Areas of expertise
- Socio-economic Research
- Environmental Sociology
- Behavioral Change Interventions
Research interests
- Plastic Pollution Reduction
- Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP)
- Socio-environmental Behavior and Policy
Biographical Statement
Nirmala Fitriyana is the Research Manager at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS). She holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the State Islamic University (UIN) Jakarta. She has contributed to several regional initiatives, including the ASEAN-Norwegian Cooperation Project on Local Capacity for Reducing Plastic Pollution in the ASEAN Region (ASEANO) and the Breaking Plastic Habits Pilot Project in ASEAN Phases 1 and 2, a collaboration between the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES). In partnership with IGES, she also conducted the “Survey on Personal Lifestyle due to COVID-19 in Indonesia (A Case Study: Depok City).”
Under the ASEANO 2 project, she contributed to two regional desk studies on plastic waste reduction initiatives in the ASEAN tourism industry and plastic packaging waste reduction in the food and beverage sector. Additionally, through the Breaking Plastic Habits project, she implemented two pilot initiatives at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Indonesia, and Darunnajah Islamic Boarding School Jakarta, applying behavioral change strategies to reduce single-use plastic consumption.