2024 Thirteenth round

• Ayuningsih Hancock (Australian National University) Research topic: The role of pesinden in the world of wayang. Supervisor: Dr Ying Xin Show.

• Justin Khouw (Australian National University) Research topic: Navigating Indonesian defence modernization stagnation: insights from bilateral arms procurement cooperation with South Korea. Supervisor: Associate Professor Marcus Mietzner.

• Mickaylah Guidi (UNSW) Research topic: Gendered power dynamics in the Indonesia: barriers to women’s involvement in conflict resolution. Supervisor: Associate Professor Minako Sakai.

2023 Twelfth round

• Jayne Fendyk (Australian National University) Research Topic: The role of Islamic women’s organisations and Indonesia’s anti-sexual violence law. Supervisor: Dr Eva Nisa
• Samuel Randle (University of Sydney) Research Topic: Bonds with whom: designing the Indonesian blue sukuk for sustainable development. Supervisor: Dr Sophie Webber

2022 Eleventh round

• Hector Warren Fraser (Australian National University) Research topic: From monuments to replica: Ideology and symbolism in Jakarta from Soekarno’s Guided Democracy to Suharto’s New Order. Supervisor: Professor Robert Cribb.
• Laura Wallace (RMIT) Research topic: Sexual and reproductive health information access, sources and information-seeking behaviour amongst Indonesian young adults. Supervisor: Dr Julian Lee.

2020 Tenth round

• Taylah Bell (Murdoch University) Research topic: Customary land rights law in the context of mining development projects in Indonesia. Supervisor: Dr Carol Warren.
• Elias Richard Hordern (The University of Sydney) Research topic: Policy, agency and discourse: how tourism functions under the current Balinese government. Supervisor: Professor Adrian Vickers.
• Samira Lindsey (Monash University) Research topic: Understanding how Indonesian variants of Rule of Law diverge from Western liberal understanding of Rule of Law: what does this mean for bilateral cooperation. Supervisor: Dr Nadirsyah Hosen.
• Archana Ramesh (The University of Melbourne) Research topic: City as continuum: spatialising urban flow in Kelurahan Cipaganti, Bandung, Indonesia. Supervisor: Dr Amanda Achmadi.

2019 Ninth round

• Elin Buchanan (The University of Adelaide) Research topic: Stunting in Indonesia. Supervisor: Dr Susan R Hemer.
• Samantha Chapman (University of New South Wales, Canberra) Research topic: What it means to be an Indonesian Muslim: an analysis of youth perspectives on nationalism and Islam. Supervisor: Associate Professor Minako Sakai.
• Nicholas Dobrijevich (The University of Sydney) Research topic: The state, capital and urban space: housing in Jakarta. Supervisor: Professor Adrian Vickers.
• Maxine Williams (The University of Sydney) Research topic: The contextual dynamics of child stunting in Tana Toraja, Indonesia. Supervisor: Dr Jeff Neilson.
• Bradley Wood (The Australian National University) Research topic: Australia’s involvement in Indonesia’s PRRI/Permesta rebellions. Supervisor: Dr Garth Pratten.

2018 Eight round

• Caroline Townsend (The University of Queensland) Research topic: Gender activism, tradition and music in Indonesia. Supervisor: Dr Annie Pohlman.
• Michael Peck (Murdoch University) Research topic: Adapt-based social movements and oligarchs-supported foreign capital in Indonesia. Supervisor: Dr Carol Warren and Dr Jacqui Baker.

2017 Seventh round

• 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 Jones (The University of Melbourne) Research topic (tentative)
• 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.

2016 Sixth round

• 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

2016 Fifth round

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

2015 Fourth round

• 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

2015 Third round

• 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

2014 Second round

• 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

2014 First round

• 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