Deviana W. Dewi

I am a first-generation student and a PhD Candidate in International Development at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University. I received my MA in Development Studies from the University of Sussex in 2015 and my BA in International Relations from Universitas Katolik Parahyangan in 2011. I am keenly interested in the politics, governance, and political economy of food and nutrition for equity and children's well-being. Adopting a mixed-method approach, my dissertation analyzes the political economy of Indonesia’s stunting reduction policy. Stunting is chronic child malnutrition that also serves as an indicator of poverty and underdevelopment across countries.

 

My dissertation project has been supported by awards and grants from Johns Hopkins SAIS, the American Association of University Women (AAUW), the Johns Hopkins Libraries Data Grant Program, the George L. Abernethy Fellowship at SAIS Europe, and the Oskar Morgenstern Fellowship at George Mason University. 

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Prior to SAIS, I had eight years of work experience in nutrition, poverty, and social development in operations and research. The former ranges from the grass-roots level with World Vision Indonesia addressing malnutrition in Palu, a rural district in Indonesia, to my recent post at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on the World Bank’s trust funds in Indonesia. My research experience stems from my work for the Institute of Development Studies in the UK. 

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My passion for development is coupled with a healthy degree of skepticism for how it works in practice, while I try to unpick my assumptions. I enjoy flat white, hot yoga, deep chats, mentoring, hiking, reading, journaling, and swimming.