Associate Professor Rachael Diprose

Associate Professor Rachael Diprose is the Deputy Associate Dean – International in the Faculty of Arts, and the Director- International for the School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS) at the University of Melbourne. Rachael is also an Associate Professor of Development Studies and holds the SSPS Associate Professorship of Indonesian Studies. Formerly of the University of Oxford, Rachael’s research traverses two inter-related streams. First, her research is concerned with the dynamics of rapidly changing political and social contexts and the implications of such change for populations, the environment and climate change, governance, policy, and political order. Second, her research focuses on international development, especially understanding poverty and inequalities, with a particular focus on inclusion, gender, and empowerment. Rachael continues to collaborate in research, teaching, publications, public engagement, and other initiatives with colleagues from universities, civil society, and gov­ernment in Asia (especially Indonesia), Europe, the US, and West Africa, and has led large mixed- methods re­search programmes and held roles as an international advisor in a number of countries. She also holds an Australian Research Council Grant for collaborative feminist research with Universitas Gadjah Mada and Indonesian women’s organisations on Building Durable Responses to Gender Inequality in Indonesia.

Associate Professor Rachael Diprose adalah Wakil Dekan – Internasional, di Faculty of Arts dan Direktur Internasional untuk School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS) di University of Melbourne. Rachael juga merupakan Associate Professor of Development Studies sekaligus menjabat Associate Professor of Indonesian Studies. Sebelumnya dari Universitas Oxford, penelitian Rachael melintasi dua aliran yang saling terkait. Pertama, penelitiannya berkaitan dengan dinamika konteks politik dan sosial yang berubah dengan cepat dan implikasi dari perubahan tersebut terhadap populasi, lingkungan dan perubahan iklim, pemerintahan, kebijakan, dan tatanan politik. Kedua, penelitiannya berfokus pada pembangunan internasional, khususnya memahami kemiskinan dan ketidaksetaraan, dengan fokus khusus pada inklusi, gender, dan pemberdayaan. Rachael terus berkolaborasi dalam penelitian, pengajaran, publikasi, pelibatan publik, dan inisiatif lainnya dengan rekan-rekan dari universitas, masyarakat sipil, dan pemerintah di Asia (khususnya Indonesia), Eropa, AS, dan Afrika Barat, dan telah memimpin banyak metode campuran. program penelitian dan memegang peran sebagai penasihat internasional di sejumlah negara. Dia juga memperoleh hibah dari Australian Research Council (ARC) untuk penelitian feminis kolaboratif dengan Universitas Gadjah Mada dan organisasi perempuan Indonesia tentang Building Durable Responses to Gender Inequality in Indonesia.