Socio-Legal Perspectives on Indonesian Legal Institutions: Research from the Van Vollenhoven Institute, Including the LAMPU Project on Lawmaking Politics
Speakers
Adriaan Bedner
Professor of Law and Society in Indonesia at the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society
Tody Utama
PhD Researcher at the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society, Leiden University, and a Lecturer in Adat (Customary) Law at UGM, Indonesia
Sartika Pradhani
Lecturer at Adat Law Department and Researcher at Djododigeono Adat Law Research Center in Faculty of Law, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Iftitahsari
Program Manager and Researcher at Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR)
Anugerah Rizki Akbari
Non-Permanent Lecturer at the Department of Criminology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Indonesia
Santy Kouwagam
Researcher at Leiden University’s Van Vollenhoven Institute
Fadhilatul Hikmah
Lecturer at the Tax Law Department Faculty of Law of Universitas Gadjah Mada and a Researcher at the Indonesian Center for Tax Law and the Center for World Trade Studies at the same university
Faiz Rahman
PhD Researcher at the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society and eLaw Center for Law and Digital Technologies, Leiden University, the Netherlands, and a Lecturer at Constitutional Law at Universitas Gadjah Mada
Event Details
This panel presents the Van Vollenhoven Institute’s (VVI) socio-legal research on Indonesian legal institutions, focusing on the interaction between law, governance, and society. Drawing on interdisciplinary methods, the VVI investigates how legal systems function in practice and how they are shaped by political, cultural, and social dynamics.
Featured projects include LAMPU (Lawmaking Politics Under Democratic Decline in Indonesia), a collaboration with Gadjah Mada University that examines how democratic erosion affects legislative processes. The panel also highlights PINTAL (Project for Innovation in Teaching Adat Law), which supports the renewal of customary law education in Indonesian universities through context-sensitive and collaborative approaches.
In addition, the VVI hosts a wide range of PhD and postdoctoral research on topics such as criminal justice, tax law, land and natural resource governance, and data protection—often in partnership with Indonesian institutions like the Indonesian Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR). The panel reflects the VVI’s commitment to Indonesian–Dutch academic collaboration and generate insights into the complex and evolving role of law in Indonesian society.