Keynotes
Keynote Speakers
Assoc. Prof. Dr.KWANCHIT SASIWONGSAROJ
Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University, Thailand
Short Bio:
Associate Professor Dr. Sasiwongsaroj centers her research on cultural and migration-related diversity and its impact on health and well-being, with a specific focus on multicultural coexistence of migrants in the host country, retirement migration from the Global North to Southeast Asia, and old-aged care. Her recent research highlights the overlooked role of mobility and indigenous cultural heritage in climate adaptation and mitigation, encouraging a reframing of climate governance and justice.
Dr. FINA ITRIYATI
Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
Short Bio:
Fina Itriyati, Ph.D., is a sociologist, teaching staff, and researcher at the Department of Sociology, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM). Fina completed her doctoral studies in Anthropology at the Research School of Humanities and The Arts (RSHA), The Australian National University (ANU). Her fields of study are gender and disability, ethnography, disaster, embodiment and intersectionality. In addition, Fina is also a member of the Indonesian Sociological Association, the International Sociological Association (ISA) and one of the editorial teams of the ISA Global Dialogue Newsletter for the Indonesian region. Currently, she is the Vice Dean of Collaboration, Alumni and Research Affairs at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, UGM.
Dr. JUSTIN SEE
School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Short Bio:
Dr. Justin See is a Lecturer in Development Studies at the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. His research interrogates how dominant modes of climate change adaptation (e.g. planned resettlement, climate buffer infrastructure, nature-based solutions) generate injustices while advancing community-led pathways to sustainable development. He has published his work in Global Environmental Change, World Development, Climatic Change, Political Geography, Climate and Development, Environment and Planning E, and others. He is a former postdoctoral research fellow at the Sydney Environment Institute (University of Sydney) and at the Centre for Sustainable Communities (University of Canberra).
Associate Professor Dr.KATE MACDONALD
School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Short Bio:
Kate Macdonald is an Associate Professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Her work examines the legitimacy and effectiveness of social, environmental and human rights governance processes in the global economy, focusing in particular on themes relating to transnational business regulation, multi-scalar natural resource governance, global corporate accountability movements and accountability in the international development sector. She has published four books and over 50 journal articles and book chapters on these topics. Recent articles have appeared in World Development, Review of International Political Economy, European Journal of International Relations, Regulation & Governance, Governance, Earth System Governance, Development Policy Review, Philosophy & Public Affairs, Global Policy, Land Use Policy, Ecological Economics, International Theory, and Human Rights Quarterly.