Action Lab Indonesia

Who We Are

We are an active and dynamic multidisciplinary team of researchers at Monash University, Indonesia, dedicated to exploring the intersection of communities, digital technology, and social innovation. Our focus lies in addressing the crucial challenge of sustainability and inclusion within the realm of digital technology.

As part of the prestigious Monash Global's Action Lab Network, which comprises Monash University Australia, Monash University Malaysia, and Monash University, Indonesia, we collaborate extensively with external partners from various sectors including industry, academia, and government. Together, we develop impactful projects that aim to create sustainable change.

Through our collaborative efforts, we serve as a research capacity for organisations, aligning our core values with theirs and working closely to co-create tangible and meaningful solutions. By leveraging our expertise and fostering fruitful partnerships, we empower organisations to drive innovation and achieve sustainable outcomes.

Our Projects

Inclusive Language Technologies: Data Curation and Large Pretrained Language Models

Project Leader: Dr. Derry Wijaya

This initiative will lay the groundwork for an organised effort to digitise numerous unlabelled resources, enabling the training of language models and technologies for diverse languages. The outcomes will promote multilingualism and linguistic diversity. In collaboration with the Vision and Language Group at Monash University, Australia, our team of researchers will collect and build a comprehensive collection of Indonesian (digital) language data in text, speech, and image form. Subsequently, language models will be trained on this data.

Inclusive Financial Services: Widening Access to Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Lending

Project Leader: Dr. Arif Perdana

Our objective in this project is to assist fin-tech credit institutions in enhancing their credit risk modelling. The research outcomes have the potential to positively impact marginalised consumers' access to credit, empowering them to improve their livelihoods. Through this initiative, we explore the significant role of sociodemographic characteristics, economic conditions, technological opportunities, and network effects in driving financial inclusion. By understanding these factors, fintech lending institutions can develop their services and bridge the financial gap through technological implementation.

Inclusive Nutrition: Development and Validation of Intake24 for Indonesia

Project Leader: Dr. Grace Wangge

This project is dedicated to developing a cost-effective and sustainable digital health tools for the collection of high-quality dietary data in South-East Asia population. It is intended to make a significant step towards this goal by validating and adapting Intake24 for the Indonesian population and promoting its use among national and regional institutions in the region.