Title:
Growing opposition to new overarching research and innovation body
Author:
Kafil Yamin
Published:
University World News, 10 August 2021
From the article:
Opposition is growing against Indonesia’s new overarching research and innovation body as academics and the public question its ‘politicised’ steering board and the dismantling of many of the country’s specialised research agencies.
The new research agency is in charge of issuing permits for foreign researchers wanting to work in Indonesia, which has been a contentious issue in the country.
Indonesia’s President Jokowi Widodo, popularly called Jokowi, announced the new body called BRIN – the Indonesian acronym for National Research and Innovation Agency – on 28 April 2021.