International Projects

Moving Matters: People, Goods, Power and Ideas

International Projects

Moving Matters: People, Goods, Power and Ideas - AISSR

Decentralization and bayrak Muslim youth: youth, identity and work in Pontianak (West Kalimantan)

Among the ‘youth paradoxes’ commonly observed in Indonesia are: youth as heroes versus youth as potential traitors to the nation; early maturation versus prolongation of entry into marriage; increase in consumption versus decrease in ‘productivity’ etc.

Gulf-state concessions in Indonesia and the Philippines: Contested control of agricultural land and foodcrops

The current Gulf-State investments in farmland in Indonesia and the Philippines reflect changes in the global food system whose shape and outcome 'on the ground' is not yet clear-cut. This WOTRO-NWO funded research programme seeks to capture this complex dynamic.

In search of Middle Indonesia

This Netherlands-Indonesia research program, coordinated by KITLV(Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies), is a wide-ranging attempt to relocate the focus of the social science research agenda in Indonesia to the underestimated middle reaches.

Provincial Globalisation: The Impact of Reverse Transnational Flows in India's Regional Towns

This WOTRO-NWO funded research programme focuses on the process of ‘provincial globalisation' in India by tracing transnational reverse flows of economic resources from migrants to their home regions - remittances, investments and charitable donations - as well as of ideas, cultural orientations and social aspirations - and examining the influence of these flows on political and economic processes and cultural identities at the regional level.

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