Event in 2023

 

	10 May 2023 Vandy Yoga Swara, our doctoral researcher, presented his study on water justice and governance in Nusantara at a public discussion by SIMPUL IKN. He stressed the need to view water and urban water infrastructure as a hydro-social entity for sustainable and inclusive urbanization…more
	30 May 2023 Our postdoctoral researcher, Bosman Batubara, was a guest lecturer at Universitas Sulawesi Barat, Indonesia, presenting his research on speculative rent in the Nusantara capital city…more
	30 June 2023 Reaction to Christian Lund’s article at the closing session of 2023 IOS Fair Transition/LANDac International Conference…more
	3 July 2023 The ‘Following Frontiers of the Forest City in Kalimantan, Indonesia’ workshop, organized by the Dutch side of the team, involves all project members studying the implications of this major project. The workshop’s goal is to facilitate the idea exchange, question formulation, and draft a potential research agenda for further exploration…more
	7 August 2023 Public lecture ‘Studying Frontiers of Development in Indonesia’ by Rijanta and Kei Otsuki in UGM…more
	9 August 2023 Public lecture ‘Kalimantan as a Frontier for Sustainable Development’ by Kei Otsuki at ITK…more
	10 August 2023 Forest City Research Consortium Engages in Constructive Dialogue with East Kalimantan Provincial Government on Nusantara Capital City Development…more
	10 August 2023 Launch of Nusantara Centre (http://nusantara-center.org/) and public lecture by Rijanta and Kei Otsuki, at BRIDA, East Kalimantan Province…more
	11-12 August 2023 Field visit in Sepaku district highlighted the transformation of riverbanks into ports for the new capital city’s construction and the development of the Sepaku Semoi Dam for water supply and flood control…more
	22 August 2023 Bosman Batubara, Forest city’s postdoctoral researcher, served as a speaker at UKSW’s Development Studies Seminar, attributing Nusantara City’s land and rent price surge to “speculative rents” rather than capitalism’s surplus value….more
	26 September 2023 Bosman was invited to a public lecture at Unika Soegijapranata. He emphasized the need to consider the broader impacts of the Indonesia new capital city’s development, using rocks as a metaphor for the four-dimensional urbanization process…more
	11 October 2023 WINNER conference, session ‘Making cities sustainable in climate change’, panelist, Kei Otsuki…more
	21 January 2024 Postdoctoral researcher Bosman Batubara was invited by Kafe Habitat as a discussant for the livestreamed 2024 Indonesian Vice-Presidential Candidates Debate, which focused on sustainable development and related topics….more
	8 February 2024 Our researchers (Bosman Batubara and Kei Otsuki), will present a study on China’s capital expansion into Indonesia’s nickel industry at the 2024 SMAIAS-ASN Summer School…more
	11 March 2024 Our Postdoctoral researcher, Bosman Batubara, along with his colleagues, has published a paper discussing the urban poor settlement ‘kampungkota’ in North Jakarta, revealing the interplay of direct actions and electoral politics in securing housing rights, and offering insights for sustainable and inclusive urbanization in the ‘Forest City’ project in Kalimantan…more