PROFILE

Photo of Dr. Samsul Maarif, M.A.

 

Director

E-Mail:  samsul dot maarif75 at ugm dot ac dot id

From:  Universitas Gadjah Mada

 

 

Education

2006-2012 : Arizona State University, Temple, Arizona. AS. Ph.D. in Religious Studies.

2004-2005 : Florida International University, Miami, Florida. AS. MA in Religious Studies.

2001-2003 : Gadjah Mada University Jogjakarta, Indonesia. M.A in Religious and Cross-cultural Studies.

1995-1999 : Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN/ The State Institute for Islamic Studies) Alauddin, Makassar, Indonesia. S1 in Islamic Theology and Philosophy.

Recent Publications

2026Geothermal Narratives and Grassroots Resistance in Indonesia: Decolonial Frameworks for Energy Transitions and Environmental Justice, Capitalism Nature Socialism, 1-17.

2026: When energy transitions drive polarization: Narratives of green energy and mitigation strategies by proponents and opponents of geothermal energy developments in Indonesia, Energy Policy 210, 115080.

2026: Dialogue in Amerta Movement, Cambridge University Press.

2025: Human-nature relationships and religious views in Indonesia, Journal of Empirical Theology 1 (aop), 1-24.

2025: The Dynamics of Religion and Ecology in Indonesia: An Overview of Environmental Social Movements from 1990-2022, Jurnal Sosiologi Agama 19, 63-78.

2024: How social movements use religious creativity to address environmental crises in Indonesian local communities, Global Environmental Change 84, 102772.

2023: Humans and Nature: Does Religion Make a Difference in Indonesia?, Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature & Culture 17 (1).

2023: Human (relational) dignity: Perspectives of followers of indigenous religions of Indonesia, Religions 14 (7), 848.

2022: Toward a (More) Inclusive FORB: A Framework for the Advocacy for the Rights of Indigenous People, Interreligious Studies and Intercultural Theology 6 (2), 205-212.

2021:  Re-establishing Human-Nature Relations: Responses of Indigenous People of Indonesia to the Covid-19”. The Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature & Culture.

2020:  Komunitas Lima Gunung: Concept of Art Communitas on Five Slopes of Central Java, Indonesia”. International Journal of Visual and Performing Arts 2 (2): 60-71

2020: Two Sphere of Social Inclusion: The Strategy of Majelis Luhur Kepercayaan Terhadap Tuhan Yang Maha Esa Indonesia (MLKI) after the Enactment of Constitutional Court Decision 97/PUU-XIV/2016”. In Swati Chakraborty (ed.), “Handbook of Human Rights and Tribal Studies”. India: ABS Books

2020: Covid-19: Dari Drama Sosial Menuju Ruang Publik Baru Bagi Penghayat Kepercayaan”. In Valerianus B. Jehanu (ed.), Kepercayaan dan Pandemi: Antologi Esai Kepercayaan Menghadapi Covid-19. Yogyakarta: Satunama.

2019: Merangkul Penghayat Kepercayaan melalui Advokasi Inklusi Sosial. Yogyakarta: CRCS UGM

2019: Indigenous Religion Paradigm: Re-Interpreting Religious Practices of Indigenous People”, Studies in Philosophy 44 (56): 103-121.

2019: Binadamai Berkeadilan melalui Sampah dan Sagu di Papua. Yogyakarta: CRCS UGM

2018: Persoonhood of the air: the Ammatoans’ indigenous perspetive”. In L. Hobgood and W. Bauman (ed.), The Elements: the Bloomsbury Handbook of religion and nature. (London: Boomsbury Academic.

2018: Impacts of the 2017 Decision of the Indonesian Constitutional Couth on kepercayaan (indigenous religious) groups (a report). (Satunama Yogyakarta) 

2017: Pasang Surut Rekognisi Agama Leluhur dalam Politik Agama di Indoensia: Serial Laporan Tahunan CRCS UGM. Yogyakarta: CRCS UGM.

2017: Meninjau Ulang Definisi Agama, Agama Dunia, dan Agama Leluhur”. Dalam Ali-Fauzi, I., Bagir, ZA., dan Rafsadi, I. (editor). Kebebasan, Toleransi dan Terorisme: Riset dan Kebijakan Agama di Indonesia. Pp. 13-48. Jakarta: Pusad Paramadina.

 

Research Interests

Indigenous Religions, Adat Ecology, Religious Studies, Diversity Management.