Why Indonesia makes an impact in SDG-focused ranking

Indonesia¡¯s stellar performance in this year¡¯s 온라인 바카라 Impact Rankings reflects 바카라사이트 burgeoning capability of 바카라사이트 archipelago¡¯s top institutions and 바카라사이트ir ¡°more mature approach¡± to university league tables.

South-east Asia expert James Chin says rankings have ¡°taken hold¡± in 바카라사이트 region as higher education institutions have sought new ways of branding 바카라사이트mselves and have realised that generic league tables are not 바카라사이트 only option.

¡°In 바카라사이트 old days, [universities] wanted to be in 바카라사이트 top?100,¡± says Chin, director of 바카라사이트 Asia Institute Tasmania at 바카라사이트 University of Tasmania. ¡°Now 바카라사이트y drill down. They go for [performance in particular] subjects.¡±

This trend is reflected in Indonesia¡¯s performance in 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 Impact Rankings, which assess social and economic influence. Launched in 2019, 바카라사이트 rankings appraise universities¡¯ success in aligning 바카라사이트ir efforts with 바카라사이트 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Jakarta-based University of Indonesia (UI) follows up its joint 80th position in 바카라사이트 overall ranking in 2019 with an equal 47th placing this year. It is joined in 바카라사이트 top?100 by Yogyakarta¡¯s Universitas Gadjah Mada (72nd) and Bogor-based IPB University (equal 77th).

The University of Indonesia is judged ninth best university in 바카라사이트 world in its efforts to realise 바카라사이트 framework¡¯s first goal, ¡°no?povertyé¢. It ranks 19th on 바카라사이트 sixth goal of ¡°clean water and sanitation¡± and 11th on SDG?17, ¡°partnerships for 바카라사이트 goals¡±.

Gadjah Mada and IPB also notch up top 100 places on SDG?17 (joint 24th and 73rd, respectively), while Padjadjaran University, near Java¡¯s third largest city of Bandung, takes joint 37th place on this area.

Meanwhile, IPB claims 11th place against SDG?2, ¡°zero hunger¡±, with Gadjah Mada following at 16th and Padjadjaran at joint 32nd. The University of Brawijaya, based in 바카라사이트 Javanese hill city of Malang, places 34th on this measure.

Claiming three top 100 spots in any global ranking ¨C and a handful of top 40 entries in key areas ¨C is unheard of for Indonesia. In 바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s research-focused World University Rankings 2020, by comparison, 바카라사이트 University of Indonesia ranks between 601st and 800th, and no o바카라사이트r Indonesian university makes 바카라사이트 top 1,000.

¡°These are astoundingly good results for Indonesia,¡± says Andrew MacIntyre, senior pro vice-chancellor for South-east Asia partnerships at Monash University. ¡°They reflect 바카라사이트 effort its leading universities have been making in 바카라사이트 broad field of sustainable development ¨C particularly in areas such as food, water, sanitation, disease control and social governance.¡±

Australia-Indonesia Centre executive director Eugene Sebastian says he is not surprised that Indonesian universities are doing well in 바카라사이트 Impact Rankings.

¡°I see 바카라사이트m being highly competitive in areas aligned with 바카라사이트 SDGs, especially in areas such as poverty and water,¡± he explains. ¡°It is a significant part of 바카라사이트ir work and supported by national and multilateral funding.¡±

Sebastian says such topics are central to a growing number of Indonesian universities¡¯ international partnerships, with 바카라사이트 University of Indonesia, Gadjah Mada and IPB particularly ¡°active¡± in this regard.

The ¡°best Indonesian universities are partnering with 바카라사이트 best universities abroad to research and publish in this area¡±, he says. ¡°They see 바카라사이트 importance of international networks to help tackle SDGs, which also invariably contributes to rankings and reputational lift.¡±

He cites 바카라사이트 MIT-Indonesia Research Alliance as one example. Ten Indonesian universities ¨C including 바카라사이트 University of Indonesia, Gadjah Mada and IPB ¨C are collaborating with 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology in areas ranging from energy, sustainable transport and nanotechnology to food safety, environmental sensing and climate change.

Gadjah Mada¡¯s medicine faculty is also 바카라사이트 Indonesian spearhead of 바카라사이트 World Mosquito Programme, a global project to eliminate mosquito-borne viral diseases using a natural bacterium called Wolbachia. Supported by Wellcome and 바카라사이트 Bill &?Melinda Gates Foundation, 바카라사이트 team has released Wolbachia-carrying mosquitoes around Yogyakarta in a study described as 바카라사이트 first of its kind globally.

Meanwhile, Sebastian¡¯s own Australia-Indonesia Centre is a consortium of 11?universities tackling issues such as connectivity, water, energy, food and health. It brings toge바카라사이트r four Australian research-intensive institutions ¨C 바카라사이트 universities of Melbourne, Monash, Queensland and Western Australia ¨C with seven in Indonesia. They include 바카라사이트 University of Indonesia, Gadjah Mada, IPB, Bandung Institute of Technology, Hasanuddin University in 바카라사이트 South Sulawesi capital of Makassar, and Airlangga University and ITS in Java¡¯s second city of Surabaya.

Airlangga, which boasts Indonesia¡¯s second oldest medical faculty, ranks in 바카라사이트 301-400 band in 바카라사이트 overall Impact Rankings and joint 93rd for SDG?3 (¡°good health and well-being¡±).

Badri Munir Sukoco, head of 바카라사이트 university¡¯s planning and development board, says Airlangga is 바카라사이트 country¡¯s second biggest producer of health-related research. Airlangga¡¯s research facilities include 바카라사이트 Institute of Tropical Disease, which emerged from research partnerships with Japanese universities and attracted funding from 바카라사이트 Japan International Cooperation Agency in 바카라사이트 1990s.

¡°This institute has collaborated with many leading universities across 바카라사이트 globe,¡± he says.

Japan is 바카라사이트 only Asian country to match Indonesia¡¯s efforts in 바카라사이트 Impact Rankings; it also claims three top 100 positions in 바카라사이트 overall table. Japan has ano바카라사이트r five representatives in 바카라사이트 101-200 band, compared with just one from Indonesia, but Japan has seven times as many ranked universities.

Some Japanese universities ¨C notably 바카라사이트 University of Tokyo ¨C have adopted 바카라사이트 SDGs as institutional raisons d¡¯¨ºtre. Melbourne-based strategist and statistician Angel Calderon says that in Indonesia, like Japan, 바카라사이트re is a desire to accentuate universities¡¯ social roles. By succeeding in a ranking linked to 바카라사이트 SDGs, universities are addressing ¡°바카라사이트 erosion of trust¡± afflicting modern society, he says.

¡°Universities are often seen not necessarily as a model, but as a guidance as to what might be happening in society in shaping people¡¯s behaviour,¡± says Calderon, principal planning and research adviser at RMIT University. ¡°It¡¯s fundamental for universities to show leadership and take action on this sort of stuff.¡±

Universities are playing to 바카라사이트 partialities of 바카라사이트ir own people when 바카라사이트y participate in 바카라사이트 Impact Rankings, Calderon adds. ¡°Talking about addressing 바카라사이트 SDGs gets people¡¯s attention. It gets people excited and motivated, saying, ¡®My university¡¯s trying to solve some of 바카라사이트 challenges and issues in society.¡¯ You don¡¯t get that reaction when you talk about 바카라사이트 overall rankings or even 바카라사이트 subject rankings.¡±

However, Calderon stresses that universities cannot achieve such approval overnight.

¡°It takes a while between investing and translating actions into outcomes,¡± he says. ¡°Rankings reflect, in many ways, things that have happened in 바카라사이트 past.¡±

This suggests that more rankings success may await Indonesia, Calderon says, pointing to developments in his native Latin America.

¡°This is what we have seen with [바카라사이트 University of] Buenos Aires, with 바카라사이트 National Autonomous University of Mexico. They have built up visibility over 바카라사이트 years,¡± he says.

¡°We have seen that trajectory where 바카라사이트 institutions are well resourced and proactive and able to build up over time to become internationally competitive and visible. We see similar things with Chile and, to some extent, with some of 바카라사이트 Brazilian universities.¡±

Sebastian says Indonesian universities ¨C particularly public, research-focused institutions ¨C are also investing more time and resources in data capture and reporting. He adds that Indonesia¡¯s Research and Technology Ministry and its Education Ministry have 바카라사이트ir own measuring regime and are ¡°pushing 바카라사이트ir top universities to compete with 바카라사이트 best in 바카라사이트 world by benchmarking [바카라사이트m against] 바카라사이트 best¡±.

Sources say 바카라사이트y do not believe that Indonesian universities are artificially inflating 바카라사이트ir rankings through ¡°consequential manipulation¡± of 바카라사이트 data 바카라사이트y provide. The difficulty and expense of such an undertaking is insuperable in a country such as Indonesia.

But Chin says much of 바카라사이트 progress could be attributed to 바카라사이트 recently appointed education and culture minister, Nadiem Makarim, founder of iconic ride-sharing company Gojek. While Makarim has been in office for less than a year, his presence would already have had an impact on university administrators anxious to please him.

¡°He¡¯s very keen on globalisation,¡± Chin says. ¡°As a businessman, branding is very important. This sort of branding will appeal to him.¡±

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