The Disaster Narrative Under Scrutiny: To What Extent Is Human Activity to Blame?

Press Release Rethinking How We Understand Disasters in the Indonesian Archipelago Jakarta, April 25, 2026. Amidst the increasing frequency of extreme disasters affecting various regions of Indonesia in recent years, the way we understand ‘disasters’ has become increasingly crucial. Are the flash floods, landslides caused by deforestation, and ecological crises occurring of late purely the […]

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS, Franco–Indonesian Scientific Prize 2026

Franco-Indonesian Scientific Prize 2026 Académie des sciences – Indonesian Academy of Sciences 2026 – Call for Applications The French Academy of Sciences and the Indonesian Academy of Sciences jointly award a Scientific Prize intended to promote excellence in scientific cooperation between their two countries. The prize will recognize outstanding joint achievements by a pair of […]

Science and Culture for Children and Young People: “Us, the Earth, and the Universe in the Science and Culture of the Indonesian Archipelago”

LATAR BELAKANG Di tengah kemajuan ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi yang pesat, sangat penting untuk menumbuhkan ketertarikan generasi muda terhadap sains sejak dini, dan memastikan kemajuan iptek tidak meninggalkan pendidikan pada tingkat dasar. Indonesia kaya akan warisan budaya, termasuk pengetahuan astronomi tradisional dan filosofi kosmologis masyarakat Nusantara. Kolaborasi antara sains modern dan budaya lokal dapat menjadi […]

Learning Science from the Skies of the Archipelago: AIPI Invites Children and Young People to Explore the Earth and the Universe at TIM

Jakarta, 8 Januari 2026. Belajar tentang bumi dan alam semesta tak selalu harus lewat buku tebal dan rumus yang rumit. Melalui cerita budaya, dialog seru, hingga mengamati matahari secara langsung, sains bisa menjadi pengalaman yang menyenangkan dan dekat dengan kehidupan sehari-hari. Inilah yang ditawarkan Akademi Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (AIPI) melalui acara “Kita, Bumi, dan Semesta dalam […]

AIPI’s 35th Anniversary: Seeking the Benefits of Indonesia’s Blue Carbon Mangroves

Press Release With the Largest Mangrove Forests, Can Indonesia Become a Leader in the Global Blue Carbon Trade? As the country with the world’s largest blue carbon reserves, Indonesia’s economic valuation of carbon remains significantly lower than that of other nations. Should we set a higher economic value for carbon, and how can Indonesia take […]

Hybrid Seminar: Science Literacy In The Digital Era

Tuesday, 20 June 2023 Press Release Jakarta, 15 June 2023. The Indonesian Academy of Sciences (AIPI) collaborates with the Inter-Academy Partnership (IAP), the Association of Academies & Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA), the Indonesian National Library of the Repubic of Indonesia (Perpusnas), and the Informatics Applications Directorate General of the Indonesian Ministry of Communication […]

The 9th Indonesian – American Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium Balikpapan. August 7-11, 2023

The Kavli-Frontiers of Science Series was inaugurated in 1989 and organized by young scholars with support from the US National Science Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the National Academy of Sciences. The annual symposium brings together selected young scientists (Ph.D. under 45 years of age) who have significantly contributed to science to discuss […]

A Stronger G20 System From A Scientific Standpoint

Pers Release Science-20, AIPI The Science 20 has identified key challenges that should be tackled by the Bali Summit and calls on the G20 leaders to commit to supporting these priorities to recover together, recover stronger The Science 20 engages the international scientific community in a dialogue to present G20 policymakers with science-driven, consensus-based recommendations […]