Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam- Background:
Junior Researcher, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University/ERC Adv MIGMOBS Postdoctoral Fellow (2024 – present);
Research Assistant, Institute of Global Studies, Corvinus University (2024);
Research Assistant, GSAPS, Waseda University (2024);
Research Consultant for UNDP Indonesia (2023);
Migration Consultant for IOM and ILO Indonesia (2021-2023);
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Mataram (2022 – Present)
Field of Specialization
Labor Migration, Civil Society Organization, Migrant Communities, Transnationalism, Southeast Asia
Research Theme
Indonesian Labor Migration in Four Major Asian Migration Destination Countries (Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan and Saudi Arabia): Migration Trajectories, Transnational Political Mobilization, and Migrant Workers Protection
Major Works / Publications / Awards
Major Works / Publications
- Assessment on Migration Policy Gaps at Sub-National Level: Case Studies on the Implementation of Policies of Protection for Indonesian Migrant Workers in the West Nusa Tenggara Province, Central Java Province, and South Sulawesi Province, (English and Bahasa Indonesia), DL Gaol, A Yuniarti, PA Dewanto, H Asyidiqi, HN Estriani, FF Nugraha, MA Ramdhani, Jakarta: United Nations Development Program and Serikat Buruh Migran Indonesia, 2023. https://www.undp.org/id/indonesia/publications/assessment-report-mewujudkan-pelindungan-pekerja-migran-di-tingkat-provinsi-kabupaten-dan-kota-serta-desa
- The Precarity at Sea: Lessons from Indonesian Migrant Fishers, (English) PA Dewanto, J Prasetya, F Octaviani, Bangkok: Heinrich Boell Stiftung, 2023. https://th.boell.org/en/2023/04/11/indonesia-migrant-fishers
- Problems in Indonesian Vocational High Schools and Industrialization: Labour Deskilling and the Dilemma of Positionality, (Indonesian), PA Dewanto, MS Hadi, Yogyakarta: Infest, 2023
- Understanding The Problems of Vocational School Graduates amidst Industrialization: Preventing Labour Deskilling and Coping with Labour Recruitment Issues, (Indonesian) PA Dewanto, MS Hadi, Policy Brief. Yogyakarta: Infest, 2023
- Understanding the Pattern of Placement and Recruitment of Migrant Workers in Southeast and East Asia: Costs, Challenges, and Recommendations, (English), PA Dewanto, BEBESEA; Human Rights Working Group, 2022.
- Abandonment: the new-normal for migrant workers?, PA Dewanto, Web publication or Website, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (peer-reviewed), 2021. https://th.boell.org/en/2021/04/29/abandonment-migrant-workers
- Labouring Situations and Protection among Foreign Workers in Malaysia, (English), PA Dewanto, Bangkok: Heinrich Boell Stiftung, 2020. https://th.boell.org/sites/default/files/grid/2020/10/12/NewOffice.jpg.
- The Domestication of Protection: The State and Civil Society in Indonesia’s Overseas Labour Migration. (English), P.A. Dewanto. Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia (peer-reviewed). 176(4), 504-531, 2020.
Awards
- Indonesia Education Endowment Fund, PhD Awardee 2016-2020
Academic Societies / Service to Society
Academic Societies
- European Association of Southeast East Asian Studies (EUROSEAS)
Service to Society
- Independent Monitor for Ethical Recruitment of Indonesian Palm Oil Plantation Workers to Malaysia (2024)
