta

PhD Candidate
Knowledge transfer
foreign direct investment
Anthony Reid

EmPr

Anthony (Tony) Reid

Professor Emeritus
Early Modern SE Asia
Sumatra
South Sulawesi
Aristyo Rizka Darmawan

Mr

Aristyo Rizka Darmawan

PhD Candidate
International Law (excl. International Trade Law)
Law of the sea
Maritime security
Asrul Sidiq

Mr

Asrul Sidiq

PhD Candidate
URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
Development studies
Environment Policy
Depi Susilawati

Dr

Depi Susilawati

Postdoctoral Fellow
Natural Resource Management
Environment Policy
Forestry Management and Environment
Dyah Pritadrajati

Ms

Dyah Pritadrajati

PhD Candidate
Applied microeconomics
Development economics
Labour Economics
Ed Aspinall

Prof

Edward Aspinall

Professor of Politics and Social Change
Indonesian politics and history
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Southeast Asia
Elena Williams

Ms

Elena Williams

Higher Education consultant and PhD candidate
International Education
Learning Abroad
New Colombo Plan
Eve Warburton

Dr

Eve Warburton

Research Fellow / Director of the ANU Indonesia Institute
Government and Politics of Asia and the Pacific
Comparative Politics
Business and Politics
Fajar Oktiyanto

Mr

Fajar Oktiyanto

PhD Student in Economics
Macroeconomics (incl. Monetary and Fiscal Theory)
Development economics
Gatra Priyandita

Dr

Gatra Priyandita

Visiting Fellow
Indonesian foreign policy
Southeast Asian security
Cyber
George Quinn

Prof

George Quinn

Honorary Professor (retired)
Javanese language and literature
Islam in Java
Greg Fealy

EmPr

Gregory John Fealy

Retired Professor
Indonesian politics and history
Southeast Asian Islam
Sutarsa Nyoman

Dr

I Nyoman Sutarsa

Senior Lecturer in Population Health
Social health
Population/public health
Health system and policy
Wayan Arka

Prof

I Wayan Arka

Indonesian Language Program Convenor
Indonesian Languages
John McCarthy

Prof

John McCarthy

Professor of Rural Development and the Anthropology of Policy
Agricultural policy and food security
Resource rights, governance, and institutions with a focus on forestry, agriculture and land use
Politics, policy and natural resource governance in a developing context
Kathryn Whitney

Ms

Kathryn Whitney

Program Manager
Higher education program management
Transnational Education Partnerships
Designing and leading Work Integrated Learning WIL, career readiness and global study experiences for students.
Kuntala.Lahiri-Dutt

Prof

Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt

Professor
gender
Extractive industries
large-scale mining impacts
Natalie Sambhi

Ms

Natalie Sambhi

Researcher
Indonesian foreign policy
Indonesian defence and security
Indonesian military
Nava Nuraniyah

Ms

Nava Nuraniyah

PhD Candidate
Contentious politics
Security Studies
Southeast Asian Islam
Nurkemala Muliani

Ms

Nurkemala Muliani

Cyber Engagement Coordinator
International and Development Communication
International Economics and International Finance
Southeast Asia
Paul Burke

Prof

Paul Burke

Professor
Environment and Resource Economics
Development economics
Phil Cummins

Dr

Phil R. Cummins

Professor of Natural Hazards
Earthquake and tsunami hazard and risk
Pierre van der Eng

Pierre van der Eng

Associate Professor
Business history
Economic History
International business
Robert Cribb

EmPr

Robert Cribb

Emeritus Professor of Australian History
Indonesia
History
Violence
Ross McLeod

Dr

Ross Hamilton McLeod

Honorary Associate Professor
Indonesia economy and governance
Small business finance in Indonesia
Corruption in Indonesia
Ross Tapsell

Ross Tapsell

Researcher
Southeast Asia
Indonesia
Malaysian Studies
Ryan Edwards

Dr

Ryan Edwards

Deputy Director, DevPol; and Fellow, ACDE
Labour Economics
Development economics
International Economics and International Finance
Stacey Martin

Stacey Servito Martin

PhD candidate
Historical earthquakes
Historical tsunamis
Macroseismic observations
Stephen Sherlock

Dr

Stephen Sherlock

Visiting Fellow
Indonesian politics and history
Tanya Jakimow

Tanya Jakimow

Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow
community development
Gender and Politics
Livelihoods
Tanya Jakimow

Tanya Jakimow

Associate Professor of Anthropology and ARC Future Fellow
Gender and Politics
Anthropology of Development
Local Government
Vania Budianto

Ms

Vania Budianto

PhD Candidate
Social Policy
Anthropology of Development
Development studies
Virginia Hooker

EmaP

Virginia Gail Hooker

Professor Emerita
Social Change
Law and Society
Asian History

Affiliates

Elly Kent

Dr

Elly (Ellen) Kent

Lecturer, Indonesian Studies, UNSW Canberra
Indonesian Languages
Indonesian politics and history
Arts and Cultural Policy
Nimas Mega

Miss

Nimas Mega Purnamasari

Director of United in Diversity, Bali Campus
Culture and society in Indonesia
Sustainable Development
English as a Second Language
Sylvia Laksmi

Dr

Sylvia Laksmi

Research and Policy Officer at Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA)
Counter-terrorism
Money Laundering
Counter-Terrorism Financing