Cindy Rianti Priadi is an Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering at Universitas Indonesia and an Adjunct Fellow at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS, with 15+ years of experience leading applied WASH research and development. She has managed 30+ research and development projects across 17 Indonesian provinces.
{###Cindy Rianti Priadi###Dr.###Indonesian###Female###Universitas Indonesia (UI); University of Technology Sydney (UTS)###Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering, UI (on leave until 2028) Adjunct Fellow in the Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS}
Short Bio
I am an Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering at Universitas Indonesia and an Adjunct Fellow at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS, with 15+ years of experience leading applied WASH research and development. I have managed 30+ research and development projects across 17 Indonesian provinces, securing over USD 1 million in national and international funding in the past five years in partnership with local and national governments, local communities, and international partners such as North Carolina State University (through a Fulbright Visiting Scholar program) and ETH Zurich.
I currently co-lead a nationwide emissions measurement and developed a model representing emissions across Indonesia’s sanitation systems, an important new step in Indonesian sanitation studies. Our portfolio spans from rural communities to urban centres and includes projects with resource-recovery and circular sanitation approaches, the development of climate-resilient sanitation technologies, and studies of onsite sanitation system risks towards the environment. I am currently serves as Director of Science & Technology at Indonesian Association for Sanitary and Environmental Engineers (IATPI), Director of Cooperation & Collaboration at Indonesia Young Scientist Academy (ALMI), and Coordinator for Curriculum Development at Indonesian Association for Environmental Engineering Study Program (Bakerma TL).
Motivation/Commitment to the GSC
I am entering a phase in my career where my objectives are aimed more towards being part of a wider regional/global network and strengthen my contribution in the Majority world. I have been looking up to SuSanA as an important reference and am honoured to be nominated. I commit to 3–4 hours/month to provide strategic guidance, active participation in discussions and reviews, and share insights. I will promote systems approaches, prioritise GEDSI and circular approaches, and strengthen climate-resilient practice. I will support SuSanA 2.0’s institutional development and boost SuSanA’s presence in Southeast Asia and support evidence-based policy.
Is there anything else you would like to say to the SuSanA community?
I am genuinely impressed by SuSanA’s collective efforts to connect science, policy, and on the ground practice and how it has created changes in many countries. Coming from Indonesian’s sanitation context, I can see that the sanitation sector is very challenging and can be incredibly diverse and I am excited to be able bring these experiences and practices into discussions, adding local context into global knowledge sharing.
