Human and Nature in Indonesia
Between 2019 and 2023, the Humans and Nature in Indonesia (HANI) team at Universitas Gadjah Mada conducted a large-scale survey to explore faith-based support for nature preservation. The team used an existing Humans and Nature scale, originally developed at Radboud University Nijmegen, with which they intensively collaborate. Assuming that people in Indonesia are overwhelmingly religious and vulnerable to natural disasters, the HANI team elaborated on the original HAN scale adding context-dependent items. The researchers conducted 1105 structured interviews and 115 in-depth interviews, in Aceh, Jambi, Samarinda, Kupang, Denpasar, Surabaya, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Bandung, and Jakarta. Currently, the team is analyzing and interpreting the data, and reporting the findings.
The team welcomes new (senior and junior) researchers to join the HANI research by either analyzing existing data (per location or category, for example, youngsters, women, villagers) or generating new data using the HANI scale in different locations. If you are interested please contact: zainalbagir@ugm.ac.id, samsul.maarif75@ugm.ac.id, or franswijsen@ugm.ac.id
For more information see:
- Human and Nature in Indonesia (2019-2022) https://www.icrs.or.id/news/human-and-nature-in-indonesia
- Wijsen, F., Bagir, Z. A., Yusuf, M., Ma’arif, S., & Marsiyanti, A. (2023). “Humans and Nature: Does Religion Make a Difference in Indonesia?” Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, 17(1), 30–55. https://doi.org/10.1558/jsrnc.21211 (open access),
- Discussion with Frans Wijsen at PPIM Seminar Series "Humans, Nature, and God in Indonesia: Does Religion Matter?" (March 1, 2024)