Mapping Global Populism

Panel -III-

Religious Populism and Radicalization in Indonesia

Date/Time: Thursday, May 25, 2023 – 10:00-12:00 (CET) / 16:00-18:00 (WIB)

This panel is jointly organized by The European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS) and
The Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalization (ADI).

Moderator
Dr Ihsan Yilmaz

Panelists
Dr Inaya Rakhmani, Dr Pradana Boy Zulian, Dr Kurniawati Hastuti Dewi and Dr I Gede
Wahyu Wicaksana

Program Flow

(10:00–10:10) – Welcome speech by Chloe Smith on behalf of the ECPS and introducing
panelists.

(10:10–10:20) – Overall assessment on “Religious populism and radicalization in

Indonesia” by Dr Ihsan Yilmaz (Research Professor and Chair of Islamic Studies and
Intercultural Dialogue at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and globalization (ADI),
Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia).

(10:20–10:35) – “Main drivers of populism in Indonesia,” by Dr Inaya Rakhmani (Director

of Asia Research Centre, Universitas Indonesia).

(10:35–10:50) – “Radicalism, extremism and civilizationalist populism in Indonesia,” by Dr

Pradana Boy Zulian (Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at the Faculty of Islamic
Studies, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia).

(10:50–11:05) – “Gender roles in Indonesia’s religious populism,” by Dr Kurniawati

Hastuti Dewi (Senior Researcher at the Research Center for Politics, National Research and
Innovation Agency – BRIN, Indonesia).
(11:05:11:20) – “Populism and foreign policy: The Indonesian case,” by Dr I Gede Wahyu
Wicaksana (Senior International Relations Lecturer in the Department of International
Relations Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia).

(11:20–11:50) – Q&A Session

(11:50–11:57) – General assessments by Dr Ihsan Yilmaz

(11:57–12:00) – Closing remarks by Chloe Smith on behalf of the ECPS.