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Trash washed up on Bali’s Kuta beach on February 2016. Reuters/Antara News Agency

How can Indonesia win against plastic pollution?

Thomas Wright, The University of Queensland

To stop Indonesia polluting the ocean with plastic it is important to change the country’s land-based waste management.

Children fly their kites on a demolished neighboyrhood in Jakarta. Studies show inequality and injustice are highly toxic to our health and wellbeing. Beawiharta/Reuters

Inequality harms health and well-being of all Indonesians – not just the poor

Sudirman Nasir, Universitas Hasanuddin

Inequality is bad for all Indonesians, including the middle and upper classes, because it causes more violence, more people with mental illness and less chance for us to better our lives.

In the end, with internet-based social research, scientists might be able to know humans beyond their own understanding. Montri Nipitvittaya/www.shutterstock.com

Digital technology may start a new scientific revolution in social research

Roby Muhamad, Universitas Indonesia

Digital technology and its ability to process vast amounts of human-generated data can be a powerful tool for social science research.

Both camps in Jakarta’s gubernatorial election this year engaged in post-truth politics. www.shutterstock.com

Beyond fake news: social media and market-driven political campaigns

Merlyna Lim, Carleton University

Indonesian politicians have engaged in post-truth politics, framing information and stories by appealing to emotions with very little or no regard to any policy details and objective facts.