Chapter 14
Leveraging Youth Engagement
in Disaster Risk Reduction Through
Science, Engineering, Technology,
and Innovation in Indonesia
Fajar Shidiq, Mizan B. F. Bisri, Nuraini Rahma Hanifa, Risye Dwiyani,
Irina Rafliana, and Ardito Kodijat
Abstract This chapter provides an overview of Indonesian youth and young professionals’ (YYP) engagement in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and explores how the
current national framework enables the environment for the YYP to best contribute to
reducing disaster risks. DRR activities involving YYP have been growing for years.
However, many of them are scattered as there is no official DRR platform exists
focusing on youth and young professionals. Thus, the overall potentials of YYP for
DRR have not been well utilized as a part of the nation’s resilience building. The first
part of the proposed chapter will update the current academic discourse on youth
engagement in DRR and general characteristics of Indonesian YYP engagement in
DRR. The second part of the chapter will discuss the interlinkages between Indonesian policy on disaster management and youth development as well as discussion
on the potential role of youth. The third part of the chapter will exhibit insight from
U-INSPIRE, a platform of youth and young professionals working on innovation,
F. Shidiq (B) · M. B. F. Bisri
IRDR Young Scientist Fellow, Beijing, China
e-mail: sdq.fajar@gmail.com
F. Shidiq · M. B. F. Bisri · N. R. Hanifa · R. Dwiyani · I. Rafliana
U-INSPIRE Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
F. Shidiq
Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Research Center, Indonesia Defense University (PSB
API UNHAN), Sentul, Indonesia
M. B. F. Bisri
United Nations-University-Institute for Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), Tokyo,
Japan
N. R. Hanifa
Center for Earthquake Science and Technology, Research Center for Disaster Mitigation
(CEST-RCDM, ITB), Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia
I. Rafliana
Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jakarta, Indonesia
A. Kodijat
UNESCO Jakarta Office, Jakarta, Indonesia
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Leveraging Youth Engagement
in Disaster Risk Reduction Through
Science, Engineering, Technology,
and Innovation in Indonesia
Fajar Shidiq, Mizan B. F. Bisri, Nuraini Rahma Hanifa, Risye Dwiyani,
Irina Rafliana, and Ardito Kodijat
Abstract This chapter provides an overview of Indonesian youth and young professionals’ (YYP) engagement in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and explores how the
current national framework enables the environment for the YYP to best contribute to
reducing disaster risks. DRR activities involving YYP have been growing for years.
However, many of them are scattered as there is no official DRR platform exists
focusing on youth and young professionals. Thus, the overall potentials of YYP for
DRR have not been well utilized as a part of the nation’s resilience building. The first
part of the proposed chapter will update the current academic discourse on youth
engagement in DRR and general characteristics of Indonesian YYP engagement in
DRR. The second part of the chapter will discuss the interlinkages between Indonesian policy on disaster management and youth development as well as discussion
on the potential role of youth. The third part of the chapter will exhibit insight from
U-INSPIRE, a platform of youth and young professionals working on innovation,
F. Shidiq (B) · M. B. F. Bisri
IRDR Young Scientist Fellow, Beijing, China
e-mail: sdq.fajar@gmail.com
F. Shidiq · M. B. F. Bisri · N. R. Hanifa · R. Dwiyani · I. Rafliana
U-INSPIRE Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
F. Shidiq
Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Research Center, Indonesia Defense University (PSB
API UNHAN), Sentul, Indonesia
M. B. F. Bisri
United Nations-University-Institute for Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), Tokyo,
Japan
N. R. Hanifa
Center for Earthquake Science and Technology, Research Center for Disaster Mitigation
(CEST-RCDM, ITB), Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia
I. Rafliana
Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jakarta, Indonesia
A. Kodijat
UNESCO Jakarta Office, Jakarta, Indonesia
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
R. Djalante et al. (eds.), Integrated Research on Disaster Risks, Disaster Risk Reduction,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55563-4_14
251