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Data democratization is a process, not an endpoint—enabling secure, inclusive access to data, empowering users, and improving collective decision-making (Samarasinghe et al., 2022).
🔗 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2206.12051
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🔗 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2206.12051
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January 22, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Data democratization is a process, not an endpoint—enabling secure, inclusive access to data, empowering users, and improving collective decision-making (Samarasinghe et al., 2022).
🔗 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2206.12051
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🔗 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2206.12051
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Democracy works best when communities build civic capacity—the ability to collaborate, build trust, and solve shared problems beyond elections (De Souza Briggs, 2008).
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January 19, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Democracy works best when communities build civic capacity—the ability to collaborate, build trust, and solve shared problems beyond elections (De Souza Briggs, 2008).
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On 11 Jan 2026, JALAN Civic Lab collaborated with NMU to host an interactive workshop on children’s rights in digital spaces, encouraging students to turn awareness into advocacy.
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Advancing Children’s Rights in Digitalised Societies: JALAN Civic Lab Workshop at Navamindradhiraj University
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January 15, 2026 at 3:02 AM
On 11 Jan 2026, JALAN Civic Lab collaborated with NMU to host an interactive workshop on children’s rights in digital spaces, encouraging students to turn awareness into advocacy.
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On 11 Jan 2026, JALAN Civic Lab collaborated with NMU to host an interactive workshop on children’s rights in digital spaces, encouraging students to turn awareness into advocacy.
🔗 https://www.jalanciviclab.org/our-engagements/advancing-childrens-rights-at-nmu
🔗 https://www.jalanciviclab.org/our-engagements/advancing-childrens-rights-at-nmu
January 13, 2026 at 5:01 AM
On 11 Jan 2026, JALAN Civic Lab collaborated with NMU to host an interactive workshop on children’s rights in digital spaces, encouraging students to turn awareness into advocacy.
🔗 https://www.jalanciviclab.org/our-engagements/advancing-childrens-rights-at-nmu
🔗 https://www.jalanciviclab.org/our-engagements/advancing-childrens-rights-at-nmu
✨ 2025 in Review
Our 2025 Impact Report captures a year of co-creating just and livable futures across Southeast Asia through workshops, policy research, and regional engagements.
🔗 Explore: https://www.jalanciviclab.org/our-story
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Our 2025 Impact Report captures a year of co-creating just and livable futures across Southeast Asia through workshops, policy research, and regional engagements.
🔗 Explore: https://www.jalanciviclab.org/our-story
#JALANCivicLab #WhereKnowledgeResists #ImpactReport2025
January 5, 2026 at 3:01 AM
✨ 2025 in Review
Our 2025 Impact Report captures a year of co-creating just and livable futures across Southeast Asia through workshops, policy research, and regional engagements.
🔗 Explore: https://www.jalanciviclab.org/our-story
#JALANCivicLab #WhereKnowledgeResists #ImpactReport2025
Our 2025 Impact Report captures a year of co-creating just and livable futures across Southeast Asia through workshops, policy research, and regional engagements.
🔗 Explore: https://www.jalanciviclab.org/our-story
#JALANCivicLab #WhereKnowledgeResists #ImpactReport2025
Stepping into 2026 grounded in people, purpose, and action. Let’s keep moving forward together.
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January 1, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Stepping into 2026 grounded in people, purpose, and action. Let’s keep moving forward together.
JALAN Civic Lab
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2025 Publication Highlights | Knowledge in action
From policy reports to book chapters and opinion pieces, 2025 turned research into public impact. We're ready for 2026.
Read more: https://www.jalanciviclab.org/policy-report
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From policy reports to book chapters and opinion pieces, 2025 turned research into public impact. We're ready for 2026.
Read more: https://www.jalanciviclab.org/policy-report
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December 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
2025 Publication Highlights | Knowledge in action
From policy reports to book chapters and opinion pieces, 2025 turned research into public impact. We're ready for 2026.
Read more: https://www.jalanciviclab.org/policy-report
#JALANCivicLab #2025Publications #KnowledgeForChange
From policy reports to book chapters and opinion pieces, 2025 turned research into public impact. We're ready for 2026.
Read more: https://www.jalanciviclab.org/policy-report
#JALANCivicLab #2025Publications #KnowledgeForChange
2025 Publication Highlights | Knowledge in action
From policy reports to book chapters and opinion pieces, 2025 turned research into public impact. We're ready for 2026.
Read more: https://www.jalanciviclab.org/policy-report
#JALANCivicLab #2025Publications #KnowledgeForChange
From policy reports to book chapters and opinion pieces, 2025 turned research into public impact. We're ready for 2026.
Read more: https://www.jalanciviclab.org/policy-report
#JALANCivicLab #2025Publications #KnowledgeForChange
December 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
2025 Publication Highlights | Knowledge in action
From policy reports to book chapters and opinion pieces, 2025 turned research into public impact. We're ready for 2026.
Read more: https://www.jalanciviclab.org/policy-report
#JALANCivicLab #2025Publications #KnowledgeForChange
From policy reports to book chapters and opinion pieces, 2025 turned research into public impact. We're ready for 2026.
Read more: https://www.jalanciviclab.org/policy-report
#JALANCivicLab #2025Publications #KnowledgeForChange
2025 Highlights | A year of people, ideas, and action
From classrooms to regional forums, 2025 took us across issues, borders, and movements through workshops, webinars, and partnerships across Southeast Asia.
Read more: https://www.jalanciviclab.org/our-engagements
From classrooms to regional forums, 2025 took us across issues, borders, and movements through workshops, webinars, and partnerships across Southeast Asia.
Read more: https://www.jalanciviclab.org/our-engagements
December 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
2025 Highlights | A year of people, ideas, and action
From classrooms to regional forums, 2025 took us across issues, borders, and movements through workshops, webinars, and partnerships across Southeast Asia.
Read more: https://www.jalanciviclab.org/our-engagements
From classrooms to regional forums, 2025 took us across issues, borders, and movements through workshops, webinars, and partnerships across Southeast Asia.
Read more: https://www.jalanciviclab.org/our-engagements
2025 Highlights | A year of people, ideas, and action
From classrooms to regional forums, 2025 took us across issues, borders, and movements through workshops, webinars, and partnerships across Southeast Asia.
Read more: https://www.jalanciviclab.org/our-engagements
From classrooms to regional forums, 2025 took us across issues, borders, and movements through workshops, webinars, and partnerships across Southeast Asia.
Read more: https://www.jalanciviclab.org/our-engagements
December 29, 2025 at 3:01 AM
2025 Highlights | A year of people, ideas, and action
From classrooms to regional forums, 2025 took us across issues, borders, and movements through workshops, webinars, and partnerships across Southeast Asia.
Read more: https://www.jalanciviclab.org/our-engagements
From classrooms to regional forums, 2025 took us across issues, borders, and movements through workshops, webinars, and partnerships across Southeast Asia.
Read more: https://www.jalanciviclab.org/our-engagements
2025 - What a year!
Grateful for the communities, partners, and collaborators who made this journey possible. This year reaffirmed that real change starts from the ground up with people, evidence, and collective action.
Here’s to 2026 ✨
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Grateful for the communities, partners, and collaborators who made this journey possible. This year reaffirmed that real change starts from the ground up with people, evidence, and collective action.
Here’s to 2026 ✨
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December 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
2025 - What a year!
Grateful for the communities, partners, and collaborators who made this journey possible. This year reaffirmed that real change starts from the ground up with people, evidence, and collective action.
Here’s to 2026 ✨
🔗 jalanciviclab.org
Grateful for the communities, partners, and collaborators who made this journey possible. This year reaffirmed that real change starts from the ground up with people, evidence, and collective action.
Here’s to 2026 ✨
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2025 - What a year!
Grateful for the communities, partners, and collaborators who made this journey possible. This year reaffirmed that real change starts from the ground up with people, evidence, and collective action.
Here’s to 2026 ✨
🔗 jalanciviclab.org
Grateful for the communities, partners, and collaborators who made this journey possible. This year reaffirmed that real change starts from the ground up with people, evidence, and collective action.
Here’s to 2026 ✨
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December 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
2025 - What a year!
Grateful for the communities, partners, and collaborators who made this journey possible. This year reaffirmed that real change starts from the ground up with people, evidence, and collective action.
Here’s to 2026 ✨
🔗 jalanciviclab.org
Grateful for the communities, partners, and collaborators who made this journey possible. This year reaffirmed that real change starts from the ground up with people, evidence, and collective action.
Here’s to 2026 ✨
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At the Creative Climate Fellowship Graduation, our Executive Director, Matt Yutthaworakool, presented his capstone project, No SEA Games on a Burning Planet. The project communicates how climate change is affecting sports, like SEA Games in Southeast Asia.
🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/4j9FGtq
🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/4j9FGtq
December 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
At the Creative Climate Fellowship Graduation, our Executive Director, Matt Yutthaworakool, presented his capstone project, No SEA Games on a Burning Planet. The project communicates how climate change is affecting sports, like SEA Games in Southeast Asia.
🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/4j9FGtq
🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/4j9FGtq
Read this write-up on our ED’s capstone project at the Creative Climate Fellowship Graduation, introducing “No SEA Games on a Burning Planet” — linking climate change and sport in Southeast Asia.
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‘No SEA Games on a Burning Planet’: A Capstone Project Inspired by How Sport Events Are Affected by Climate Change in Southeast Asia
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December 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Read this write-up on our ED’s capstone project at the Creative Climate Fellowship Graduation, introducing “No SEA Games on a Burning Planet” — linking climate change and sport in Southeast Asia.
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Read our Executive Director, Matt Yutthaworakool’s latest article for FACTS Asia on how cyber scams are linked to labour trafficking in Southeast Asia, and why ASEAN needs people-centred digital governance.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4qgvrpk
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🔗 https://bit.ly/4qgvrpk
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Cyber Scams and Labor Trafficking: Why ASEAN Must Build People-Centered Digital Governance?
Scam compounds in the Mekong region are transnational organized crime networks that operate as multinational corporations with internal management hierarchies, surveillance systems, and forced-labor regimes.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Read our Executive Director, Matt Yutthaworakool’s latest article for FACTS Asia on how cyber scams are linked to labour trafficking in Southeast Asia, and why ASEAN needs people-centred digital governance.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4qgvrpk
#DigitalGovernance #CyberScams #ASEAN
🔗 https://bit.ly/4qgvrpk
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🌏 International Human Rights Day
Human rights must evolve with our digital age. At JALAN Civic Lab, we advance digital democracy, protect vulnerable communities, and build youth-led civic resilience across Southeast Asia.
Learn more about us: www.jalanciviclab.org
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Human rights must evolve with our digital age. At JALAN Civic Lab, we advance digital democracy, protect vulnerable communities, and build youth-led civic resilience across Southeast Asia.
Learn more about us: www.jalanciviclab.org
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December 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🌏 International Human Rights Day
Human rights must evolve with our digital age. At JALAN Civic Lab, we advance digital democracy, protect vulnerable communities, and build youth-led civic resilience across Southeast Asia.
Learn more about us: www.jalanciviclab.org
#HumanRightsDay #JALANCivicLab
Human rights must evolve with our digital age. At JALAN Civic Lab, we advance digital democracy, protect vulnerable communities, and build youth-led civic resilience across Southeast Asia.
Learn more about us: www.jalanciviclab.org
#HumanRightsDay #JALANCivicLab
🧩 CIVIC DEMOCRACY | Democracy Weekly
Civil society in Southeast Asia faces shrinking civic space, rising repression, and growing illiberal forces. While some actors still resist and influence policy, others are constrained or co-opted—yet limited openings for democratic pushback remain.
Civil society in Southeast Asia faces shrinking civic space, rising repression, and growing illiberal forces. While some actors still resist and influence policy, others are constrained or co-opted—yet limited openings for democratic pushback remain.
December 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
🧩 CIVIC DEMOCRACY | Democracy Weekly
Civil society in Southeast Asia faces shrinking civic space, rising repression, and growing illiberal forces. While some actors still resist and influence policy, others are constrained or co-opted—yet limited openings for democratic pushback remain.
Civil society in Southeast Asia faces shrinking civic space, rising repression, and growing illiberal forces. While some actors still resist and influence policy, others are constrained or co-opted—yet limited openings for democratic pushback remain.
At The Habibie Center’s 26th Anniversary Seminar, Matt stressed that cyber scams and labour trafficking are interconnected issues requiring holistic, people-centred ASEAN responses. Read https://bit.ly/4pEg35R
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#JALANCivicLab #ASEAN #DigitalGovernance
December 7, 2025 at 5:01 AM
At The Habibie Center’s 26th Anniversary Seminar, Matt stressed that cyber scams and labour trafficking are interconnected issues requiring holistic, people-centred ASEAN responses. Read https://bit.ly/4pEg35R
#JALANCivicLab #ASEAN #DigitalGovernance
#JALANCivicLab #ASEAN #DigitalGovernance
At The Habibie Center’s 26th Anniversary Seminar, Matt highlighted how inequality and a lack of decent jobs fuel transnational crime. Tackling cyber scams requires tackling structural injustice. Read https://bit.ly/4pEg35R
#JALANCivicLab #ASEAN #SocialJustice
#JALANCivicLab #ASEAN #SocialJustice
December 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
At The Habibie Center’s 26th Anniversary Seminar, Matt highlighted how inequality and a lack of decent jobs fuel transnational crime. Tackling cyber scams requires tackling structural injustice. Read https://bit.ly/4pEg35R
#JALANCivicLab #ASEAN #SocialJustice
#JALANCivicLab #ASEAN #SocialJustice
At The Habibie Center’s 26th Anniversary Seminar, Matt stressed that ASEAN’s digital governance must keep pace with rising cyber scams and labour trafficking. Strong, people-centred frameworks are urgently needed. Read https://bit.ly/4pEg35R
#JALANCivicLab #DigitalGovernance #ASEAN
#JALANCivicLab #DigitalGovernance #ASEAN
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
At The Habibie Center’s 26th Anniversary Seminar, Matt stressed that ASEAN’s digital governance must keep pace with rising cyber scams and labour trafficking. Strong, people-centred frameworks are urgently needed. Read https://bit.ly/4pEg35R
#JALANCivicLab #DigitalGovernance #ASEAN
#JALANCivicLab #DigitalGovernance #ASEAN
Photo Highlights: Our Executive Director, Matt Yutthaworakool, spoke at The Habibie Center’s 26th Anniversary Seminar in Jakarta, where he discussed the rise of cyber scams and forced labour in Southeast Asia and the need for stronger digital governance. 🔗 Read more: http://bit.ly/4pEg35R
December 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Photo Highlights: Our Executive Director, Matt Yutthaworakool, spoke at The Habibie Center’s 26th Anniversary Seminar in Jakarta, where he discussed the rise of cyber scams and forced labour in Southeast Asia and the need for stronger digital governance. 🔗 Read more: http://bit.ly/4pEg35R
JALAN Civic Lab's Executive Director, Matt Yutthaworakool, spoke at The Habibie Center’s 26th Anniversary Seminar in Jakarta, highlighting the rise of cyber scams and forced labour and calling for stronger regional cooperation and people-centred digital governance. Read
JALAN Civic Lab Celebrated The Habibie Center’s 26th Anniversary in Jakarta
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December 2, 2025 at 5:02 AM
JALAN Civic Lab's Executive Director, Matt Yutthaworakool, spoke at The Habibie Center’s 26th Anniversary Seminar in Jakarta, highlighting the rise of cyber scams and forced labour and calling for stronger regional cooperation and people-centred digital governance. Read
🌾 CLIMATE DEMOCRACY | Democracy Weekly
A new study warns Southeast Asia may lose over 10% of its cropland by 2028, with major declines in rice output—especially in Viet Nam and Thailand. Climate-resilient agriculture and regional cooperation are now essential.
A new study warns Southeast Asia may lose over 10% of its cropland by 2028, with major declines in rice output—especially in Viet Nam and Thailand. Climate-resilient agriculture and regional cooperation are now essential.
December 1, 2025 at 3:01 AM
🌾 CLIMATE DEMOCRACY | Democracy Weekly
A new study warns Southeast Asia may lose over 10% of its cropland by 2028, with major declines in rice output—especially in Viet Nam and Thailand. Climate-resilient agriculture and regional cooperation are now essential.
A new study warns Southeast Asia may lose over 10% of its cropland by 2028, with major declines in rice output—especially in Viet Nam and Thailand. Climate-resilient agriculture and regional cooperation are now essential.
Watch JALAN Civic Lab’s Matt Yutthaworakool speak at The Habibie Center’s 26th Anniversary Seminar on ASEAN’s digital future and tackling cyber scams and labour trafficking. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/live/N3FovRsvZD4
#ASEAN #DigitalGovernance #JALANCivicLab
#ASEAN #DigitalGovernance #JALANCivicLab
International Seminar: Reimagining ASEAN for the Future
In commemoration of its 26th anniversary, The Habibie Center is pleased to invite you to attend the International Seminar “Reimagining ASEAN for the Future: ...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Watch JALAN Civic Lab’s Matt Yutthaworakool speak at The Habibie Center’s 26th Anniversary Seminar on ASEAN’s digital future and tackling cyber scams and labour trafficking. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/live/N3FovRsvZD4
#ASEAN #DigitalGovernance #JALANCivicLab
#ASEAN #DigitalGovernance #JALANCivicLab
JALAN Civic Lab Matt Yutthaworakool will speak on ASEAN digital governance at The Habibie Center’s seminar on Reimagining ASEAN for the Future in Jakarta on 27 November 2025. Read: https://www.jalanciviclab.org/our-engagements/the-habibie-center-anniversary
#ASEAN #DigitalGovernance #JALANCivicLab
#ASEAN #DigitalGovernance #JALANCivicLab
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
JALAN Civic Lab Matt Yutthaworakool will speak on ASEAN digital governance at The Habibie Center’s seminar on Reimagining ASEAN for the Future in Jakarta on 27 November 2025. Read: https://www.jalanciviclab.org/our-engagements/the-habibie-center-anniversary
#ASEAN #DigitalGovernance #JALANCivicLab
#ASEAN #DigitalGovernance #JALANCivicLab