Centre for Communication and Social Change

PEATLI Project

PEATLI Project

The UQ Centre for Communication and Social Change (CfCSC) is collaborating with the Indonesian Peatland and Mangrove Restoration Agency (BRGM), the Indonesian National Research Agency (BRIN), Universitas Indonesia (UI) and Universitas Brawijaya (UB) to offer UQ students from a wide range of disciplines the opportunity to work on a real-life complex problem in Indonesia.

After successful engagement of two cohorts of students in 2019 and one in 2022, the PEATLI project will involve two more cohorts in 2023:

  • PEATLI-4 with PEATLI standing for ‘Peatland community Engagement And Transdisciplinary Learning – Indonesia’, hosted by BRGM and UI. Workshops take place in Semester 1 and travel to Indonesia (Jakarta and Jambi province, Sumatra) is from 17 June to 4 July 2023.
  • PEATLI-5 with PEATLI standing for ‘Poverty, community Engagement And Transdisciplinary Learning – Indonesia’, hosted by BRIN and UB. Workshops take place in Semester 2 and travel to Indonesia (Lombok in NTB province and Malang in East Java province) is from 18 November to 5 December 2023.

Participants will conduct a multi-stakeholder consultation exercise at national, provincial, district and community level around a complex issue of concern for the host organisation. The issue of concern is the restoration and utilisation of degraded peatlands for PEATLI-4, and SDG-1, No Poverty, for PEATLI-5. Based on the stakeholder consultation, students will formulate recommendations for enhanced community engagement to support the sustainability of projects and programs run by the host organisations. For the fieldwork, PEATLI participants team up with students from Universitas Indonesia or Universitas Brawijaya who will help with translations.

At UQ, the project is supported by a range of undergraduate programs under the faculties of HASS, Science, BEL and HABS, in particular through the Schools of Communication and Arts, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Law, Social Science, and Public Health.

Requirements

The project is intended for students who are:

  • Interested in doing a transdisciplinary project in Indonesia with rural communities and local institutions.
  • Available to be involved in five preparatory workshops during the semester and a 17-day visit to Indonesia during the weeks following exam period.

A number of grants funded by the New Colombo Plan (NCP) to cover the travel cost to Indonesia are available for domestic students who are:

  • Enrolled in an undergraduate degree at UQ.
  • Able to fit the project in their undergraduate program through an internship/practicum, project or special studies course in a semester following the short mobility.

Information sessions:

PEATLI-4:

  • Tuesday, 21 February 2023, 16:00-17:00 in Room 208, Joyce Ackroyd Building (#37).
  • Thursday, 23 February 2023, 16:00-17:00 in Room 208, Joyce Ackroyd Building (#37).

PEATLI-5:

  • Tuesday, 25 July 2023, 16:00-17:00 in Room 208, Joyce Ackroyd Building (#37).
  • Thursday, 27 July 2023, 16:00-17:00 in Room 208, Joyce Ackroyd Building (#37).

If you are unable to attend any of the information sessions in person but would like to connect through Zoom or be sent more information, please contact the project leader.

Application process

The expression of interest form can be downloaded HERE and should be returned to the project leader.

Additional information

Contact

On the PEATLI project:

On NCP funding: