Research Travel Grants

Recipient list

Masayoshi Ike (Swinburne University of Technology).
Research topic: Sustainability practices of Japanese manufacturing multinational corporations (MNCs) in ASEAN Member States. Supervisor: Dr Jerome Donovan.
Amara Steven (The Australian National University).
Research topic: Women in Indonesia’s Blue Economy: understanding user needs through female stories and experiences in Nusa Penida, Cilacap and Lombok. Supervisor: Dr James Butler.
Bronwyn Beech Jones (The University of Melbourne).
Research topic: to be announced.
Soenting Melajoe The first all-female edited women’s magazine in the Dutch East Indies (1912-1921). Supervisor: Associate Professor Kate McGregor.
Sarah Stephen (The University of Melbourne).
Research topic: Poverty tourism in Yogyakarta. Supervisor: Dr Dolly Kikon.
Veronica O’Neill (The University of Sydney).
Research topic: Framing illegality: the discourse of maritime piracy in Indonesia. Supervisor: Dr Dwi Noverini Djenar.
Owen James (The University of Sydney).
Research topic: Intra-party governance and anti-corruption policy in Indonesia. Supervisor: Dr Elisabeth Kramer.

Mitchell Mollison (Monash University)
Research topic: The music of the Talo Balak Ensemble of Lampung, Sumatra
Supervisor: Professor Margaret Kartomi
Stephanie Pearson (The University of Queensland)
Research topic: Sustainable or attainable? The case of Indonesia's migration-development nexus
Supervisor: Dr Annie Pohlman and Associate Professor Helen Creese
Bryanna Wilson (The University of Queensland)
Research topic: A political agenda: perceptions of modern women in contemporary Indonesian media
Supervisor: Dr Annie Pohlman and Associate Professor Helen Creese
Melanie Kilby (The University of Queensland)
Research topic: An uncertain future: the case of the unaccompanied refugee and asylum seeker minors in Indonesia
Supervisor: Dr Annie Pohlman and Associate Professor Helen Creese
Maighdlin Doyle (The Australian National University)
Research topic: Influences of Indonesia in Timor-Leste: resistance, truth and identity
Supervisor: Associate Professor Andrew McWilliam
Jacob Wray (The Australian National University)
Research topic: Zaman Jepang: Indonesian memories of the Japanese occupation of the Netherlands East Indies
Supervisor: Professor Robert Cribb

Michael Leadbetter (The University of Sydney)
Research topic: The rise and demise of urbanism in Island Southeast Asia.
Supervisor: Professor Roland Fletcher

Peter Bowers (The University of Sydney)
Research topic: The influence of aspirations in decisions to migrate internally
Supervisor: Dr Russell Toth
Kate Grealy (Griffith University) Research topic: Islamist militias in Indonesia
Supervisor: Dr Dan Halverson
Jenny (Chan Young) Jung (The University of Sydney)
Research topic: Childhood encephalitis in Indonesia’s remote Sumba Island: a retrospective study on the disease burden, aetiology and outcomes
Supervisor: Dr Gulam Khandaker
Sarah Mourney (The University of Sydney)
Research topic: Competing food discourses in Indonesia
Supervisor: Dr Charlotte Epstein
Shanti Omodei-James (The University of Adelaide)
Research topic: Regional pluralism in Indonesia and the significance of interfaith dialogue for justice and peace building: a case study of Interfidei.
Supervisor: Dr Priyambudi Sulistiyanto of Flinders University

Benjamin Djung (The Australian National University)
Research topic: Intra-ethnic and inter-ethnic communication in Javanese by Chinese Indonesian youth in Yogyakarta and Surabaya
Supervisor: Dr George Quinn
Brigitta Scarfe (Monash University)
Research topic: The biola and the sarunai as leading melodic instruments in the theatre, martial arts and song ensembles in the Riau Archipelago Province, Indonesia
Supervisor: Dr Margaret Kartomi
David Duncan (The Australian National University)
Research topic: Indonesia’s fragmented labour movement
Supervisor: Associate Professor Marcus Mietzner
Jason Cromarty (The Australian National University)
Research topic: Islamic radicalisation and local community resistance: an Indonesian perspective
Supervisor: Associate Professor Greg Fealy

Saiful Marbun (University of Canberra)
Research topic: Impact of Indonesia’s marine and fisheries industrialisation policy programs and the blue economy concept on the local communities and environment
Supervisor: Dr Stuart Pearson
Daniel Carney (University of Tasmania)
Research topic: Expatriates in the village: examining social spaces and boundaries in Watu Karung
Supervisor: Dr Taufiq Tanasaldy
Anna Strempel (Monash University)
Research topic: Building a wealth of resentment: inequalities in the international aid and development sector
Supervisor: Associate Professor Mia Lindgren

Edryan Ja’afar (La Trobe University)
Research topic: Primal fire: animism and mysticism in 21st century Yogyakarta
Supervisor: Dr Zane Goebel
Elizabeth Roberts (University of Sunshine Coast)
Research topic: Australia and Indonesia: regional border protection and asylum seeker relocation policies
Supervisor: Dr John Janzekovic
Leighton Gallagher (The Australian National University)
Research topic: The politics of Sampang Shia
Supervisor: Associate Professor Greg Fealy