Jacqui Baker

Biography

I hold a PhD in Comparative Government and an MSc in Social Anthropology from the London School of Economics as well as Bachelor of Arts and Asian Studies degrees from the Australian National University. I am currently conducting research on the role of the Indonesian police in democratic consolidation as well as a secondary project on criminal monies in Indonesia. I have also worked or provided consultancy services on political, legal or police issues for numerous international organisations including East Timor’s Commission for Truth, Reception and Reconciliation, The Asia Foundation, the European Union, Amnesty International, International IDEA and United National Office for Drugs and Crime. In 2014, “Eat Pray Mourn“, a radio documentary based on my research carried out in Jakarta and produced in collaboration with Dr Siobhan McHugh for Radio National ABC 360 Documentaries was awarded a bronze medal by the New York Festivals Awards. I am the president of the Indonesia Council. I also sit on the national board for the Australian Consortium for In-Country Studies (ACICIS) and the WA/NT board of the John Monash Foundation.

Research Interest

Indonesian Politics and Society Corruption and Illegal Economies Historical Sociology and Theories of State Formation Coercive State Institutions Politics of Law Democracy and Democratization