Contact
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18000 Praha 8, Czech Republic
18000 Praha 8, Czech Republic
+420 773 717 288
Expertise
Environmental Anthropology
Political Ecology
Indigeneity
Food Systems
Southeast Asia
Indonesia
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ORCID / WoS
0000-0002-5327-7658 / IUQ-0622-2023
Research Fellow at The Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences. Specializing in human-environment relations, food systems, and indigenous knowledge in Indonesia.
Education
2016 – 2020
Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Leiden University, The Netherlands
"Good to Produce, Good to Share: Food, Hunger and Social Values in a Contemporary Mentawaian Society, Indonesia."
2014 – 2016
Master Research by Training (MRT) in Environmental Anthropology
Murdoch University, Australia
1998 – 2005
B.Sc. in Biology
Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
Employment
Academic Position
2022 – now
Research Fellow, The Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences
2020
Lecturer / Teaching Assistant, Wageningen University and Research
Non-Academic Position
2022 – 2024
Lead Anthropologist, Sumatran Orangutans Society (SOS)
2008 – 2012
Program Manager, Indonesia Biosphere Reserve Project, UNESCO Jakarta
Research Grants
2024-2026
Beyond Insecurity: Changing Indigenous People’s Foodways in Time of Climate Change in Indonesia (BICOFID)
GAČR • €140,000 • Principal Investigator
GAČR • €140,000 • Principal Investigator
Publications
Books
- Lubabun Niam & Darmanto (2025). Menerapkan Antropologi dalam Konservasi Orangutan. Medan: TAHUKAH & SOS.
- Darmanto (2020). Good to Produce, Good to Share. Leiden University.
Selected Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Darmanto (2025). “Eating, Sharing, and Mutuality of Being Among the Mentawai...” Food, Culture & Society.
- Darmanto (2023). “Rice and the Taste of Modernity in Siberut Island.” The Journal of Southeast Asian Studies.
© 2026 Darmanto • Curriculum Vitae