Ida Widianingsih, is an associate professor at Public Administration Department and Head of Graduate program in Public Administration, Universitas Padjadjaran (Unpad), Indonesia. She also serves as a Senior researcher at Center for Decentralization and Participatory Development Research, Unpad.
She holds a PhD from Flinders Institute of Public Policy and Management, Flinders University, Australia (2014); Master degree in International development granted from Center for Development Studies, Flinders University, Australia (2005); and Bachelor’s in Public Administration from Universitas Padjadjaran (1995).
Her main research interests are public administration and development issues. Her current research entitled “Metropolitan Governance Model in West Java Province: A Case of Bandung Greater Metropolitan” (2017-2018) and “Sustainable Science in the Context of Rural Urban Linkage: Case Study on the Impact of ecological Change in the Upper Citarum Watershed to the Food Security and the Food Sovereignity in West Java Indonesia”. She’s been working closely with Assoc. Prof Janet Mc-Intyre Mills (Flinders University) for a collaborative research on “Living virtuously and well: towards non anthropocentric stewardship” (2016-2019).
Her works published as chapters in book, discusssion paper, journal articles and papers for national and international conferences. She teaches some courses at Public Administration Department, Unpad, which include: Globalization and Development, Comparative Public Administration, Theory of Development Planning, Contemporary Issues in Public Administration, Research Methods for Public Administration, Public Performance Management.
As the department established cooperation with the Graduate School of Governance SungKyunKwan University (SKKU) Korea, she became teaching assistance and main lecturer from 2013-recent. Apart from being a lecturer and researcher at Universtas Padjadjaran, she is also working as a contract-based consultant/trainer for various institutions, including the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, AusAID, CIDES (Center for Information and Development Studies, Jakarta), CIRDAP (Center for Integrated Rural Development) Bangladesh, CSSTC NAM Center (Center for South-South Cooperation, NAM Center, Jakarta) and the UNSSC (United Nations System Staff College), Turin, Italia.