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Valentina Y. D. Utari

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PhD Candidate & Researcher, SMERU Research Institute

Valentina Yulita Dyah Utari is a PhD candidate from Asian Studies Discipline, School of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia.

Utari’s PhD project investigates the everyday lives of female Indonesian PhD students who move to Australia with their husbands and children. Her PhD project is exploratory, aiming to portray an under-researched phenomenon in a comprehensive yet nuanced way.

Utari's research interests cover unpaid carework, gender, migration, children’s issues, women’s issues, education, social protection, and human rights.

She has more than ten years working in the development sector in Indonesia and more than five years working in research. She is also a researcher at The SMERU Research Institute of Jakarta, Indonesia.

Experience

  • 2019–present
    PhD candidate, University of Western Australia
  • 2013–present
    Researcher, The SMERU Research Institute
  • 2009–2011
    Editor, The SMERU Research Institute
  • 2007–2008
    Translator/Interpreter, ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute)
  • 2006–2007
    Translator/Interpreter, UNFAO, Ministry of Agriculture
  • 2005–2005
    Translator, CAVR de Timor Leste

Education

  • 2013 
    University of Melbourne, Master of Development Studies (Gender and Development)
  • 2006 
    Universitas Indonesia, Spesialis Penerjemahan Inggris-Indonesia
  • 2000 
    Universitas Airlangga, Sarjana Sastra (Linguistik)