Yogyakarta, April 17, 2026─Faculty of Social and Political Sciences UGM, in collaboration with the University of Melbourne and Kopernik, held a five-day Gender Durability Research Workshop from April 13–17, 2026. This workshop served as a crucial part of preparing the 2026 field research agenda, as well as a space for academic consolidation and strengthening cross-institutional collaboration.
The workshop was designed to bring together researchers, lecturers/academics, and practitioners from various backgrounds to develop a research framework that is comprehensive, contextual, and responsive to local social dynamics. The primary focus of the study was on women’s everyday politics, which is seen as a crucial space for understanding power relations, social practices, and the challenges women face in their daily lives in various regions of Indonesia.
The workshop began with a survey preparation workshop that discussed research design, data collection instruments, and the methodological approaches to be used in the field. Next, participants developed plans for the second phase of fieldwork, which will be implemented in 14 locations across Indonesia, taking into account the diverse social, cultural, and political contexts in each region.
This workshop, focusing not only on the technical aspects of research, also provided a platform for knowledge development through discussions and the writing of a book chapter. The topic centered on women’s everyday politics, as an academic contribution to enriching gender perspectives in socio-political studies in Indonesia. Furthermore, strengthening collaboration with CSO partners was a key agenda to ensure that the research conducted was not only academically relevant but also had a real impact on communities at the grassroots level.
As a result of this workshop, participants successfully developed a more structured, integrated, and implementation-ready fieldwork plan for 2026. Furthermore, this activity also produced an initial draft of a book chapter that will be further developed as part of the academic output of this collaborative research.
Overall, the Gender Durability Research Workshop provides an important foundation for the development of collaborative research that is oriented not only toward knowledge production but also toward promoting more inclusive and gender-equitable social change. This initiative is in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 5 (Gender Equality) in promoting gender equality, SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities) in reducing social inequality, and SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) through strengthening cross-institutional partnerships in research and knowledge development.