Chen Jieyang Jonathan is an Associate Research Fellow at the Indonesia Programme. He joined the Indonesia Programme in December 2012 after obtaining his M.Sc degree in International Relations in 2010 at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU). In addition, he also has a Masters of Arts degree in Southeast Asia Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore (NUS). His undergraduate days were at the Nanyang Business School (NBS), graduating with honours in Business (Marketing). Prior to joining the Indonesia Programme, he worked in the Singapore Research Nexus in NUS doing translation and research work on Singapore. During his studies in RSIS and NUS, Jonathan has participated in several regional conferences representing Singapore including the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange Students and Youth (2009), EUC-RSIS Summer Programme (June 2012) and the ASEAN Plus 3 Youth Symposium in Phnom Penh (October 2012). Jonathan has a good proficiency in Bahasa Indonesia – having attended an intensive language training course at Wisma Bahasa at Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He has co-authored two working papers titled “Popular Mandate and the Coming-of-Age of Social Media’s Presence in Indonesian Politics Post-Reformasi” (with Adhi Priamarizki) and “Old Society, New Youths: An Overview of Youth and Popular Participation in Post-Reformasi Indonesia” (with Emirza Adi Syailendra). Together with Assoc Prof Leonard Sebastian and Emirza, Jonathan co-authored a monograph titled Pemuda Rising: Why Indonesia Should Pay Attention to its Youth in 2014. He is a co-author with Leonard Sebastian and Adhi Priamarizki of Indonesia Beyond Reformasi: Necessity and the ‘De-Centering” of Democracy, Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies, no. 3 – 2014 (218), Carey School of Law, University of Maryland. His publications have appeared in The Diplomat, Jakarta Post, East Asia Forum, Eurasia Review as well as with Perth USAsia Centre.
