Sabina Satriyani Puspita

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Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator, Public Policy and Management

E: sabina.puspita@monash.edu

  • Accepting PhD students

Sabina is Program Coordinator for the Public Policy and Management program and Deputy Director for the Monash Herb Feith Indonesian Engagement Centre at Monash University, Indonesia. She started working at Monash University, Indonesia in 2022 as Research Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Research (IFAR).

Sabina's research interests include topics about democratisation including political institutions and social movements, gender politics, and sustainable communities. She studies these topics extensively on any regions through a historical comparative approach, but her research primarily focuses on the Southeast and Northeast Asian regions.

Sabina completed her doctoral training in comparative politics and international relations at the Department of Political Science in Northwestern University, Illinois, U.S.A. in June 2023. Her dissertation is entitled "The Butterfly Effect: Stealth Politics by the Reformist Women’s Movement in Indonesia in the Struggle for Gender Equality, 1945-Present."

Prior to joining Monash, Sabina was policy analyst for the Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology. She co-led the teams within the Ministry that were appointed to formulate the strategies and policies for addressing gender based violence including sexual violence within Indonesia’s institutions of higher education.

More information

  1. Fernando, G., Khafiyya, A., Tricesaria, A. Watterson, J. & Puspita, S. S. Healthcare Access and Outcomes for Refugee Women in Transit: A Scoping Review of Facilitators and Barriers in South and Southeast Asia. Journal of Immigrant Minority Health (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-025-01722-w
  2. Flynn, A., Carrea, K., True, J., Davies, S. E., Quilty, E., Ballangarry, J. & Puspita, S. (2024) Sexual Harassment in Higher Education Report: The Indo-Pacific. CEVAW: Melbourne.
  3. Liem, A., Puspita, S.S., Fajar & Anggraini, L. Securing the rights and health of domestic workers: the importance of ratifying the ILO’s C189. Global Health 20, 58 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-024-01065-5
  4. Puspita, S. S. (2023). The Butterfly Effect: Stealth Politics by the Women’s Movement in Indonesia in the Struggle for Gender Equality (1945-Present) (Doctoral dissertation, Northwestern University).
  5. Puspita, S. (2022). Demokratisasi dan Politik Pengaturan Seksualitas: Sebuah Tawaran Kerangka Teoritis [Democratization and the Politics of Regulating Sexualities]. In Hidayana, I. M., Benedicta, G. D., & Pakasi, D. T. (Eds.), Dinamika Gender dan Seksualitas Kontemporer: Sebuah Antologi [The Dynamics of Contemporary Genders and Sexualities: An Anthology], pp. 184-209. Universitas Indonesia Publishing.
  6. Nurtjahyo, L.I., Shanti, T.I., Wulandari, W., Noer, K. U., Buana, M. S., Puspita, S. S. & Rosvianti, R. (2022). Urgensi Peraturan Menteri Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Riset, dan Teknologi Nomor 30/2021 tentang Pencegahan dan Penanganan Kekerasan Seksual di Lingkungan Perguruan Tinggi [The Urgency of Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology’s Regulation Number 30/2021 on Sexual Violence Prevention and Redress in Higher Education] in Noer, K. U., Hendrastiti, T. K., Nurtjahyo, L. I. , & Damaiyanti, V. P. (2022). Membongkar Kekerasan Seksual di Pendidikan Tinggi: Pemikiran Awal [Uncovering Sexual Violence in Higher Education: Preliminary Thoughts], pp. 3-106. Jakarta: Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia
  7. Nurtjahyo, L.I., Puspita, S.S., Retyaningtyas, L.W., & Hanifah, L. (2022). Moralitas dan Seksisme: Hubungan dan Pengaruhnya terhadap Upaya Penghapusan Kekerasan Seksual di Kampus [Morality and Sexism: Their Correlation and Influence on Campuses’ Struggle for Sexual Violence Elimination] in Noer, K. U., Hendrastiti, T. K., Nurtjahyo, L. I. , & Damaiyanti, V. P. Membongkar Kekerasan Seksual di Pendidikan Tinggi: Pemikiran Awal [Uncovering Sexual Violence in Higher Education: Preliminary Thoughts], pp. 183-200. Jakarta: Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia.

Teaching:

Research:

  • Democratisation
  • Gender politics
  • Sustainable communities
  • Historical comparative methods
  • Southeast and Northeast Asia

Sustainable Development Goals:

  1. Quality Education
  2. Gender Equality
  3. Reduced Inequalities
  4. Sustainable Cities and Communities
  5. Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
  • Jessica Kim on examining women’s land struggles, gender and sexual inequalities through music during post-1998 Indonesia (current main supervisor: A/Professor Sharyn Graham Davies; and co-supervisor: Assistant Professor Triana Hadiprawoto)
  • Juwita Sari on investigating the significance of government’s mega infrastructure projects to address the urban and gendered poor’s climate resilience in Indonesia (current main supervisor: A/Professor Sharyn Graham Davies)
  • Kevin Kristian on exploring the possible models for the psychosocial education of domestic workers caring for clients with dementia in low-middle income countries (current main supervisor: Assistant Professor Gabriela Fernando; and co-supervisor: Professor Helen Skouteris)
  • 2019 - Center for Gender and Sexuality Studies in University of Indonesia (Unit Kajian Gender dan Seksualitas LPPSP FISIP UI), Visiting Researcher
  • 2019 - Equality Development and Globalization Studies (EDGS) and Indonesian Scholarship and Research Support Foundation (ISRSF) Arryman Scholars Doctoral Research Grant
  • 2019 - American Indonesian Cultural and Educational Foundation (AICEF) Research Travel Grant
  • 2017 - ISRSF Arryman Scholarship
  • 2015 - Indonesian Ministry of Finance’s Education Endowment Fund (LPDP) Scholarship Program
  • 2014 - ISRSF Arryman Fellowship
  • 2011 - Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of the Republic of China’s Honorary Member
  • 2007 - Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages Four-Year Scholarship Program

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