2024 Indonesia Update: How Jokowi changed Indonesia

How Jokowi changed Indonesia

During a decade of governing Indonesia, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has emerged as one of the most popular, but also most polarising, political figures in the post-Reformasi period. Jokowi’s supporters have lauded his remarkable evolution from an outsider with little clout among the country’s political elite to a formidable powerbroker, pushing through hard-hitting and often controversial reforms. Jokowi’s critics, on the other hand, have assailed his government’s coercive approach to political opponents, and his pursuit of a grand economic vision at the cost of democratic freedoms and institutional integrity. Regardless of which side of the debate one is on, however, there is no denying Jokowi’s enduring popularity with a public that sees their president as a hardworking man of the people.

The 2024 Indonesia Update Conference will take a broad view of Jokowi’s legacy. To tell this story, we need to first recall the Indonesia that President Yudhoyono left behind: a stable democracy and economy, but one in which governance was characterised by policy inertia and stagnation. The Jokowi years, on the other hand, have been anything but stagnant. Instead, to hit policy targets across a range of sectors, the president and his team have pushed institutions to their limits, revealing both the weaknesses and strengths of Indonesia’s democratic rules, regulations and norms. But how far has Jokowi truly transformed Indonesia? To answer this question, the Conference will bring together experts from Australia, Indonesia, and around the world. We will examine the mark that Jokowi has left on the country’s economy, welfare, politics, security, environment, and international relations.

The 41st Indonesia Update is convened by Dr Sana Jaffrey and Dr Eve Warburton from the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, The Australian National University. It will be held in-person at the ANU in Canberra and online.

Date and Time:

The conference will be held on Friday and Saturday, 13-14 September 2024.

The conference will commence at 6:00am WIB / 9:00am AEST on both days. Please consult the ANU Indonesia Project webpage for full breakdown of WIB / AEST session times: https://indonesia.crawford.anu.edu.au/programs/indonesia-update/how-jokowi-changed-indonesia.

In-person conference venue:

This years' in-person event will be held at the Coombs Lecture Theatre, on the beautiful ANU campus in Canberra, Australia.

Optional Social Events:

An optional social networking dinner will be hosted on Friday evening 13 September, 2024 at a local restaurant in Canberra. Pre-orders are essential and can be made via this Eventbrite.

An optional halal box lunch will be available on Saturday, 14 September, 2024. Pre-orders are essential and can be made via this Eventbrite.

Accessibility:

Indonesian sign language and simultaneous translation into Indonesian will be available online.

If you are attending in-person and require accessibility accommodations or a visitor Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan please contact the event organiser.

In-Person Registration details:

Registration is required for this event:

To attend in-person please register through this Eventbrite page.

If you cannot travel to Canberra, you are welcome to attend online. Please register to attend via Zoom: bit.ly/IndonesiaUpdate2024

Additional Information:

To help keep everyone safe, please ensure that you are familiar with, and follow, the advice from ACT Health regarding COVID-19.

If you do not feel well, please refrain from attending this event.

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Event page and conference program: https://indonesia.crawford.anu.edu.au/programs/indonesia-update/how-jokowi-changed-indonesia.

About the Indonesia Update conference

The Indonesia Update is largest annual conference on Indonesian society outside of Indonesia and dates back to 1983. Held in September, it is organised by ANU Indonesia Project, with support from the ANU Department of Political and Social Change and the ANU Indonesia Institute, as well as the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. ANU Indonesia Project wishes to thank The Australian National University and the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for their substantial and continuing support.

Cover Image: President Jokowi Affirms the Government’s Commitment to the Sustainability of IKN Development. BPMI Setpres/Rusman

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