Nice article on Indonesia’s increasingly state-controlled economic ‘development’ under Prabowo.

📽️ᴅᴏᴄᴜᴍᴇɴᴛᴀʀʏ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴄᴏꜱᴛ ᴏꜰ ʟᴏᴄᴀʟ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ɪɴ #ɪɴᴅᴏɴᴇꜱɪᴀ ɪɴ 2024 On 7 april @kitlv.bsky.social screens 'Amplop Demokrasi' (Democracy of Envelopes) followed by a Q & A with @wardb.bsky.social (@uvahumanities.bsky.social ) whose research gave input for this docu @watchdoc.bsky.social

With Watchdoc I made a documentary on money politics in Indonesia, ‘Democracy of Engelopes’. With PPI we are launching the English version on 7 April, 16:00 at @kitlv.bsky.social , with panel discussion with Titi Anggraini (Perludem) on electoral reform. Do join! www.kitlv.nl/event/screen...

#𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐚𝐰?🇮🇩⚖️ In palm oil regions, land conflicts reveal the afterlife of a legal system built to control people and extract resources, says @wardb.bsky.social (@kitlv.bsky.social) in this article. @kitlvjakarta.bsky.social @leidenindonesia.bsky.social

Thank you @sustainablepalmoil.bsky.social for stimulating me to write this blogpost on the link between palm oil production and colonialism

Just found five AI-generated, completely fraudulent submissions to the journal that I edit. Submitted rapid-fire by a gmail address affiliated with researcher who does not exist. The era of AI slop in academic journals is here, right now. The fraudsters will only get better from here.

Indonesians are still living under colonial law - i just published this opinion piece in Kompas. www.kompas.id/artikel/indo...

Please come join KITLV through our fellowship program! vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Leiden-C...

Thrilled with being awarded ERC Consolidator Grant for AlterTech: Crafting Alternate Infrastructures of Resistance in Asia, which studies how activists navigate digital repression and practice ‘technological craftmanship’ to dodge and disrupt its infrastructures. (1/3) www.uva.nl/en/content/n...

There are growing indications that the Indonesian government is instructing civil servants to attack critical voices on social media. An escalation of the use of ‘cybertroops’ to manipulate public opinion. My views on this in interview with Tempo. www.tempo.co/wawancara/wa...

De journalistiek moet stoppen met het mogelijk maken van dit soort politieke afrekeningen. Het zou veel meer moeten gaan over de hijgerige en kwalijke rol van @nrc.nl.

Het lijkt erop dat een clubje rijke ondernemers Wijers hebben pootje gelicht om een middenkabinet te voorkomen. Met medewerking van NRC. Echt schokkend.

Ik hoop echt op mensen die politiek bedrijven voor het welzijn van het land, op mensen met idealen, idealen die ook wat mogen kosten. (van de ander maar zeker ook van henzelf) Mijn eerste keer GL-PVDA, ik hoop dat het helpt.

Een linkse premier en een progressief kabinet: zo dichtbij! ❤️💚

𝑾𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒛𝒂𝒂𝒌 𝒗𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒊ë?🇮🇩 @wardb.bsky.social (@kitlv.bsky.social & @uva.nl) bespreekt met @edwinmooibroek.bsky.social waarom deze protesten, waarbij al velen zijn opgepakt en soms overleden, doorgaan. Luister de 🎧 Indonesië #podcast @knaw-nl.bsky.social

Article ALERT: doi.org/10.1080/1058... Towards the Comparative Study of Domestic Influence Operations: Cyber Troops and Elite Competition in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand – Political Communication How do domestic online influence operations vary across countries, and why?🧵

Invite: We are organising a discussion on the protests in Indonesia and Nepal, this monday 15-17 at the University of Amsterdam. Do join!

Nice: Tempo made this video summarizing our book on how cybertroops operate in Indonesia, watch it to get a quick overview! www.instagram.com/reel/DOYLWAZ...

Simply brilliant. Bansky depicting the absurdity of how the justice system in the UK (and elsewhere) treats those protesting against the genocide.

Great piece by Edward Aspinall discussing the ongoing protests in Indonesia (and why they are likely to keep resurfacing). www.newmandala.org/mass-protest...

Wat zit er achter de protesten in Indonesië? Net terug uit Jakarta sprak ik met Edwin Mooibroek over Prabowo’s problemen voor zijn Indonesië podcast. www.indonesienieuws.nl/podcast-5/

Tijdens de allesverwoestende oorlog in Gaza werden meer dan tweehonderd journalisten gedood. Zulke aantallen wijzen op een opzettelijke moordcampagne van het Israëlische leger. Dat inzicht dringt nu ook door tot westerse media.

With the death of an Ojek driver, discontent with Indonesia’s democracy is spreading. Prabowo will need to show he is doing something about it. But what? www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/20...

The English version of our documentary ‘Colonial Debris’ is now on Youtube! With palm oil practitioners we wrote this blog at Oxfam to highlight the links between land conflicts, palm oil and colonialism. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/08/you-...

In Indonesia these right often are toothless in practice, as collusion and corruption undermine the realization of these rights. That is what we tried to show in ‘Colonial Debris’.

De politieke onrust broeit al een tijd. Grote maarschappelijke onvrede over de zelfverrijking van politici. Wat hier onder zit is een clientelistisch systeem waarin politici steeds meer geld in hun campagnes pompen en allerlei commerciele belangen dienen. nos.nl/l/2580357

Happy to see Kompas report on our book on ‘cybertroops’ in Indonesia. With this research we hoped to raise awareness about how these networks buzzers operate and why you should be wary of ‘viral’ trends. www.kompas.id/artikel/pasu...

Inspiring talks at our workshop in Semarang, Indonesia (@undip) on online influence operations in South East in Asia. @wardb.bsky.social @yatunsastra.bsky.social

Vraag: stel, De Telegraaf lezer en iedereen die deze krant wel eens tegen komt bij de kapper, afhaaltent, etc. gaat van nu tot de verkiezingen dit soort propaganda lezen. *Is daar iets tegen te doen?* Zijn er wel eens wetenschappers die iets insturen naar De Telegraaf om tegengas te geven?

Now online: the English version of our documentary Colonial Debris. Together with documentary makers Watchdoc, we made this film to convey the results of our research project on land conflicts between palm oil companies and rural Indonesians. youtu.be/aII6__-xz8g?...

Great new special issue out in South East Asia Research on village politics in Indonesia @edwardaspinall.bsky.social @wardb.bsky.social @kitlv.bsky.social @anubellschool.bsky.social @newmandala.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/rsou20/3...

A open side-event at the upcoming RSPO meet in Paris on 20 may: Oxfam and Solidaridad are organising a screening of the documentary Colonial Debris, followed and panel discussion on land rights & palm oil.

Six months apart. 🇺🇸 @economist.com

Impressive report by @fittarelli.com from CitizenLab on Thailand's IO. Nice to see that one of the "influential black accounts" that we also identified in our recent article is now exposed as belonging to the Thai state. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Nice: Jakarta Post reported on our research on oligarchization & highlights why it matters: 'Oligarchization' blocks meaningful public participation in lawmaking www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2025...

Altijd blij met ‘onze’ @jacobboersema.bsky.social. Lees dit interview…

In November 2024, Indonesia went to the polls to elect its local leaders. As i analyse in this short piece, these elections reflected an ongoing centralization of power. Jakarta aka Prabowo’s regime asserted itself on local politics. www.insideindonesia.org/the-national...

NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests. So, best we share all the footage we can here! This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu. 🇹🇷 #Turkey

Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated

Het afpakken van rechten staat nooit op zichzelf. Dit gaat iedere Europeaan aan. nos.nl/l/2560216

Is de Indonesische president Prabowo zijn populariteit nu al kwijt? Ik was te gast bij Edwin Mooibroek’s Indonesie podcast, een overzicht van de de eerste maanden van Prabowo’s presidentsschap. www.indonesienieuws.nl/podcast-4/

This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH

If you missed it - this is @chrismurphyct.bsky.social describing the transfer of wealth from ordinary people to the very wealthy, happening right now youtu.be/MXZuHf7LMZE?...

"That's because [Putin] would rather have a puppet as president of the United States"

Call for papers! We are inviting scholars working on public opinion manipulation through social media in SEA to gather in Undip, Semarang in august, to discuss recent findings & steps forward. Do send your abstract by 15 April. www.kitlv.nl/news/online-...

Screened at the VU Amsterdam last night! Catch COLONIAL DEBRIS this week if you can. Watch and learn why companies and consumers need to divest from #conflictpalmoil from #Indonesia. And push your governments to fund #foreignaid to help villagers fight corporate giants in court. #film #documentary

Call for papers! Workshop on "Online Influence Operations and Democracy in Southeast Asia". Semarang, Indonesia 22-23 August, Diponegoro University. @wardb.bsky.social @yatunsastra.bsky.social www.kitlv.nl/news/online-...

Thanks @leidenglobal.bsky.social ! Next week: documentary launch Colonial Debris in Amsterdam and Leiden

Recent conversation with @wardb.bsky.social raises a very interesting question: Contemporary US political science understands the current moment through the lens of democratic backsliding. The focus is on rules and institutions. Why not oligarchy, the material and structural foundations of power?

Klimaatverandering is de nieuwe grote ongelijkmaker en alleen met sociaal beleid kunnen we klimaatverandering aanpakken. Morgen het eerste evenement dat @dwars en JS samen organiseren. Over klimaat! Want jongeren weten als geen ander dat rood en groen samen gaan. www.linkedin.com/posts/suzann...