Snezana (Nena) Brodjonegoro

Research Topic: Communication to Empower Householders to Improve Waste Sorting Practices

Supervisors: Dr Jagadish Thaker and Associate Professor Elske van de Fliert

Research Interests: Environmental communication, sustainability, waste, digital communication, strategic communication

Qualifications: Nena holds a bachelor degree in Communication & Media Studies from Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia, and a master's degree in Technology and Social Change from Linköping University, Sweden. 

Biography:

With more than 12 years of professional experience in the communication industry and more than 10  years of lecturing, Nena considers herself a hybrid of industry/academic professional with a strong project-management, communication and leadership skills. She is currently a PhD student with research focus in how communication strategies can be utilized to mitigate environmental, waste, and climate change issues. Her PhD research investigates how different communication strategies can be utilized to enhance waste-sorting practices in collective settings in her hometown of Jakarta, Indonesia. She is now in study leave from her position as a permanent lecturer at her home university, Universitas Indonesia.