Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)

The Indonesia Institute of Sciences (LIPI) is the Indonesian government research institution. The chairman of LIPI is directly responsible to the President of the Republic of Indonesia. It is under the coordination of the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education.

LIPI was officially established in August 1967.

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Asia is home to the world’s largest known stateless group, the Rohingya. Reuters/Rafiquar Rahman

How the Asia‑Pacific can lead the way on migrants and refugees

Travers McLeod, The University of Melbourne; Peter Hughes, Australian National University; Sriprapha Petcharamesree, Mahidol University; Steven Wong, Institute of Strategic and International Studies, and Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)

Unless managed more effectively, forced migration will have permanent and intensifying negative impacts on countries across the globe.
Diplomats and officials from 17 countries met in Bangkok in May 2015 to discuss how to deal with the thousands of Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees. AAP/Diego Azubel

The Andaman Sea refugee crisis a year on: is the region now better prepared?

Sriprapha Petcharamesree, Mahidol University; Peter Hughes, Australian National University; Steven Wong, Institute of Strategic and International Studies; Travers McLeod, The University of Melbourne, and Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)

Plans for more robust architecture on forced migration need to be more advanced. Countries in our region must not rest on their laurels.
Regional leaders must continue to take concrete steps to avoid a repeat of the 2015 Andaman Sea refugee crisis. Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

The Andaman Sea refugee crisis a year on: what happened and how did the region respond?

Travers McLeod, The University of Melbourne; Peter Hughes, Australian National University; Sriprapha Petcharamesree, Mahidol University; Steven Wong, Institute of Strategic and International Studies, and Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)

The region is showing signs it is determined to ensure similar mass displacement crises such as that which took place in the Andaman Sea in 2015 are avoided.
Despite its limitations, the Bali Process is the main game in town when it comes to dealing with forced migration in the Asia-Pacific. EPA/Hotli Simanjuntak

The Bali Process can do a lot more to respond to forced migration in our region

Travers McLeod, The University of Melbourne; Peter Hughes, Australian National University; Sriprapha Petcharamesree, Mahidol University; Steven Wong, Institute of Strategic and International Studies, and Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)

There is every sign the underlying causes of forced migration – war, repression, ethnic conflict, climate change displacement and rampant human trafficking – will continue.
Back in 1965, bodies of victims of the anti-communist massacre floated along the Brantas River in Kediri East Java. Wibowo Djatmiko/Wikimedia Commons

How Indonesia’s 1965‑1966 anti‑communist purge remade a nation and the world

Asvi Warman Adam, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)

In a watershed moment for Indonesia’s history, the deadly 1965 anti-communist purge transformed Indonesia from an independent Asian nation in the midst of Cold War into a pro-Western country.
The living fossil Coelacanth, first sighted in South African waters, also lives across the Indian ocean in Indonesia. Catmando/Shutterstock

Hunting for living fossils in Indonesian waters

Augy Syaihailatua, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)

A new centre in Indonesia is dedicated to studying the curious and ancient Coelacanth.
Cannibalistic crabs are hard to hatch and rear, but researchers in Indonesia are finding ways to stop them from eating each other. alexsvirid/Shutterstock

How to raise tasty cannibal crabs

Sri Juwana, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI); Indyaswan Tegar Suryaningtyas, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), and Mari Rhydwen, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)

Do you like eating crabs? In Jakarta, enjoying the tasty crustaceans has become a hot trend, as more restaurants with names like The Holy Crab and Cut the Crab open up. Crabs are delicious delicacies…

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