Notes on Contributors
Ronald Holzhacker
is Professor of Comparative Multi-level Governance and Regional Structure with the Faculty of Spatial Science, Department of Spatial Planning and Environment, and the Faculty of Arts, Department of International Relations and International Organization, at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School. He is broadly interested in questions of governance and planning, sustainable development in cities, climate adaptation, and the interaction between civil society organizations and institutions in political systems. He is the founding Director of the Groningen Research Centre for Southeast Asia and ASEAN (SEA ASEAN). Over the past decade, he has led an interdisciplinary team of scholars and 32 PhD researchers engaged in theoretically driven comparative research focused on governance, societal impact, and sustainable society in Southeast Asia. His latest edited volume is Holzhacker and Agussalim (eds). Sustainable Development Goals in Southeast Asia and ASEAN: National and Regional Approaches. Leiden: Brill, 2019).
I Gusti Ayu Andani
is an assistant professor of urban transportation and infrastructure studies at the School of Architecture, Planning and Policy Development at Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia. Dr. Andani focuses on modelling transportation behavior and accessibility, urban and regional infrastructure, and benefit distribution of infrastructure provision.
Puput Wahyu Budiman
is a researcher at the East Kalimantan Research and Development Agency, specializing in urban and regional planning. He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Brawijaya University and a master’s degree in Architecture and Planning from Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM). His research focuses on traditional settlements, housing patterns, human-environment relationships, and indigenous communities, using both qualitative and quantitative methods to support sustainable development.
Jos Arts
is Full Professor in Environment and Infrastructure Planning, and Head of the Department of Spatial Planning and Environment, Faculty Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He is also Extraordinary Professor at Northwest University, Unit Environmental Sciences and Management, Potchefstroom (South Africa). He has organized many international workshops and conferences and published widely on impact assessment, evaluation, environmental and water management, and spatial and infrastructure planning. His research focuses on institutional analysis and design for integrated planning approaches for sustainable infrastructure networks (transformation of physical networks and interdependent institutions).
Talitha Aurellia Alfiansyah
is Research Officer within the Disaster and Climate Resilience and Regional and Urban Planning Cluster at Resilience Development Initiative (RDI). Previously, she was Research Assistant in the Urban and Regional Planning Department at Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember in Indonesia. With a background in urban and regional planning, her research and projects have predominantly focused on climate change impacts and risks to cities, infrastructure, and settlements as well as sustainability and urban development more broadly. She is also interested in community engagement and participatory planning.
Danang Azhari
also known as Dana, is a deputy program manager and researcher at Resilience Development Initiative. He is interested in various aspects of resilience and sustainability, in particular climate and disaster risk, risk governance, disaster and climate displacement, and environmental justice. With a background in urban and regional planning, he has worked on various research and consultancy projects rooted in environmental development. He is also engaged on the topic of social sustainability, including gender equality, inclusivity, and urban planning. His work involves both qualitative and quantitative methods and close collaboration with various stakeholders.
Margo van den Brink
is an associate professor of water governance at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences, Department of Spatial Planning and Environment, at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. She holds a PhD (cum laude) from Radboud University, Nijmegen School of Management. Her research focuses on institutional innovation and integrated, adaptive, and inclusive water governance to enable the transition to flood resilience and climate adaptation in both developed and developing countries. In this context, she studies the boundary-spanning role of spatial designers and landscape architects in resilience-by-design water infrastructure programs, such as Water as Leverage for Resilient Cities Asia. She also leads the Governance work package of the Dutch Floating Future research program, which investigates the possibilities for upscaling floating urban developments, from a technical, ecological, and governance perspective.
Tim Busscher
is an associate professor of infrastructure planning at the Department of Planning and Environment, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen. He lectures on planning theory, infrastructure planning, and project and program management. These topics are also the focal points in his research, in which he focuses on infrastructure renewal, area-oriented infrastructure planning, and institutional arrangements that intersect and integrate spatial and infrastructure planning. His PhD research, which focused in depth on program-oriented planning approaches, can be seen as an example. Tim also manages the collaboration program between the Faculty of Spatial Sciences and Rijkswaterstaat (the executive agency of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment), which focuses on developing inclusive planning approaches to further the sustainability and area-oriented planning ambitions in Dutch infrastructure planning.
S. Choerudin
is a PhD candidate in the Department of Spatial Planning and Environment of the Faculty of Spatial Sciences at the University of Groningen. He is working on his dissertation on the port–cities relationship toward sustainable urban and regional development from an institutional perspective under the supervision of Prof. Ronald Holzhacker, Prof. Johan Woltjer, and Dr. Tim Busscher. He holds an LPDP scholarship from the government of Indonesia. He works for the Ministry of Transportation, Indonesia, and was formerly head of the road subdivision. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Maranatha Christian University, Bandung, and a double master’s degree in transport planning from the Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) and environmental and infrastructure planning from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
Monica Di Gregorio
is Associate Professor in Environmental Politics and Governance and Co-Director of the Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds, UK. She holds a PhD from the Department of International Development at the LSE, where she also worked as a Teaching Fellow. Her research examines contentious environmental politics, governance, and international development themes, including multi-actor and multi-level governance of climate change and natural resources in the Global South. She is a Research Associate of the Priestley International Centre for Climate and the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP). She has also been Senior Associate of the Center for International Forestry Research.
Martin Drenth
is a PhD candidate at the Department of Spatial Planning & Environment, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen. He spent most of his professional life in Indonesia. As a researcher, he was affiliated with the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB). Martin has various research interests, including inclusive planning, climate change adaptation, and resilience in an urban context. In his PhD research, Martin studies the institutional design and governance that can help Indonesian cities transform into water-sensitive cities that are more inclusive and climate-resilient. His main case study area is the Bandung Metropolitan Area, which faces a wide range of water-related problems. Recently, Martin studied the hydrosocial cycle of Bandung’s water system to analyse the influence of socio-political relations on achieving the SDG s.
Alia Fajarwati
is a lecturer at the Faculty of Geography of the Gadjah Mada University in Indonesia. Her research is focused on livelihoods, gender and disaster, community development and children and development.
Rizki Adriadi Ghiffari
has been a member of the teaching staff since 2020 at the Regional Spatial Planning Laboratory, Department of Development Geography, Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada. Rizki received his undergraduate degree in 2015 from the Urban and Regional Planning Study Program at Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS), while his master’s degree was earned from the Geography Study Program (with an Interest in Coastal and Watershed Management Planning) at Universitas Gadjah Mada in 2018. He has been involved in research and teaching focused on New City Development, Coastal and Watershed Development Planning, Spatial Planning and Regional Planning, Regional Analysis Techniques, and Applied Statistics. He is active as a professional urban planner and a certified member of the Indonesian Association of Urban and Regional Planners (IAP).
Akhmad Gunawan
is a research associate at the Urban Planning and Design Research Group, the Institut Teknologi Bandung’s School of Architecture, Planning, and Policy Development. He earned an undergraduate degree in architecture, magister and doctoral programs in urban and regional planning from Institut Teknologi Bandung. He has experience in consulting, researching, and teaching, including work on urban and regional planning and housing issues, and extensive experience in community empowerment. He actively attends national and international seminars as a speaker and participant, and is active in social and professional associations. He became the student organization president during college, and is now a member of the Indonesian Association of Planners and secretary of the West Java housing and settlement forum.
Inu Kencana Hadi
is a lecturer and researcher at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Kalimantan Selatan, Indonesia. He is a young geographer interested in studying geographic information systems and remote sensing, focusing on the geography of disasters, especially forest and land fires. He is also actively taking part in several environmental community activities in Banjarmasin.
Delik Hudalah
is a professor of metropolitan planning at the School of Architecture, Planning and Policy Development (SAPPD), Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Indonesia. He earned a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Urban and Regional Planning from Institut Teknologi Bandung in 2004 and 2006, respectively. He continued his education with an M.Sc. in Environmental and Infrastructure Planning and a PhD from the University of Groningen, and graduated in 2006 and 2010, respectively. Delik has focused his work on peri-urban, suburban, mega-urban, megaregional, and megaprojects in Indonesia. He is particularly interested in the interfaces, interactions, and conflicts between socio-economic and spatial transformation and between global forces and local aspirations in the transformation, planning, politics, and governance of the urban regional frontiers.
Klaus Hubacek
is a professor with the Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, and Chair of the department Integrated Research on Energy, Environment and Society. His research focuses on conceptualizing and modeling the interactions between human and environmental systems. Klaus has published over 200 journal articles and is recognized as a highly cited researcher with multiple papers in the top 1% by citations. Klaus conducted studies for several national agencies in Europe, China, Japan, and the U.S., and international institutions such as the World Bank, the Interamerican Development Bank, World Wide Fund for Nature, and Greenpeace. Klaus was a lead author of the most recent assessment report (AR6) of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Irsyad Adhi Waskita Hutama
is a lecturer in the Department of Architecture and Planning, Engineering Faculty, Universitas Gadjah Mada. He received his doctoral degree from the Department of Planning, Architecture and Environmental Systems at the Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan. His research focuses on Neighborhood-based Disaster Resilience, Spatial Planning, and Space Syntax.
Kim Neil Irvine
is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at Thammasat University, Thailand. He was Associate Professor at Nanyang Technological University Singapore from 2012 to 2020. Previously, he had been a Professor of Geography and Planning at Buffalo State, the State University of New York, for 25 years. His research focuses on applied hydrologic process and watershed modelling, sustainable urban waterscapes, smart city planning, and integrating hydrologic modelling with architectural design.
Annisaa Indrarini
is a program officer and researcher at Resilience Development Initiative (RDI). With a background in urban design and planning, her research revolves around inclusive public space and design, creative placemaking, urban governance, and urban development. Furthermore, she harbours a profound passion for sustainable infrastructure, urban mobility, urban resilience, and housing and settlements. Anisa’s research methodology encompasses both qualitative and quantitative methods and involves collaborations with an array of stakeholders, including local communities and government.
Rosalina Kumalawati
is a lecturer in Geography at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at Universitas Lambung Mangkurat, Banjarmasin, Indonesia. She holds a doctorate in Regional Development Planning for Disaster Mitigation (UGM, 2014), a master’s in Physical Geography (UGM, 2005), and a bachelor’s in Regional Development Planning (UGM, 2003). Her research focuses on regional planning and disaster mitigation. She has published several books on disaster management and has led research with agencies such as the Peat Restoration Agency and international partners like the World Bank.
Mandra Lazuardi Kitri
earned his MBA from Institut Teknologi Bandung in 2011, specializing in Business Risk and Finance. His key concentration areas are corporate finance and investment management. He is also certified by the International Financial Modeling Institute as a Professional Financial Modeler. After receiving his bachelor’s degree in urban and regional planning in 2007, he was Corporate Planning Manager at a privately owned company headquartered in Lhokseumawe, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam. He was responsible for corporate expansion and business unit development programs in mining, forestry, and the property business. Since he started his career as a faculty member at the School of Business and Management, Institut Teknologi Bandung in 2012, Mandra has been actively involved in various consulting and executive education activities for state-owned enterprises, private companies, and government agencies.
Bekti Larasati
studied at the Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia, and the Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan. Since 2017, she has been working as a lecturer at the Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), in the Laboratory of Spatial Information System and Forest Mapping, Department of Forest Management. Her main research interests include forest monitoring, land surveying, remote sensing, and geographic information systems. Her research focuses on using various multi-scale remote sensing data to enhance forest inventory techniques.
Wryanne Lopez
is a post-graduate student at the School of Urban and Regional Planning of the University of the Philippines. As a research associate, she has been involved in various research initiatives focusing on policy development for public transportation.
Mónica López López
obtained her PhD in Psychology at the University of Oviedo, Spain. She is Associate Professor and Rosalind Franklin Fellow at the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences of the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Her research provides guidance to address decision-making disparities and to reduce inequalities in child welfare systems. In her study, Mónica focuses on the voice of the service users, children, and families as a powerful instrument to improve welfare services. She is a board member of EUSARF (European Scientific Association on Residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents) and iAOBERfcs (International Association for Outcome-Based Evaluation and Research on Family and Children’s Services). She was the founder of the EUSARF Academy, a network for PhD students and early-career researchers conducting research in the field of child and family welfare. Mónica has recently published the book Decision-Making and Judgment in Child Welfare and Protection: Theory, Research, and Practice (Oxford University Press, 2020).
Azis Musthofa
received his master’s at the Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM). He holds a bachelor’s degree from the Regional Development Study program at UGM. His research interests center on rural-urban linkages, urban metabolism, food security, Island Studies, and environmental management. He published in indexed international proceedings, accredited national journals, and indexed international journals. He is involved in development and environmental policy formulation activities and is a peer reviewer for international journals.
Sri Maryati
is Professor of Sustainable Infrastructures Governance and Dean of the School of Architecture, Planning and Policy Development at Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia. Professor Maryati’s research interests include urban and regional infrastructure planning, urban and regional planning, community-based infrastructure provision, and basic infrastructure provision.
Rónán McDermott
is Assistant Professor in Climate Adaptation Governance within the Department of Global and Local Governance at Campus Fryslan, University of Groningen. Previously, he was Research Fellow at the School of Geography, University of Nottingham, and Assistant Professor at the School of Agriculture and Food Science at University College Dublin. Rónán’s research focuses on the conditions under which governance arrangements lead to the reduction of vulnerability and the enhancement of resilience of people exposed to climate-related and other hazards. It has involved mainly a comparative approach whereby case studies are drawn from contexts as diverse as Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Europe. Characterized by mixed qualitative and quantitative methods and co-production with local partners, Rónán’s research is ultimately informed by a disciplinary background rooted in political science, law, and sociology.
Ruhkhis Muhtadin
is a research assistant at the Urban Planning and Design Research Group, School of Architecture, Planning, and Policy Development, Institut Teknologi Bandung. He has a bachelor’s degree in urban and regional planning from Institut Teknologi Bandung and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in urban and regional planning. His research interests include land development, housing, and urban planning.
Syamil Mumtaz
graduated from Tarumanagara University with a bachelor’s degree in architecture and later earned a master’s degree in urban design from Institut Teknologi Bandung. She is a Research Assistant at the Urban Planning and Design Research Group at the School of Architecture, Planning, and Policy Development, Institut Teknologi Bandung. Her research focuses on informal settlements in urban areas, with a particular emphasis on urban renewal in high-density areas.
Hitoshi Nakamura
received a Doctoral Degree from the University of Tokyo, Japan in 2006. He is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning in the Department of Planning, Architecture and Environmental Systems, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan. His current interests include planning for urban and regional resilience.
Ma. Sheilah G. Napalang
is a professor and the director of the Office of Research and Publication of the University of the Philippines–School of Urban and Regional Planning (UP–SURP). She is also a lecturer at UP–SURP, a former director of the UP National Center for Transportation Studies, and a former assistant secretary for planning and project development of the Department of Transportation.
Stevie Vista Nissauqodry
holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from the Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Gadjah Mada, with a specialization in forest resource conservation. Her main research interests are protected area management, ecotourism, and the relationship between people and forests.
Novi Maulida Ni’mah
is a lecturer in the Urban and Regional Planning Study Program at Institut Teknologi Nasional Yogyakarta and a doctoral candidate in the Architecture Study Program at Universitas Gadjah Mada. Her professional work focuses on spatial planning, while her research interests include urban planning and design, urban resilience, disaster management, and sustainable development.
Intan Novianingsih
is a PhD researcher in Infrastructure Planning in the Double Degree Program between the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, and the Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia. She earlier graduated from the double degree master’s program also at the University of Groningen and the Institut Teknologi Bandung. Previously, she gained her undergraduate degree in the Land Transportation Vocational Program from the Graduate School of Land Transportation, Indonesia. Besides her academic experiences, she works in the Ministry of Transport of Indonesia. Lastly, she did her responsibility in the railway sector. In accordance with her background in the governmental arena, she tries to bridge the academic context of transport infrastructure planning into the policy-making process and practice, especially regarding the Public–Private Partnership for transport infrastructure projects, relating to geographical aspects and regional economic development.
Fika Novitasari
is a PhD researcher who obtained a double doctoral degree program between the Faculty of Spatial Science, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, and the School of Architecture, Planning and Policy Development, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia. She also works as a lecturer at the Study Program of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Architecture, Planning and Policy Development, Institut Teknologi Bandung–Cirebon Campus. She is interested in water governance, community-based domestic water management, and water resources management.
Widyasari Her Nugrahandika
is a researcher in regional and urban planning, and a member of the Neighbourhood Expertise Group in Urban Regional and Planning. She has research interests in the built environment and design, land management, and housing and settlements planning. She earned her master degree in Urban Environmental Management from the Asian Institute of Thailand, with a focus on low-income housing. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in the same field as her undergraduate degree, Regional and Urban Planning, at Gadjah Mada University. Her research concerns the provision of land for low-income people in urban housing. She is currently working with NGOs, cooperatives, and local communities to improve the planning and development of healthy and secure kampongs through community development.
Andi Oetomo
is an assistant professor at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)’s School of Architecture, Planning, and Policy Development. He earned a Master of Planning degree from the University of Adelaide in South Australia in 1995, having previously completed the regional and city planning bachelor’s degree at ITB in 1986. He is a member of the Development Management and Policy Planning Research Group. He has extensive expertise in teaching, research, and professional consulting in the areas of city and regional development management, disaster management, maritime spatial planning, and development finance. He is currently a member of the Expert Council of the Indonesian Association of Planners in West Java and the Karawang and Sumedang Regencies’ Spatial Planning Forum.
Pradono Pradono
is a professor of infrastructure planning and management at Institut Teknologi Bandung. He earned his doctoral degree in urban engineering from Tokyo University, a master’s degree in economics of development from the Australian National University, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Gadjah Mada University. His research interests cover infrastructure economics and management, infrastructure finance, and infrastructure and environment. Recently, he joined an international research project on international finance on climate change.
Pratiwi Prameswari
received a Master of City Planning degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a Bachelor of Science degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB). After finishing her master’s degree, she worked as a consultant at the WB, especially on housing. Before joining the WB, she worked as a graduate research assistant at MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning. She also worked as Research Associate at the Urban Planning and Design Research Group at the School of Architecture, Planning, and Policy Development at Institut Teknologi Bandung. Her research interests include affordable housing, housing finance, city planning, and international development. She has actively contributed to various research and projects, including the Indonesia One Million Houses Program and the New Capital City of Indonesia.
Rahmat Aris Pratomo
is a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Institut Teknologi Kalimantan, Balikpapan, Indonesia. He completed his first master’s program in Urban and Regional Development at Diponegoro University, with a focus on land use and planning information systems, and his second master’s in applied sciences at ITC University of Twente, with a specialization in natural hazards and disaster risk management. He is involved in various research projects on sustainable urban development, disaster risk assessment, risk management, and planning support systems. His current research focuses on developing a pro-poor land development model for improving the quality of life of local communities. Aris is actively involved in many organizations: IAP (Indonesian Association of Urban and Regional Planners), IABI (Indonesian Disaster Experts Association), and APDI (Indonesian Drone Pilots Association).
Christina Prell
has been Associate Professor at the University of Groningen since 2019. Her research focuses on the intersection of social networks and the environment. It considers how networks, at different scales, can operate either as drivers of climate change, leading to various environmental inequalities, or alternatively, support/enable local climate action processes. She has published over 40 articles in peer-reviewed journals across a range of disciplines and two books on social networks, one being a sole-authored book entitled Social Network Analysis: History, Theory, and Methodology (2012). She has received funding for her research from various international funding bodies. In addition to her position at the University of Groningen, Christina is Associate Editor of the Social Networks journal.
Dyah Rahmawati Hizbaron
is Vice Dean at Gadjah Mada University. She is a lecturer at the Faculty of Geography, Department of Environmental Geography, as well as a researcher at the Disaster Studies Center GMU. Her research interests focus on disaster issues, the environment, urban development, and sustainable infrastructure.
Jany Tri Raharjo
holds a bachelor’s degree in Forestry (UGM), a master’s degree in Economics (UGM), and a master’s degree in Public Policy (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies for a Master of Public Policy – GRIPS). He led peat restoration in Kalimantan and Papua at the Indonesian Peat and Mangrove Restoration Agency from 2014 to 2024 and now works at the Ministry of Forestry. His focus is on policy and restoration of peatlands, mangroves, and forests.
Sven Rudolph
is Scientific Advisor for Climate Policy at the Institute for Church and Society of the Protestant Church of Westphalia in Germany. He has previously held academic positions as Assistant Professor at Kassel University and Associate Professor at Kyoto University. His areas of expertise include climate policy, carbon pricing, and the intersections of social and climate justice.
Muhammad Sani Roychansyah
is an associate professor and spatial planning scholar specializing in urban planning, development, and design. He is affiliated with the Department of Architecture and Planning at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Indonesia, where he has extensive experience in academic development and program management across levels, particularly in urban related planning and design. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Universitas Gadjah Mada, a Master’s degree in Infrastructure Planning, and a Doctorate in Urban Analysis and Management from Tohoku University, Japan. His research and teaching interests focus on thematic urbanism and the dynamics of cities under conditions of uncertainty and rapid change, with particular attention to spatial thinking and development frameworks, and context-sensitive urban intervention. He has been actively engaged in academic research, policy-oriented studies, and professional consultancy with local and national governments, particularly in the areas of urban planning, development, and its strategic spatial policy. His recent scholarly work reflects a growing interest in critically rethinking urban intervention frameworks in the Global South, bridging theory, practice, and governance contexts.
Saut Sagala
is Associate Professor at the Regional and City Planning Department, Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB) and the cluster chair of Disaster & Climate Resilience, Resilience Development Initiative (RDI). Interdisciplinary in nature, his work has focused on various aspects of resilience, including policy analysis, housing and settlement, post-disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction, infrastructure planning and management, risk financing, and monitoring and evaluation. Currently, he serves on the editorial board of the ASEAN Engineering Journal on Natural Disaster and Forum Geografi. From 2010 to 2012, he was the managing editor of the Journal of Regional and City Planning hosted at ITB.
Rijanta
is a professor of Development Geography at Universitas Gadjah Mada and researcher at its Regional Development Planning Centre. His work focuses on rural-regional development, rural–urban connections, sustainable livelihoods, and disaster resilience. He has held visiting positions in Japan (Kobe University) and the Netherlands (University of Twente), and is part of the Diamonds in the Delta Networks consortium. Rijanta has published widely and currently leads a research team on relocating Indonesia’s new capital in East Kalimantan, involving Indonesian and Dutch researchers and students.
Ruhin Sakarwal
holds an LLM in Commercial Law, specialising in International Arbitration from Erasmus University Rotterdam. She previously obtained an LLB in International and European Law from the University of Groningen, where she has served as a research intern for Prof. Stefan Weishaar. Her areas of expertise include international arbitration, commercial law, international and European law, and technology law. Her research interests focus on Law and Economics, Climate Law, the impact of technology on legal systems, and the application of AI tools within the legal industry.
Asri Samsu
is a double degree PhD candidate at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, and Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia. He graduated from a double degree master’s program in urban and regional planning between Curtin University, Australia, and Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia. Before joining the doctoral program at the University of Groningen and ITB, Asri was the head of the Infrastructure and Spatial Sub-division in Regional Development Planning, Research, and Development Board of Soppeng Regency. As a civil servant, he is a planner for an infrastructure development plan in Soppeng Regency, including water and sanitation infrastructure, as well as irrigation for agricultural infrastructure. His primary interest is in water provision planning, development, and sustainability, focusing on an integrated approach and institutional planning.
Erlis Saputra
is a lecturer in Development Geography at Universitas Gadjah Mada. He earned his PhD in Human Geography and Spatial Planning from Utrecht University. Since 2007, he has taught and researched urban geography, spatial theory, small city and archipelago development, and regional planning. Erlis co-founded two NGOs: the Institute for Regional Development Studies (IReDS) in 2005 and Indonesia Tourism Watch (ITW) in 2012, linking academic work with real-world projects and research. He has collaborated with governments, private sector, NGOs, and local communities, and has published in journals, books, and conferences.
Hamed Seddighi
is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Groningen, stationed within the Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology Department. He earned his PhD in Governance and Innovation from the same institution, with research that delves deeply into the psychological resilience and well-being of children and youth under duress. Throughout his academic tenure, he has held prestigious roles, such as Associate Editor for the Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Journal. He has been pivotal in his executive capacities at the Iranian Red Crescent Society, including positions like Deputy for Youth and Deputy of Education, Research & Technology. He is the author of Volunteering: A Perspective for a Better Future (2021), a book that encapsulates his extensive work and insights into the field of humanitarian aid and youth engagement.
Bakti Setiawan
is a professor of urban planning at Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia. He graduated from a master’s program in urban and regional planning at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and then a PhD Program in community and regional planning at the University of British Columbia, Canada in 1998. In 2001, he was appointed director of the Centre for Environmental Studies at Gadjah Mada University. Subsequently, he was elected as the director of the Graduate Program in Urban and Regional Planning in the Department of Architecture and Planning. In 2010, he was promoted to Professor of urban planning at Gadjah Mada University. Besides teaching, he also serves as an ad hoc member of the advisory boards of several ministries at the central government in Indonesia, including the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, and the Ministry of Education and Culture. He served as President of the Asian Planning School Association (APSA) until 2024. His research interests cover several areas, including urban housing, sustainable cities, urban land management, environmental management, and community development.
Marisa Sugangga
is Assistant Lecturer at the Urban Design Studio at Institut Teknologi Bandung’s Graduate School. She has a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Brawijaya and a master’s degree in urban design from Institut Teknologi. Her expertise is in climate-sensitive urban design and low-carbon cities, particularly in innovative urban design modelling and simulation for climate crisis mitigation. Marisa, a member of the Indonesian Association of Urban Designers (IARKI), seamlessly combines academic knowledge with nine years of professional experience as an architect and urban designer. Notably, in 2020, she was editor for a book on historical conservation in urban design, which featured projects in Lasem, Semarang, Jakarta, and Sawahlunto.
Ari Susanti
is a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Gadjah Mada in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Her research interest stems from her curiosity to understand the linkages between natural and human systems and the process of achieving sustainable forest management and development. She uses a system approach, mixed methods, and tools to understand the broader forestry context. She has published several books: Oil Palm Expansion in Indonesia: Serving People, Planet, and Profit? (2016), Following Frontiers of the Forest City: Profiling Ibu Kota Nusantara (2022), and Landscape Dynamics and Challenges for Sustainable Development in Ibu Kota Nusantara (2023).
Lihoun Teang
is a PhD student in Integrated Science of the Built Environment at Thammasat Design School, Thammasat University, and an affiliate of the Nature-based Solutions in Water Management Thammasat University Research Unit (NbSWM), Bangkok, Thailand. Her research focuses on urban hydrology, hydraulic and hydrological modeling, and stormwater management emphasizing the use of Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) and Green Infrastructure (GI) to address runoff impacts from urbanization. Lihoun obtained her bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from the Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and a master’s degree in Design, Business, and Technology Management (DBTM) from Thammasat University.
Peter Aning Tedong
is Head and Associate Professor at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Universiti Malaya, in Kuala Lumpur. His focused research areas are Housing Studies, Multilayer Governance of Sustainable Development, Neoliberal Urbanism, Gated Communities, and Community Development.
Elen-Maarja Trell
is Assistant Professor of Governing for Resilience in Vulnerable Places at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen. Her work centers on the ‘social side’ of spatial planning. She is predominantly interested in the role of local-level initiatives, social innovation, and collective action in creating more resilient and sustainable places. In her recent projects, she has critically analyzed how the concept ‘resilience’ can be translated into spatial planning practice and how the concept is influencing the governance of vulnerable places. She specializes in qualitative, visual, and (inter)active research methods such as (participatory) video, mental mapping, and go-along interviews.
Stefan Verweij
is currently Senior Consultant Research at BMC Consulting, the Netherlands. He is also Research Fellow at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences of the University of Groningen. Previously, he was affiliated as an Assistant Professor of Infrastructure Planning, Governance and Methodology at the same Faculty. His work focuses on policy evaluation and monitoring, collaboration in cross-sector governance networks, boundary spanning, Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), and comparative methods including Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA).
Wardatuttoyyibah
is a lecturer at Tanjungpura University’s Faculty of Forestry, specializing in wildlife conservation. She completed her bachelor’s in Forestry at UNTAN (2010) and earned a combined master’s and doctoral degree from Gadjah Mada University (2021) through a PMDSU scholarship. Previously, she was Program and Biodiversity Manager at PT Ekosistem Khatulistiwa Lestari in West Kalimantan. Her work focuses on conserving endangered species such as the Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus). She has also led training on species distribution modeling at Universitas Gadjah Mada.
Stefan E. Weishaar
is Full Professor of Law and Economics at the Faculty of Law, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. He is also Adjunct Professor at the Chinese University of Political Science and Law in Beijing and the Universitas Indonesia in Depok. He is also Research Affiliate at the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR) at MIT. He is also a member of the UN Subcommittee of Environmental Taxation. Stefan has a keen interest in the working of markets and regulatory instruments. His work covers several Law and Economics domains in the areas of climate and energy law, competition law, procurement law, and market integration. His research frequently employs a comparative law perspective.
Bambang Hari Wibisono
is a professor in urban planning and design at the Department of Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. He received his Bachelor Degree in Architecture at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Masters degrees in Urban Planning and in Transportation Engineering (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA), and his PhD in Urban Planning and Design (The University of Melbourne, Australia). His current field of interest is on urbanism and urban sustainability and livability, through morphological and socio-cultural approaches. He wrote a book entitled City Centers: Complexity and the Dynamics of the Developments. Besides his assignments as Education and Cultural Attache at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in The Hague, and Deputy Permanent Delegate / Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to UNESCO in Paris, he recently completed his duty as Head of Research Center for Regional Development Planning at Universitas Gadjah Mada. He was also the lead researcher of a research project on farmland protection in Yogyakarta funded by the Australian Government through the KONEKSI program.
Retno Widodo Dwi Pramono
is an associate professor in Urban and Regional Planning, Gadjah Mada University. He began his studies in the Architecture undergraduate program at Gadjah Mada University. He obtained his master’s degree from the Department of Urban Environmental Management, a sandwich program between IHS–Erasmus University and Wageningen University. He earned a PhD from the University of Groningen. His professional field of planning and design has broadened to encompass buildings, public facilities, urban planning, and regional development. He has completed several national training courses and has taught these topics to various parties in land management, urban environmental management, local economic development, development evaluation, and government-business cooperation. Since 2000, he has served as a consultant on projects in various regions of Indonesia. Currently, he is often a resource person and expert consultant for local governments, especially in Yogyakarta and its surrounding areas, as well as several relevant ministries.
Jaap de Wilde
is Emeritus Professor in International Relations & Security Studies at the Department of International Relations & International Organization, University of Groningen, where he has worked since 2007. In 2022, he initiated the Dutch Peace & Conflict Studies Network with colleagues from various universities. From 2010 to 2023, he was the governor of the Interfaculty Research Institute for Globalization Studies Groningen, which he co-founded in 2010. Between 2013 and 2017, he was chairman of the Dutch Foundation for Peace Research. From 2001 to 2007, he was a professor in European Security Studies at the Department of Political Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and from 1995 to 2007 a senior research fellow in European Studies and IR Theory at the Centre for European Studies, University of Twente. From 1993 to 1995, he worked as a senior research fellow at the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute (COPRI), a cooperation that continued till the late 1990s. Since 2022, he has been an honorary member of the Security History Network.
Haryo Winarso
is a professor at the Institut Teknologi Bandung’s School of Architecture, Planning, and Policy Development and Head of the Urban Planning and Design Research Group. He earned an undergraduate degree in architecture from Gadjah Mada University. He received an M.Eng. from the Asian Institute of Technology and a PhD from the Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning at University College London. He has over 32 years of experience undertaking research, consulting, teaching, and training projects, including work on urban land and housing issues in the United States, Singapore, Thailand, and Nepal. He is undertaking joint research initiatives funded by the WB, DFID, Indonesian government agencies, and the ADB; and is delivering papers at international and national seminars. He was a former attaché of education and culture in the United States, president of ASPI (Indonesian Planning School Association), and a member of the Indonesian Association of Planners. He is the editor of Metropolitan di Indonesia: kenyataan dan tantangan dalam penataan ruang (Metropolitan in Indonesia: realities and challenges in spatial planning) and Pemikiran dan Praktek Perencanaan dalam Era Transformasi di Indonesia (Planning Thoughts and Practices in the Era of Transformation in Indonesia).
Johan Woltjer
is Dean and Professor of Urban Development and Planning at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He was previously at the University of Westminster, UK, the University of Amsterdam, and Twente University, the Netherlands. Prof. Woltjer focuses his substantive work on understanding international urban and regional development (particularly in Europe and Asia) and water and infrastructure management capacities in urban environments. Over the last 25 years, Prof. Woltjer has held a wide range of leading international positions in educational development and research networks (particularly in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, and Indonesia). He contributes an internationally comparative view to the field of urban studies, sustainable planning, water management, and development. The impact of his research is visible through funded projects, books, and articles appearing in globally the highest-impact journals, as well as through policy advice on issues like sustainable cities, water resources, and urban infrastructure. He has extensive leadership experience in university education processes, assessment and review, and research projects worldwide.
Shiying Xu
is a PhD candidate in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Her research interests lie in the interrelationships between human societies and natural environments. She is working on flood risk management, specifically on the resilience of communities. She is currently focusing on the application of diverse resilience concepts to practice by developing a flood resilience assessment tool through an interdisciplinary approach. Her research also examines the interrelationships between the institutional and individual levels in fostering flood resilience. Shiying is also part of a Surbana Jurong-NTU Corporate Laboratory research team developing a visualization platform for flood and transport resiliency. Before starting her PhD, she received her Bachelor of Social Sciences in Geography from the National University of Singapore in 2019. She worked as a research assistant at NTU studying waterscapes in Asia.
Feng Zhu
is an assistant professor at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He received his PhD from Purdue University in 2016, M.Phil from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2011, and B.E. from Sun Yat-Sen University in 2009. Dr. Zhu’s research interests are intelligent urban mobility, sustainable transportation, and urban resiliency related to climate change. As of this date, he has published over 30 journal papers in leading international SCI journals such as Transportation Research Part B, Transportation Research Part C, Transportation Research Part A, Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. Dr. Zhu’s research has received funding awards (over S$2 million) from various agencies and institutions, including the Ministry of Education in Singapore, the Land Transport Authority, the Urban Redevelopment Authority, and the Surbana Jurong-NTU Corporate Lab.