Indonesia’s Universities and the Quiet Turn to Debt: Why the Outcry Came Late

Indonesia’s latest regulation allowing state universities with legal autonomy to take on debt has triggered a predictable backlash. Critics warn of creeping commercialisation, higher tuition fees, and the erosion of universities as public goods. Yet the real puzzle is not why the policy is controversial, but why the controversy arrived so late. The Permendiktisaintek No. 1/2026 regulation, which formalises borrowing procedures for Perguruan Tinggi Negeri … Continue reading Indonesia’s Universities and the Quiet Turn to Debt: Why the Outcry Came Late

Ilham A. Ridlo26 Feb 2026Leave a comment

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Bedah Artikel Filsafat Sains: Menimbang Kembali Peran Preregistasi dalam Sains Terbuka

Gerakan sains terbuka telah mendorong berbagai reformasi metodologis untuk meningkatkan transparansi dan keandalan penelitian. Salah satu praktik yang paling menonjol adalah preregistrasi (preregistration) riset, yaitu dokumentasi hipotesis, metode, dan rencana analisis sebelum data dikumpulkan. Praktik ini dipromosikan pertama-tama oleh Brian Nosek (Center for Open Science/COS) sebagai cara untuk mencegah manipulasi analitik seperti p-hacking dan HARKing, serta untuk meningkatkan kepercayaan publik terhadap sains. Namun, sebuah artikel … Continue reading Bedah Artikel Filsafat Sains: Menimbang Kembali Peran Preregistasi dalam Sains Terbuka

Ilham A. Ridlo24 Feb 2026Leave a comment

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In Scientific Publishing, Who Should Foot the Bill?

January 7, 2026 by Peter Andrey Smith In the spring of 2024, Ali Kharrazi, then an editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, or CRSUST, received a routine request to review several papers. Although guest editors had already recommended accepting the work, something unusual stood out. One of the papers included the phrase: “The way to foster love is by cultivating disruption.” … Continue reading In Scientific Publishing, Who Should Foot the Bill?

Ilham A. Ridlo15 Jan 202618 Feb 2026Leave a comment

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It’s a Precondition: There is No Public Health Without Peace

Global conflict profoundly disrupts the structural and functional capacity of public health systems. Between 2023 and 2025, major theatres of violence and instability created conditions in which disease, famine, displacement, and infrastructure collapse flourished, often in tandem. Public health collapses when war persists. Armed conflicts have systematically dismantled health systems, accelerated disease transmission, and produced excess mortality that far exceeds battlefield deaths. Evidence from multiple … Continue reading It’s a Precondition: There is No Public Health Without Peace

Ilham A. Ridlo6 Jan 20266 Jan 2026Leave a comment