Team
Team Leaders
Researchers from Passau
Patrick Keilbart
Patrick Keilbart is a post-Doc research fellow in IndORGANIC. He seeks to shed light on the socio-cultural context of organic agriculture in Indonesia by investigating the principles of local organic farming practice and disclosing the ideas, values, and aspirations associated with such practice. Beyond that, he takes care of the administrative matters of the project and coordinates the research between the different project partners.
More information: Chair of Comparative Development and Cultural Studies with a focus on Southeast Asia
Nathalie Luck, PhD student in the IndORGANIC project
Nathalie Luck aims to explore the adoption behavior of farmers with respect to organic farming and investigates the consequences of this adoption on farmers’ welfare by employing a randomized field experiment.
More information: Chair of Development Economics
Dimas Dwi Laksmana, PhD student in the IndORGANIC project
Dimas Dwi Laksmana will explore the institution of organic farming which touches upon the issues of government regulations and policies and how these rules interact with various stakeholders along the value chain of organic products.
More information: Chair of Comparative Development and Cultural Studies with a focus on Southeast Asia
Manuela Fritz, M.A. student of Development Studies
More information: Chair of Development Economics
Sarah Redicker, M.A. student of Development Studies
More information: Chair of Development Economics
Ronja Platz, M.A. student of Development Studies
More information: Chair of Comparative Development and Cultural Studies with a focus on Southeast Asia
Franziska Steinhübel, M.A. student of Development Studies
More information: Chair of Comparative Development and Cultural Studies with a focus on Southeast Asia
Affiliated Researchers
Dr. Satyawan Sunito
Ecological approach to agriculture pre-supposed a long term perspective in all its aspects. In this context my research interest goes to the secure access and control of farmers and rural people in general to the agrarian resources, such as land, water, pastures, forest, coastal and fishing areas.
Dr. Siti Amanah
Research and development in organic agriculture (IndORGANIC) at this time is a need for seeking an effective approach and strategy for better managing the resources, socio-economics and physical environment to safe people, planet, and better prosperity.
Muhamad Haris Zamaludin Setiadiputra, Field Assistant
Haris is a research assistant in the IndORGANIC Project. He is interested in exploring the potential of organic farming to be further proliferated by smallholder farmers. His main focus is to explore the factors that could contribute to speed up the adoption process by analysing the policy design and implementation delivered by the local authorities.
Nurul Dwi Novikarumsari, Field Assistant
I would like to explore the behaviour of communication process among organic farmers, and analyse the effects of organic farming extension as communication process of innovation towards sustainable farming.
Prof. Dr. Dwi Andreas Santosa
Prof. Ir. Ahmad Sulaeman
Nurcahyaningtyas Subandi, Field Assistant
Nurcahyaningtyas Subandi is a Research Assistant in the IndORGANIC Project. She is interested in exploring the dominant determinants that influence the decision of turning into organic farming. Employing the Analytical Network Process, the objective of the study is to identify the appropriate strategy for developing organic farming in the Yogyakarta region.
Bambang K. Prihandono, S.Sos., M.A.
Young entrepreneurs and rural creative economy in organic agriculture: how young entrepreneurs uses innovative forms of social network and marketing to create rural creative economy in organic agriculture.
Suryo Aji Pramono, S.IP, M.Si.
Interested in looking at the socio-economic aspects of farmers subsisting as organic farmers, whether through subsidiarity of other sources of income, support of social networks/social capital, or through forms of community organizations.
Kristian Tamtomo, PhD & St. Nindito S.Sos, M.Si
Tamtomo and Nindityo are interested in tracing the social history of organic agriculture as a social movement in Yogyakarta. In particular, the ideology and discourse of organic agriculture as a social movement in pioneering organic agricultural groups and how these groups react to recent developments in the commercial organic industry.
Arief Rifali Firman
AOI aims at strengthening and promoting organic farming movements and fair trade in Indonesia. This is accordance with a research program by the University of Passau in IndORGANIC – The societal transformation of agriculture into bioeconomy.