NEW: Deforestation in Indonesia is underway at a rapid pace, with the help of the military, to make way for rice and sugarcane. Huge thanks to @mightyearth.org for their help with the data. Read Anantha Lakshmi's excellent report www.ft.com/content/27a6... #dataviz #gistribe

One obvious response to this - especially today - is that we need the humanities for science. Less obvious, but no less important, is that we need science to have the humanities.

I've updated the World City Population interactive map with the new UN World Urbanization Prospects 2025 data. The WUP 2025 has a new methodology resulting in substantial changes to population estimates for the world's largest urban agglomerations- luminocity3d.org/WorldCity/

Last week I presented my doctoral study about digital participation in Jakarta at 4th Digital Geographies Conference in Lisbon. My presentation was included in Special Session 5 - Putting Information into Spatial Structures: Approaches in Localising Information and Knowledge.

Last week I presented my PhD research at @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference in one of ‘New and Emerging Research in Political Geography’ sessions. Thank you for the convenors for creating a space for an invigorating discussion!

My newest article is now published by @politicsandspace.bsky.social! I investigate the notion of human rights city and how it is vernacularised into peripheral Global South city of Wonosobo, Indonesia. I took the example of education as proximity-based rights for person with disabilities (1/n)

Last month I attended Association of South East Studies UK International PhD Workshop in Bangkok, Thailand. While I am a first timer in area studies, I gained a lot of great inputs for my doctoral study, particularly as spatial methodologies remain understudied in public participation.

Some would say it’s an inevitable milestone but personally it’s a huge one: Alhamdulillah I’m officially a Doctoral Candidate 🥳 Thank you so much @citygeographics.bsky.social and @sjg.dev for your immense support and guidance during the first year of my PhD!

Last week I represented @casaucl.bsky.social at @rgsibg.bsky.social’s Postgraduate Mid-Term Conference by presenting my doctoral study in the Geographies of Citizenship session. Definitely special as I got interesting inputs and encouragement for my upgrade viva next week!

It’s been long overdue (~1 month!) but I presented my initial findings in Social Media Geopolitics session at #AAG2025 in Detroit last month—all thanks to @casaucl.bsky.social Doctoral Student Conference Fund. My study revolves on digital participation in Jakarta, using government-app called Qlue.

Officially opening up 2025 publication year with this piece! This study investigates the interplay between megaproject development, i.e. Trans-Java Toll Road, and the surrounding small- and medium-sized cities in Indonesia.

Here is GIScience.