Conference conveners
Dr Rachael Diprose
Dr Rachael Diprose is the Director-International and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS) in the Faculty of Arts at The University of Melbourne. She teaches in the Master of Development Studies program, is the SSPS representative that supports collaborations and partnerships with Indonesian universities, government and civil society organizations, and has been the Convener of the University’s Indonesia Forum over multiple years. Rachael has published widely for both academic and applied audiences from her research in Indonesia, Southeast Asia and West Africa. Her research has focused on the multidisciplinary themes of inequalities, inclusion, gender and development; peacebuilding and conflict transformation; multi-level governance and political settlements; and the political economy of different dimensions of rapid social and economic change. Formerly of the University of Oxford, Rachael has led many academic and applied mixed-methods research programs and has held advisory roles in research, policy and practice, globally and in Asia.
Her website, Demi Setara (or 'For Equality') shares research findings in a variety of forms from the most recent large-scale research project that she leads on Gender, Collective Action and Governance in Rural Indonesia, which also involves colleagues from Melbourne and Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Indonesia. She has long worked together with academics, civil society organizations, senior policy makers, and others, in both research and development, and continues to collaborate in initiatives with colleagues at Melbourne, SOAS, LSE, Oxford, Leiden, York, ANU, the University of Gadjah Mada, the University of Indonesia, and elsewhere.
Dr Rachael Diprose adalah Direktur-Internasional dan Dosen Senior di Sekolah Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik (SSPS) di Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne. Ia mengajar di program Magister Studi Pembangunan dan juga merupakan perwakilan SSPS yang mendukung kolaborasi dan kemitraan dengan universitas, pemerintah, dan organisasi masyarakat sipil di Indonesia, serta telah menjadi Penyelenggara Forum Indonesia selama beberapa tahun. Rachael telah menerbitkan secara luas untuk kalangan akademis dan terapan dari penelitiannya di Indonesia, Asia Tenggara dan Afrika Barat. Penelitiannya berfokus pada tema multidisiplin tentang ketidaksetaraan, inklusi, gender, dan pembangunan; pembangunan perdamaian dan transformasi konflik; pemerintahan multi-level dan penyelesaian politik; serta ekonomi politik dari berbagai dimensi perubahan sosial dan ekonomi yang cepat. Sebelumnya dari Universitas Oxford, Rachael telah memimpin banyak program penelitian metode campuran akademik dan terapan dan telah memegang peran penasihat dalam penelitian, kebijakan dan praktik, secara global dan di Asia.
Situs webnya “Demi Setara” (For Equality), menyajikan temuan penelitian dalam berbagai bentuk dari proyek penelitian skala besar terbaru yang dipimpinnya tentang Gender, Aksi Kolektif dan Tata Kelola di Pedesaan Indonesia. Proyek tersebut juga melibatkan rekan-rekan dari The University of Melbourne dan Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Indonesia. Rachael telah lama bekerja sama dengan akademisi, organisasi masyarakat sipil, pembuat kebijakan senior, dan lainnya, baik dalam penelitian dan pengembangan, dan terus berkolaborasi dalam inisiatif dengan rekan-rekannya di Melbourne, SOAS, LSE, Oxford, Leiden, York, ANU, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Universitas Indonesia, dan lain-lain.
Professor Kate McGregor
Professor Kate McGregor is a historian of Indonesia, based in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, specialising in the history of modern Indonesia. The focus of her research to date has been on the Indonesian military, the Cold War, colonial violence, memory and activism, Indonesian women and the Japanese occupation. She has published four books and is completing a major monograph on transnational activism for Indonesian ‘comfort women’ to be published by the University of Wisconsin Press in 2023. This is a major outcome of an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship. In 2021 she commenced work with Dr Ana Dragoljlovic on a new Australian Research Council funded project of memory activism around colonial violence. She is also collaborating with Dr Ken Setiawan, Dr Abdul Wahid and Dr Sadiah Boonstra on a book project entitled Rethinking Colonial History.
Kate teaches Southeast Asian and Asian history. She supervises broadly across the fields of Southeast history and gender studies. She is currently President of the Asian Studies Association of Australia and Deputy Associate Dean International Indonesia for the Faculty of Arts at The University of Melbourne. She has promoted ongoing collaborations between Australian and Indonesian researchers through her own research as well as through a range of programs within and outside the University of Melbourne including the Faculty of Arts Indonesia Initiative.
Professor Kate McGregor adalah sejarawan bidang Indonesia, yang berbasis di School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, dengan spesialisasi di bidang sejarah Indonesia modern. Fokus penelitiannya sampai saat ini adalah militer Indonesia, Perang Dingin, kekerasan kolonial, memori dan aktivisme, perempuan Indonesia dan pendudukan Jepang. Kate telah menerbitkan empat buku dan sedang menyelesaikan monograf tentang aktivisme transnasional tetang jugun ianfu Indonesia yang akan diterbitkan oleh University of Wisconsin Press pada tahun 2023. Ini adalah hasil utama dari Australian Research Council Future Fellowship. Pada tahun 2021 ia memulai kolaborasi dengan Dr Ana Dragoljlovic dalam proyek baru yang didanai Dewan Riset Australia tentang aktivisme memori tentang kekerasan kolonial. Ia juga berkolaborasi dengan Dr Ken Setiawan, Dr Abdul Wahid dan Dr Sadiah Boonstra dalam sebuah proyek buku berjudul Rethinking Colonial History (Meninjau Kembali Sejarah Kolonial).
Kate McGregor mengajar sejarah Asia Tenggara dan Asia. Beliau membimbing mahasiswa dengan penelitian yang terkait dengan bidang sejarah Asia Tenggara dan studi gender. Saat ini beliau menjabat sebagai Presiden Asian Studies Association of Australia dan Wakil Dekan Bidang Internasional Indonesia, Faculty of Arts di University of Melbourne. Beliau telah lama mempromosikan kolaborasi berkelanjutan antara peneliti Australia dan Indonesia melalui penelitiannya sendiri serta melalui berbagai program di dalam dan di luar The University of Melbourne termasuk Faculty of Arts Indonesia Initiative.
Associate Professor Kate Macdonald
Associate Professor Kate Macdonald is an ARC Future Fellow, School of Social and Political Science (SPSS), The University of Melbourne. Kate’s research focuses on transnational governance and accountability systems, especially in relation to transnational business regulation, and accountability in the international development sector. She has conducted research and consultancy work on these topics for a range of Australian and international organizations including the Forest Stewardship Council, Amnesty International, ActionAid Australia, Oxfam Australia and the UK’s Corporate Responsibility Coalition. She’s currently on the Board of the Jubilee Australia Research Foundation. Kate has published three books and over 50 journal articles, and is currently involved in research collaborations with institutional partners in various countries, including Indonesia, Peru, Ecuador, the UK and Canada.
Associate Professor Kate Macdonald adalah ARC Future Fellow, School of Social and Political Science (SPSS), The University of Melbourne. Penelitian Kate berfokus pada tata kelola transnasional dan sistem akuntabilitas, terutama terkait dengan regulasi bisnis transnasional, dan akuntabilitas di sektor pembangunan internasional. Ia telah melakukan penelitian dan pekerjaan konsultasi mengenai topik ini untuk berbagai organisasi Australia dan internasional, termasuk Forest Stewardship Council, Amnesty International, ActionAid Australia, Oxfam Australia dan Corporate Responsibility Coalition di Inggris. Kate saat ini menjabat sebagai dewan penasihat Jubilee Australia Research Foundation. Ia telah menerbitkan tiga buku dan lebih dari 50 jurnal artikel, dan saat ini tengah terlibat dalam kolaborasi penelitian dengan lembaga mitra di berbagai negara, termasuk Indonesia, Peru, Ekuador, Inggris dan Kanada.
Dr Poppy S. Winanti
Dr Poppy S. Winanti is the Vice Dean for Academic and Student Affairs at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) and a senior lecturer at the International Relations Department in the faculty. Her research interests cover global and regional trade relations in global political economy; conflict and political economy of natural resources and extractive industries; Indonesia’s economic diplomacy; and South-South Cooperation. Her recent publications include localising global norms in extractive industries; resource nationalism; regulatory framework on IPR in Indonesia; Indonesia-Australia trade relations in the Indo-Pacific Era; and Indonesia’s South-South Cooperation.
Dr Poppy S. Winanti adalah Wakil Dekan Bidang Akademik dan Kemahasiswaan, Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik (FISIPOL), Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) sekaligus dosen senior di Departemen Hubungan Internasional, FISIPOL UGM. Minat penelitiannya meliputi hubungan perdagangan global dan regional dalam ekonomi politik global; konflik dan ekonomi politik sumber daya alam dan industri ekstraktif; diplomasi ekonomi Indonesia; dan Kerjasama Selatan-Selatan. Ia meraih gelar doktor di bidang Politik dari University of Glasgow, dua gelar Master (MSc Ekonomi Politik Internasional dari LSE dan MPP dari KDI School of Public Policy). Publikasi terbarunya termasuk lokalisasi norma global dalam industri ekstraktif; nasionalisme sumber daya; kerangka regulasi HKI (hak kekayaan internasional) di Indonesia; hubungan perdagangan Indonesia-Australia di Era Indo-Pasifik; dan Kerja sama Selatan-Selatan Indonesia.
Dr Fina Itriyati
Dr. Fina Itriyati is a sociologist and teaching staff and researcher at the Department of Sociology, UGM. Fina completed her doctoral studies in Anthropology at the Research School of Humanities and The Arts (RSHA), The Australian National University (ANU). Her fields of study are gender and disability, ethnography, disaster, embodiment and intersectionality. In addition, Fina is also a member of the Indonesian Sociological Association, the International Sociological Association (ISA) and one of the editorial teams of the ISA Global Dialogue Newsletter for the Indonesian region. Currently she holds the position as the Vice Dean of Collaboration, Alumni and Research Affair at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM).
Dr. Fina Itriyati adalah sosiolog dan staf pengajar dan peneliti di Departemen Sosiologi, UGM. Fina menyelesaikan studi doktoralnya di bidang Antropologi di Research School of Humanities and The Arts (RSHA), The Australian National University (ANU). Bidang kajian yang ia tekuni adalah gender dan disabilitas, etnografi, bencana, embodiment dan interseksionalitas. Selain itu, Fina juga adalah anggota Ikatan Sosiologi Indonesia, International Sociological Association (ISA) dan salah satu tim editor ISA Global Dialogue Newsletter wilayah Indonesia. Saat ini ia menjabat sebagai Wakil Dekan Bidang Kerja Sama, Penelitian, Pengabdian Masyarakat dan Alumni, FISIPOL UGM.