Valentina Y. D. Utari

(She/her)

Valentina Yulita Dyah Utari holds a PhD from the University of Western Australia.

Utari's research interests cover unpaid carework, gender, migration, children’s issues, women’s issues, education, social protection, and human rights.

She has more than fifteen years working in the development sector in Indonesia. She is a Senior Researcher at The SMERU Research Institute of Jakarta, Indonesia.

Utari’s PhD project investigates the everyday lives of female Indonesian PhD students who move to Australia with their husbands and children. Her PhD project is exploratory, portraying an under-researched phenomenon in a comprehensive yet nuanced way.

Experience

  • 2024–present
    Senior Researcher, The SMERU Research Institute
  • 2019–2024
    PhD researcher, University of Western Australia
  • 2013–2024
    Researcher, The SMERU Research Institute
  • 2009–2011
    Editor, The SMERU Research Institute
  • 2007–2008
    Translator/Interpreter, ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute)
  • 2006–2007
    Translator/Interpreter, UNFAO, Ministry of Agriculture
  • 2005–2005
    Translator, CAVR de Timor Leste

Education

  • 2024 
    University of Western Australia, PhD
  • 2013 
    University of Melbourne, Master of Development Studies (Gender and Development)
  • 2006 
    Universitas Indonesia, Spesialis Penerjemahan Inggris-Indonesia
  • 2000 
    Universitas Airlangga, Sarjana Sastra (Linguistik)

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