Isnawati Hidayah is pursuing PhD in Economics under join supervision at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy and LUMC, Leiden University. Isnawati graduated from Master of International Development Studies program majoring Economics Development from Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands, in 2019. Isnawati is founder and associated as a economic researcher at ROTASI Institute (Institute for Rural Development and Sustainability) which then has been awarded as the best Research Institute at “the Indonesia’s SDGs Action Awards 2022" held by BAPPENAS Indonesia (Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas Republic of Indonesia). In 2020, she also had experiences as research assistant at INDEF (Institute for Development Economic and Finance), Jakarta.
Isnawati was active in community empowerment projects in coastal areas in 2016 with PUPUK (Association for Small Business Improvement) Surabaya and PT Saka Energi Indonesia (part of Indonesia’s largest natural gas transportation and distribution company). In 2021, she actively involved on initiating circular economy project to support food security in rural area (Indonesia).
Isnawati had also been involved in the Excellence in Research program in Economics of Development Department, Wageningen University. In addition, Isnawati had also been involved as a research assistant during her internship at Wageningen Economics Research in Den Haag in a project to map food consumption and expenditure in Uganda.
For her research, she interests on economic development, food security, food system, sustainability and rural development issues.
Work in Progress
Hidayah, I., Palmisano, F., Kiefte-de Jong, J. Food security and nutritional status across two generations: Evidence from Indonesia (on progress PhD research)
Soseco, T., Hidayah, I., Cahayati, N., Leksono, F.T. The Use of Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) and Credit to Help Females from Poverty: Evidence from Indonesia. Submitted to ADB-IEA Innovative Policy Research Award 2023
Soseco, T., Hidayah, I., Cahayati, N., Leksono, F.T. The Characteristics of Household Debts in Rural Areas in Indonesia. Submitted to BESS
Soseco, T., Hidayah, I., Cahayati, N., Leksono, F.T. Access to Technology to Increase Food Resilience in Rural Households in Indonesia. Submitted to BEMB: Bulletin of Economics Monetary and Banking
Soseco, T., Hidayah, I., Cahayati, N., Leksono, F.T. For Poor Households, Social Capital is Important to Deal with Disasters. Submitted to Jurnal Ekonomi Indonesia
Conferences
2023. CEA (Controlled Environment Agriculture) as a novel way to produce sustainable food for people in peri-urban based on circular value chain. Novel Foods and Novel Food Production: A solution to food systems sustainability?, 10 March 2023, America University of Rome, Italy. (Imam Mukhlis, Isnawati Hidayah, Diah Wahyuningsih, Nila Cahayani, Nabil Rafif)
2022. The Determinant of Food Security among Agriculture-based Households in Rural Indonesia. Week of Indonesia-Netherlands Education and Research (WINNER), 18-20 October 2022. (Co-authors Soseco, T., Cahayati, N., Leksono, F.T.)
2022. For Poor Households, Social Capital is Important to Deal with Disasters. Call for papers Sidang Pleno Ikatan Sarjana Ekonomi Indonesia (ISEI) XXII dan Seminar Nasional 2022, 24 August 2022 (Co-authors Soseco, T., Cahayati, N., Leksono, F.T.)
2022. Access to Technology to Increase Food Resilience in Rural Households in Indonesia. the 16th BMEB International Conference and Call for Papers. 25-26 August 2022 (Co-authors Soseco, T., Cahayati, N., Leksono, F.T.)
2021. Poverty and Digital Access for Females in Rural Areas in Indonesia. Call for Ideas 10th Annual International Forum on Economic Development and Public Policy (AIFED) Badan Kebijakan Fiskal Kementerian Keuangan Republik Indonesia. 1-3 December 2021 (Co-author Soseco, T.)
2021. Do Gender Determinant Contributes to Deprivation Index?: Evidence from Indonesia. 16th Indonesian Regional Science Association (IRSA) International Conference, Yogyakarta, 12-13 July 2021 (Co-authors Soseco, T., Rini, A.D.)
Publication
Soseco, T, Hidayah, I, Rini, A.D. (2022) Gender Determinant on Multidimensional Poverty Index: Evidence from Indonesia. JSP: Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Politik. 26(2). 137-151
Awards
2022. For Poor Households, Social Capital is Important to Deal with Disasters as Best 20 Papers in Call for papers Sidang Pleno Ikatan Sarjana Ekonomi Indonesia (ISEI) XXII dan Seminar Nasional 2022.
2022. Access to Technology to Increase Food Resilience in Rural Households in Indonesia. as selected papers in the 16th BMEB International Conference and Call for Papers.
2021. Poverty and Digital Access for Females in Rural Areas in Indonesia as Finalists in Call for Ideas 10th Annual International Forum on Economic Development and Public Policy (AIFED) Badan Kebijakan Fiskal Kementerian Keuangan Republik Indonesia.
2021. Findings Ways for Post-Covid-19 Recovery: Access to ICT and Loans for Poor Households as Selected Papers in Lomba Karya Ilmiah Stabilitas Sistem Keuangan (LKISSK) Bank Indonesia
Short course/Training
2022. Meta-analysis Workshop. Cochrane Sweden. Lund University, Sweden. (10-11 October 2022)