Indah Susilowati

Biography:

Indah Susilowati is  a professor at  the Faculty of Economics and Business, Diponegoro University (UNDIP), Semarang–Indonesia.  Expertise: Resource & Environmental  Economics/ Coastal Resource Management/ Community & Gender Empowerment/ Community Development. She was the head of Research Institute of UNDIP and now she is a member of Academic Senate-UNDIP. She is engaged as expert of Ministry of Research Technology and Higher Degree, the Government of Indonesia in the Directorate of: Research, Carrier and Competence, Institutions (for Establishing Study Program), Publication  as reviewer since 2005. She also provides consultancy services to several Local Governments    and  institutions in the region. She is  a member of  Asian Fisheries Society (AFS) and  International Institute of Fisheries Economic and Trade (IIFET).  She is elected for the second period as a member of the 15th Council of the Asian Fisheries Society for the period 2025 – 2028.   Professor Susilowati has been involved in several of the Asian Fisheries Society’s Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries symposia and has promoted the attendance and presentations by her students. She was a member of the Executive  Committees of GAF-AFS.

She has high commitment in advocating  the  green environment, fisheries management and conflict resolution to the competent communities or  stakeholders. She completed her Master and Ph.D. programs in resource economics from the Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Her dissertation (1998) entitled “Economics of Regulatory Compliance with Fisheries Regulation in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines”. She did  thesis (1991) entitled :Welfare Impact of Improved Boat Modernisation (IBMS) in Pemalang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia”. Her  B.Sc. was pursued in the Faculty of Economics, UNDIP where she is attached now. She had has presented  and published  papers in national and international forum. She is the country representative of Indonesia for V2V Research Project in collaboration with University of Waterloo, Canada as the HQ.