Dr E.B.P. de Jong (Edwin)

Edwin de Jong is Associate Professor and Programme Director at the Department of Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies. One of his recent publications, ‘Perceptions of Change’, strongly reflects his research and education interests. He is intrigued by processes of change and the way people cope with, adapt to and anticipate past and upcoming crises: in other words, how local people shape their practice of everyday life in response to, or to overcome, external pressures and disturbances in their environment. As such, he focusses on social-ecological interaction processes that affect local people’s livelihoods, wellbeing and control over land terrestrial and aquatic resources, using a mixed methods type of approach. He is currently (2021-2025) heading the interdisciplinary programme ‘Resilient Indonesian Slums Envisioned (RISE)’, financed by NWO-WOTRO/RISTEK-BRIN.