Global Seminars 2026
24 April. Prabowonomics: Can Indonesia Really Grow at 8%
President Prabowo Subianto’s administration has several strategies to achieve its goal of 8% growth: increasing the role of state-led capitalism, expansive fiscal measures and unconventional monetary interventions. However, despite the administration’s well-meaning intention to boost aggregate demand, we show how the design and implementation of its policies may backfire, creating distortions that will prevent optimal growth. We argue that the administration’s narrow focus, coupled with its lack of attention to what many see as the real problems limiting productivity, will inhibit its 8% growth ambition.
30 March. From Law to Lived Realities: Child Marriage in Indonesia
To commemorate International Women’s Day, this Global Seminar brings together researchers to examine how legal reform can address child marriage, advance gender equality, and confront the persistent challenges of implementation in Indonesia.
Adrianna Bella (Curtin University) will open the seminar by revisiting the landmark 1974 Marriage Law reform, examining its role as a policy instrument to curb child marriage and what the evidence reveals about its impact on girls’ educational attainment and broader life outcomes.
The discussion will then turn to Dr Ni Luh Putu Maitra Agastya, Andrea Adhi, and Shaila Tieken (PUSKAPA), who will share findings from two PUSKAPA studies: an analysis of marriage dispensation cases (2022) and a qualitative research exploring the sociocultural dimensions of child marriage, marriage dispensations, and marriage registration in general (2025). The presentation will highlight drivers of child marriage, persistent barriers faced by those married as children, and policy takeaways to inform continued advocacy