Indonesia has a new guide for predicting how much electricity will cost from new power generating sources, based on the technology used and the year of development. The total lifetime cost of a power generating source, divided by the total lifetime power output, gives you the source’s LCOE, or levelised cost of electricity, measured in […]
AIC Energy Cluster lead Professor Ken Baldwin presented a new energy cost-projection study to a range of industry players and NGOs at the Australian Embassy Jakarta on 25 September. Baldwin, from the Australia National University (ANU), was one of three leading academics to present. He focused on the recently completed Indonesian Energy Technology Assessment (IETA), […]
With global attention on mental health in October, a diverse group of individuals all focused on improving the mental health of Indonesia’s young people came together in Jakarta recently, and exciting opportunities for stronger advocacy emerged. A roundtable around mental health data needs for Indonesian adolescents was hosted by the Health Cluster of the Australia-Indonesia Centre […]
“People often see developing countries as frozen in time, like the community is not changing, but you have to see that the societies are dynamic,” explains Dr Reni Suwarso from Universitas Indonesia (UI). Understanding and influencing the complex layers of this dynamism in Indonesia’s water management is the task facing a multi-disciplinary team of Urban […]
The AIC Health Cluster has spent the last two years intensively researching how to support the best health and wellbeing outcomes for children and adolescents, with the knowledge that in every way, youth are our future. Ensuring that today’s generation of young people grows up as healthy as they can be, and stays healthy as […]
For everyday health and wellbeing, GPs are at the frontline of the healthcare system. They also play an important role in promoting positive behaviour change for both individual patients and the communities in which they live. As the burden of disease in Indonesia is rapidly shifting towards non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the focus of health promotion […]
If you drink water full of pathogens, you’ll likely know about it in a few hours. If you regularly drink water full of chemical toxins, you may get more seriously ill years later, with no idea why. “There are 90,000 chemicals in daily societal usage, small amounts of which inevitably enter our waterways and then […]
A survey of 600 ‘anti-Ahok’ marchers has captured rare insights into Indonesia’s growing Islamic conservatism and how social inequality is viewed through a moral lens. A new study funded by the Australia-Indonesia Centre and conducted by top Australian and Indonesian university researchers has revealed that stalling levels of job security and social mobility might explain […]
“The warm, nostalgic feelings shown by researchers singing milk formula jingles formed a powerful illustration of the power of advertising,” reported Dr Nina Berry from The University of Sydney at recent discussions in Denpasar, Bali. “Our blank responses led to a merry romp through Indonesian milk advertisements on Youtube to bring the USYD team up […]
The Australia-Indonesia Centre’s Energy Cluster concluded its bilateral research with workshops at the Australian National University and Monash University in July 2018. Researchers from ANU, Monash, the University of Melbourne, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Universitas Hasanuddin, the University of Sydney, and the University of NSW came together with government and industry stakeholders to share their findings […]