Citizenship, indigenous religions and conservative Islam: the KTP case and its effects

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This research focuses on the KTP case, handed down by the Constitutional Court in late 2017. In it, the Court decided that citizens were not required to select one of the religions recognised by the state – Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism, Hinduism, Buddhism or Confucianism – to fill in the religion column on their identity cards (KTP). Rather, they could choose to nominate another belief – including an indigenous religion. This study seeks to assess the impact of this decision and its contribution to debates about the position of religion in the Indonesian state.

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Young men and access to HIV care in Jakarta, Indonesia

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Indonesia has recorded a worsening HIV epidemic among key populations (those most at risk of being affected by the virus), in particular among young men who have sex with men (MSM) in large metropolitan centers for migration and employment (Jakarta and Bali).

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Local milk for local schools?

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This study investigates an independent or student-funded school milk programs in Indonesia. To our knowledge, this study is set to be the first study on developing ‘independent’ school feeding programs.

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Flood modelling and simulations involving rainfall in Indonesia

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This project focuses on simulations of floods in Jakarta using the free and open source ANUGA software (http://anuga.anu.edu.au).

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