Medelina K. Hendytio is currently Deputy Executive Director and a researcher at the Department of Politics and International Relations, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta since 1985. Her research areas covering: Administrative Development, Bureaucratic Reform, Education and Gender. With more than 20 years’ experience in social research she had been involved in various research including Innovative teaching and learning research,strengthening Social Accountability in Papua, and Mainstreaming Human Security in ASEAN Integration.She has worked with UNICEF as a Gender Consultant to ensure inclusion of gender perspective in the Planning Development. Her current research isThe Acquisition of Research Knowledge by National Level Decision Makers in Indonesia. She has also more than 10 years consulting experience in international donor-funded projects, with focus on governance, gender as well for conducting monitoring and evaluation. Medelina K. Hendytio received her bachelor degree at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, University of Diponegoro in 1984. She obtained her masters degree in Development Administration from the National Centre for Development Studies, Australian National University, Canberra. She attended Advanced International Training onEqual Status and Human Rights of Women in Lund University, Sweden. She was awarded British Chevening Award in 1999 and participated in Certificate Course in Gender Policy and Planning, Development Planning Unit in University College London, UK. She obtained her doctoral degree at the Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Political and Social Science, University of Indonesia in 2008.

Medelina K. Hendytio Deputy Executive Director Centre for Strategic and International Studies