Work

Beyond the hype, workers in this booming industry are seeking not only comic relief, but real improvements in their conditions. An Instagram account is helping with both.

Misinformation and lack of opportunity form disproportionate barriers for rural youth looking for work

Flores youth migrate for education, but are their university degrees worth the investment?

Bootleg medicine sales are part of Indonesia’s healthcare infrastructure

Attractive public transport and well-considered traffic policies are what Jakarta needs

New mass transport infrastructure is disrupting Jakarta’s minibus economy

Foreign investment in large-scale mining has encountered serious obstacles

Irrespective of location or commodity, peasants now compete with multinational mining companies on the mineral-rich tracts of Indonesia

Small-scale manganese mining supports livelihood diversity

A new book examines Indonesian labour struggles through the lens of international political economy theory 

Has this phenomenally successful app-based transport service improved the lives of the motorcycle workers it employs?

The end of the boom has not meant an end to the perilous impact of coal mining in East Kalimantan

Village morality complicates our assumptions about what it means to ‘succeed’ as a migrant worker

Campaigns to promote creative industries promise new avenues of entrepreneurship for creative youth, but real career options remain uncertain 

Indonesia needs to create better pathways from school to work

Entering a competitive work environment, young men in Cilegon find their ambitions for employment hampered

Struggling in their transition from education to work, educated young people in rural Flores are often both dependent on and critical of local social support networks

Trying to secure a government job, educated youth in Pontianak are rethinking the meaning of work and middle class success

Young Indonesians display considerable resourcefulness in coping with difficult pathways into work, but more comprehensive policies are needed to improve their job prospects