Reflecting on Indonesia’s Youth Academy Movement

MABBI – Research conducted by Inaya Rakhmania, Arief Anshory Yusufa, Hasnawati Saleha, Zulfa Sakhiyyaa, Kanti Pertiwia, Sudirman Nasira, Herlambang P. Wiratramana, Berry Juliandia, Yanuar Nugrohoa,j,k, and Jamaluddin Jompa from University of California entitled Reflecting on Indonesia’s youth academy movement
In the past three decades, there has been a rise in young academy movements in the Global North and South. Such movements, in at least Germany and the Netherlands, have been shown to be quite effective in connecting scientific work with society. Likewise, these movements share a common goal of developing interdisciplinary collaboration among young scientists, which contributes to the growth of a nation’s-but also global-scientific endeavors. This paper focuses on the young academy movement in the fourth-largest country hosting the biggest Muslim population in the world, which is also the third-most populous democracy: Indonesia. We observe that there has been increasing awareness among the young generation of scientists in Indonesia of the need to advocate for the use of science in responding to upcoming and current multidimensional crises. Science advocacy can be seen in their peer-based identification of Indonesia’s future challenges, encompassing the fundamental areas for scientific inquiry, discovery, and intervention. We focus on the Indonesian Young Academy of Sciences (ALMI) and its network of young scientists. We describe ALMI’s science communication practices, specifically SAINS45 and Science for Indonesia’s Biodiversity, and how they have been useful for policymakers, media, and school engagements. The article closes with a reflection on future directions for the young academy movement in Indonesia and beyond. (Tri/MABBI)

Read more: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38621134/