The ANU Indonesia Project, in partnership with LPEM FEB-UI and KONEKSI are proud to invite you to attend to attend the 19th Sadli Lecture and Symposium on social inequality, communities and climate change on Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 09.00-17.00 WIB in Jakarta.

Venue: Rinjani 1 Room, Novotel JakartaCikini, Jalan Cikini Raya number 107-109, Jakarta (map)

About the Sadli Lecture

The annual Sadli Lecture is a collaboration between the Institute for Economic and Social Research (Universitas Indonesia) and the Indonesia Project (The Australian National University) in honour of Professor Mohammad Sadli and Professor Saparinah Sadli. The late Professor Mohammad Sadli was a leading Indonesian policy-maker and economist, and Professor Saparinah Sadli a leading academic in gender equality and advocate for human right and social justice. The series aims to broaden understanding of, and stimulate debate on international trade, industrial organisation, development economics and macroeconomics, gender equality and social inclusion. In a special continuation of our gender-focused dialogue and supported by KONEKSI, this marks the 2nd Sadli Lecture in the Gender Series, held in honour of Professor Saparinah Sadli.

This year’s Sadli Lecture will be delivered by Professor Ann R Tickamyer. Professor Tickamyer, is Professor Emerita of Rural Sociology and Demography with affiliations in Sociology and Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies at Penn State University.  Her scholarship focuses on rural poverty and livelihoods, gender and development, disaster, and climate change, and social welfare policy in the United States and Southeast Asia.

Abstract of the Sadli Lecture. In Indonesia, as in much of the world, women and girls remain disadvantaged in the household, community, and society. At the same time, there is great variability of gender roles and relations across the Republic that make it an outstanding testing ground for the impact of gender on disaster risk and resilience.  Our research over the past several decades has investigated these relationships empirically and theoretically.  We apply a riskscape model to examine the spatial, temporal, and most significantly, social relations entailed in disaster risk, recovery, and resilience. In this paper, we start by exploring some of the ways that colonial legacies have structured the exploitation of both gender and the environment, and whether and how it is possible to find a postcolonial agenda with hope for a better future for both. We examine the lessons to be learned from studying disaster response and recovery in Indonesia and elsewhere as keys to managing climate change.  Finally, we propose the use of a riskscape model of disaster and climate change as a means to plan and manage both, with the ultimate goal of finding transformative resilience.

About the Symposium on social inequality, communities and climate change

Following the Sadli Lecture, a symposium on social inequality, communities and climate change will be held to deepen the discussion on this important intersection. The symposium provides a platform for KONEKSI grantees whose research focuses on the gender-related aspects of climate change. Each invited grantee team will share their findings from their KONEKSI-funded projects and engage in discussions with leading experts from academia, policy, and civil society. The goal is to improve the quality and policy relevance of the research through expert feedback and peer exchange. This event is a part of a broader series of events aimed at fostering collaborative learning and supporting inclusive, evidence-based responses to climate challenges in Indonesia. 

Program (Jakarta time, GMT+7)

The 19th Sadli Lecture
08.30 – 09.00  Registration and light breakfast
09.00 – 09.30  Welcoming remarks by LPEM FEB UI and ANU Indonesia Project representative
09.30 – 10.20  Sadli Lecture by Professor Emerita Ann R. Tickamyer: Colonial legacies and postcolonial agendas: how does the Indonesian gender order move into a post-colonial future to address climate change?
10:20 – 11:00  Discussion by Dr Turro Wongkaren and others
11:00 – 11:55  Q&A
11:55 – 12:00  Closing
12:00 – 13:00  Lunch

Symposium on Social Inequality, Communities and Climate Change (indicative program)
13:00 – 13:10 Welcoming remarks: KONEKSI
13:10 – 16:55 Presentations by 6 KONEKSI research grant recipients
16:55 – 17:00 Closing remarks ANU Indonesia Project

E-certificate is only available for full attendance in person.
English Indonesian interpretation and Indonesian sign language interpretation are available online.

The Sadli Lecture and Symposium on Social Inequality, Communities and Climate Change is delivered in partnership by the ANU Indonesia Project, LPEM FEB-UI and KONEKSI, with support from BAPPENAS, BRIN, Kemdiktisaintek, DFAT.