while not quite on the topic of struggles for democracy in Indonesia, the last chapter of my PhD just got published. It says a little about how ecological crisis can ease elite capture, and how urban residents make a future for themselves in the middle of it all (in SJTG) doi.org/10.1111/sjtg...

Kate Lamb and Ben Doherty explore how Indonesia is changing under Prabowo www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

For my non-Indonesian (outdonesian) followers

𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 📅 11.10.2025 📍 Berlin ✏️ Sign up: blogs.fu-berlin.de/scientistsre... 💻 Online participation possible What is the appropriate stance of scientists and scholars in the polycrisis? Can they still afford to simply ... 1/2

Excited to announce that our #PhD course on #Decolonising #Science is taking place again this year between the 14th - 18th of July at #IHE #Delft. Join us us for an intense week of critical dialogue, debate & discussion on coloniality & science. Register 👇🏿 www.un-ihe.org/events/decol...

Great English-language piece on activists re: police violence from JakPo www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/20...