Published Work
News & Features
Stories I’m interested in often have to do with technology and its impact on business, society, and the environment. Or animals. Here’s a selection of publsihed work.
Ready to kick-start the climate-tech engine, SEA investors are still searching for the key—entrepreneurs
January 11, 2023
Climate tech is a new buzzword in the VC industry. Southeast Asia still lacks 'fundable' startups in the sector–so venture builder studios have started setting up their own.
Whose credit is it anyway? The tricky calculus behind Indonesia’s forest carbon projects
October 13, 2022
Companies worldwide are rushing to meet carbon neutrality targets, resulting in a growing demand for high-quality carbon credits. The business of selling of carbon credits, however, is still messy and controversial
Taring Padi: Bissiger Reis
August 1, 2022
Profile of Yogyakarta-based art collective Taring Padi for German art mazagine Weltkunst. The occasion was Taring Padi's highly controversial exhibition at Documenta 15 in Kassel, Germany. (In German)
The gig workers fighting back against the algorithms
April 21, 2022
Indonesian delivery drivers find creative ways to regain control over the algorithms that govern reputation and task allocation on gig platforms like Gojek and Grab
Aruna’s arduous mission to protect Indonesia’s small-scale fisheries
February 23, 2022
Aruna is a startup trying to help small-scale fisheries stay afloat as Indonesia opens its waters to large foreign fishing vessels. It raised US$65 million in venture capital but struggles to make lasting impact
Work hard, meme harder: How Indonesians are coping with startup hustle culture
March 18, 2021
Layoffs, work-from-home mode, and uncertainty during the pandemic left Indonesian startup employees disoriented. Many find comfort in following startup meme accounts on social media, which look at the darker side of startup culture with humour
Earning gig bucks: The Gojek-ification of Indonesia’s workforce
March 19, 2020
Indonesia is entering its demographic bonus decade with many young people and fewer dependents. But employment opportunities in the formal sector are scarce. This drives a generation of workers into the gig economy
Up for Grab? Gojek after Nadiem Makarim
November 17, 2019
Gojek's founder and CEO stepped down to take on a political office. How does that affect Indonesia's biggest tech startup?
Green activists vow to keep fighting Indonesia dam project that could wipe out rare ape
March 27, 2019
A story about the ongoing struggle to save the Tapanuli Orangutan in North Sumatra.
In Indonesia, cleaning up the Citarum, the “world’s dirtiest river” is now a military operation
January 5, 2019
This piece looks at the government effort to clean up the Citarum river in West Java.
Is captive breeding the answer to Indonesia’s songbird crisis?
December 25, 2018