Anton Novenanto, who goes by "Nino" for short, is an AIFIS-Luce fellow currently conducting research in the Department of English at the University of Kansas. His project, “Moral Politics of Victimhood: Cultures of Social Movements in Indonesia’s Mudflow, 2006-Today,” explores various ecological, social, and cultural impacts of technological development in Indonesia, including their modifications, risks, and failures.

As a researcher, Nino has formal training in sociology and anthropology, as well as professional experience in human rights and environmental activism. He completed his BA in sociology at the Universitas Gadjah Mada in Indonesia, MA in cultural anthropology and development sociology at Leiden University in the Netherlands, and PhD in anthropology at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany.

Nino is also a senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia. In 2019, he co-founded EUTENIKA—a society for researchers of politics, ecology, and technology—to network and collaborate with universities, communities, government, and/or private sectors to organize discussions, seminars, trainings, and workshops for publics and academics.

If you would like to wish Nino good luck in his research by contacting him directly, please reach out to aifis@aifis.org.