Abstract

Indonesia’s presidential and parliamentary elections are slated to be held simultaneously on 14 February 2024. The presidential contest has evolved into a fierce contest between the three presidential candidates, Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto, ex-Governor of Central Java Ganjar Pranowo, and ex-Governor of Jakarta Anies Baswedan. Meanwhile, parliamentary dynamics are equally fascinating, as Indonesia’s largest party PDI-P will be fighting to retain its dominance against second place Gerindra, while newer/smaller parties are seeking to enter Parliament. This webinar seeks to provide an update to the latest political developments in Indonesia as well as expert assessments of how the elections could play out.

About the Speakers

Firman Noor is a senior researcher at the Research Center for Politics, National Agency for Research and Innovation (PRP BRIN). He is also Director of Research Center for Politics, Indonesia Institute of Sciences (P2P LIPI) (2017-2021) and the Chairman of the Association of Indonesia Political Sciences (AIPI) (2017-2022). His focus of studies are political parties, election, democracy, nationalism, and political representation. He gained his PhD in 2012 at School of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Exeter and joined Research Fellow program in University of Exeter (2016-2017) and Lund University (2023-2024).

Djayadi Hanan is the Head of Ph.D Program of Political Science at the Political Science Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Indonesian International Islamic University (IIIU). He holds a PhD in Political Science from Ohio State University as well as Master degrees both from Ohio University and Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. His main fields of expertise include comparative political institutions, presidential democracy, the role of education in democratic cultures, legislative and executive interaction at the local, regional and national level, political and voting behavior, and student and religious movements during democratization processes.