Collaboration and Scholarship

The PWD Project aims to empower researchers from both universities and civil society organizations whose work addresses important themes on democratisation. The PWD Project facilitates education for politically engaged researchers and NGO workers to continue their studies at the undergraduate, masters, doctoral or post-graduate levels. Students and granted scholarships (including research grants), and expected to contribute to the PWD Project. Graduate students develop masters theses or doctoral dissertations within the framework of PWD thematic research.

This sub-project is dedicated to strengthening the capacity of pro-democracy non-governmental organizations to advocate for the research findings. It also aims to improve the quality of research and consolidate the existing network of research institutions in order to support the advocacy work of participating institutions.

PWD Doctoral scholarship recipients and dissertation titles:

  1. Akbarudin Arif: Citizen for Democratic Political blocs: The Cases of Solo, Sragen and Boyolali, Central Java, Indonesia
  2. Tabah Maryanah: Ethnic Politics and Citizenship in Lampung: Case Study of Chinese in Lampung
  3. Ishak Ismail: Measuring Citizens’ Welfare
  4. Willy Purna Samadhi

PWD masters scholarship recipients (batch 1) and thesis titles:

  1. Muhammad Zuhdan:

    Hegemoni Orde Baru Atas Ingatan Kolektif Pelanggaran HAM Masa Lalu (New Era Hegemony on Collective Memory of Old Humans’ Right Violation)

  2. Ignasius Jaques Juru:

    Multitude Warga Negara Aktivis: Politik Kewargaan Negara Baku Peduli (Multitude Citizens’ Activist: Citizenship’s Politics of Tolerance

  3. Atika Asterina Saraswati

    Keadilan Sosial Titik Tengah: Belajar dari Pengalaman Masyarakat Tengger (Middle Social Fairness: Learning from Tengger Community)

  4. M. Dian Hikmawan

    Politik Pembedaan: Demokrasi Dalam Paradoks (Politics of Difference: Democracy in Paradox)

  5. Louvikar Alfan Cahasta

    Politik Representasi Rumah Aspirasi dalam Tinjauan Hubungan Prinsipal-Agen dan Ruang Advokasi (Political Representation of Rumah Aspirasi in Principal-Agent Relation and Advocacy)

  6. Hendrawan Toni Taruno

    Perilaku Memilih (Voting Behavior) Kaum Buruh Dalam Pemilihan Presiden 2014 (Studi Kasus : Buruh Di Kota Semarang) – (Labour’s Voting Behaviour in Presidential Election 2014: Case Study on Labour in Semarang Municipality)

PWD masters scholarship recipients (Batch II)

  1. Ratna Mustika 

    Relasi Kuasa dan Ruang Partisipasi Baru (Studi Kasus: Relasi Kuasa Lembaga Ombudsman Daerah Periode 2005-2015 dan Kuasa di Level Lokal) – (Power Relation and New Participatory Arena (A Case Study on Local Power Relation between Local Ombudsment Institution and Local Government 2005 – 2015)

  2. Rahmat Hidayat 

    Voluntarisme vs Profesionalisme dalam Manajemen NGO: Studi Kasus Institute of Reseearch and Empowerment (IRE) Yogyakarta (Voluntarism versus Professionalism in NGO’s Management: A Case Study on Institute for Research and Empowerment (IRE) Yogyakarta.

  3. I Gusti Agung Ayu Kade Galuh 

    Media Sosial dan Demokrasi  (Studi Kasus Transformasi Aktivitas Media Sosial ke Gerakan Nyata Bali Tolak Reklamasi Periode Agustus 2013 - Juli 2015) – Social Media and Democracy (A Study on Social Media Activism to Real Movement Transformation in Tolak Reklamasi Movement in August 2013 – July 2015)

  4. Devy Dhian Cahyati 

    Ironi Kapitalisme Negara Atas Kegagalan Penjaminan Hak Kesejahteraan Dalam Penambangan Pasir Besi di Adipala, Cilacap – State Capitalism Irony on the Failure of Rights to Welfare’s Protection in Iron Mining in Adipala, Cilacap.

  5. Isneningtyas Yulianti 

    Menegakkan Kewarganegaraan Inklusif: Perlindungan dan Pemenuhan Hak Penyandang Disabilitas di DIY – Strengthening Inclusive Citizenship: People with Disabilities Rights’ Protection and Fulfillment in Yogyakarta Special Province.

PWD undergraduate thesis's grant recipients and thesis titles:

  1. Aris Setiawan Yody 

    Representasi Politik: Demokrasi Perwakilan Politik Melalui Partai Politik dan Pemilu (Political Representation: Political Representation Democracy through Political Party and General Election)

  2.  Ridho Nurwantoro 

    Menakar Kualitas Demokrasi melalui Penyelenggaraan Pendidikan Inklusi – (Measuring Democracy Quality in Inclusive Education Implementation)

  3. Anisa Nur Nia Rahmah 

    Politik Populisme Elit(Studi Kasus Pola dan Proses Bekerjanya Populisme Walikota Pekalongan (Basyir Achmad) Periode 2006-2010 Dan 2011-2015) –(Elite’s Political Populism (A Case Study of Populism of the Pekalongan Major (Basyir Achmad) in 2006 – 2010 and 2011 – 2015)