On August 9, 2023, the Regional and Urban Planning Engineering Study Program of the Kalimantan Institute of Technology hosted a public lecture on “Kalimantan as a Frontier for Sustainable Development”. The lecture was part of the Forest City project, which studies the impacts of relocating Indonesia’s capital to East Kalimantan. The speaker at the lecture…

The Studium Generale “Studying Frontiers of Development in Indonesia” took place on Monday, August 7, 2023. This event was a collaborative discussion between the Faculty of Geography UGM, Faculty of Forestry UGM, and Utrecht University, focusing on the implications of relocating Indonesia’s capital to East Kalimantan. The speakers were Dr. Kei Otsuki (Associate Professor from…

Researchers from Indonesia and the Netherlands discuss the impacts of the Indonesia’s capital relocation to Kalimantan On July 3, 2023, a workshop titled ‘Following Frontiers of the Forest City in Kalimantan, Indonesia’ was held at the Academic Building, Utrecht City Centre. The workshop was organized by the Forest City project, a 5-year research project that…

Our postdoctoral researcher, Bosman Batubara, was invited as a guest lecturer at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sulawesi Barat, Indonesia. He presented his research on speculative rent in the Nusantara capital city.

In the pursuit of sustainable and inclusive urbanization, the importance of water as a vital component for infrastructure and life in the future of Indonesia’s New Capital City (IKN) cannot be overstated. Drawing from IKN’s historical experiences and forward-looking vision, it is needed set to explore how this crucial issue aligns with an urbanization scenario…