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Rendy Bayu Aditya

Research subject

Investigating the impact of crisis on the circular transition: The Case of Jakarta (Indonesia) and Amsterdam (the Netherlands).

Primary supervisor: Prof. Joanna Williams
Secondary supervisor: Dr. Ine Steenmans
Starting date: September 2021
Projected completion date: September 2025
Sponsor: Ministry of Education and Culture Indonesia

Circular Development (CD) is a novel and contested model of urban sustainability. As an emerging urban sustainability model, it gives rise to circular development experiments. These experiments are designed to test the concept of circularity in real-life environments to accelerate circular development transitions. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic struck, affecting urban systems, circular development experiments, and the ongoing agenda of circular development transitions in cities worldwide.

Scholars have suggested that the pandemic could potentially accelerate the circular transition, leading cities onto new developmental trajectories. if not accelerating the transition, the pandemic at least presents a unique opportunity to learn how circular development experiments respond to resource-stream and use stressors, as well as how the broader urban system engages with circularity ideas and experiments. However, there is limited knowledge on how circular development experiments responded to COVID and navigated the transition. This thesis aims to address that gap. This research intends to explore the impact of the COVID pandemic on circular development experiments and determine whether it has triggered a transition.

This research proposes three research questions:

1. How have shocks/crises impacted circular development experiments that may lead to upscaling and stalling the circular transition?

2. What contextual factors shape mechanisms that can lead to the scaling-up of circular experiments during shocks/crises?

3. What causal mechanisms determine the upscaling of circular urban development during shocks/crises that can lead to circular transition?

The analytical framework for this research incorporates the multi-level perspective and realist evaluation. Comparative case studies, focusing on Jakarta and Amsterdam, will be employed as the primary research method. Four analytical methods will be utilized to analyse the data: comparative analysis, historical timelines, qualitative content analysis, and systems mapping analysis.

Biography

Rendy is currently pursuing his PhD at the Bartlett School of Planning, UCL. Alongside his studies, he serves as a PGTA (tutor) at UCL and works as a research assistant at Circular Cities Hub, UCL. Prior to this, Rendy gained four years of valuable experience as a junior researcher at the Department of Architecture and Planning, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia.

He holds a Master's degree in urban planning from the University of Melbourne, Australia, where he received funding through the prestigious Australia Awards Scholarships. During his Master's programme, Rendy specialised in environmental management and international development. Additionally, Rendy completed his bachelor's degree in urban and regional planning from Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia.

Rendy's research interests revolve around nature-based solutions, natural resource management, and circular development. He is also a co-founder of the Circular Development Initiative, a think tank that actively advocates for circular approaches to urban and regional development in Indonesia and the Southeast Asia context.

Publications
  • Aditya, R.B. (2022) Potential Roles Of Digital Platforms In Supporting Urban Circularity: Stories From Indonesian Mobile Apps, presented at Kartepe Summit And Urban Fair 2022, Turkey.
  • Aditya, R. B., & Husna, Z. (2022). Identification of Sprawl Development Typologies around Toll Road Gates in Java, Indonesia. TATALOKA, 24(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.14710/tataloka.24.1.1-14
  • Aditya, R. B., & Ningam, M. U. L. (2021). Assessing City Greenness using Tree Canopy Cover: The Case of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY, 14(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2020-196
  • Aditya, R. B., & Zakiah, A. (2022). Practical reflection and benefits of making a food garden at home during Covid-19 pandemic. International Journal of Food Studies, 11(1), 85–97. https://doi.org/10.7455/ijfs/11.1.2022.a8
  • Pramono, R. W. D., Palupi, L., & Aditya, R. (2022). Urban Development Project Evaluation Using Multi-Stakeholder Cost–Benefit Analysis. International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development, 10(4), 240–259. https://doi.org/10.14246/irspsd.10.4_240
Conference Papers/Presentations
  • Aditya, R.B. (2022) Potential Roles Of Digital Platforms In Supporting Urban Circularity: Stories From Indonesian Mobile Apps, presented at Kartepe Summit And Urban Fair 2022, Turkey.
Teaching
  • Green Futures (BPLN0079): The Bartlett School of Planning, UCL
Training
  • 2022 Advanced Training on Urban Ecology: The Green Within the City - A Dissemination Event by COST Action "Circular City Re.Solution"
Relational Links

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kNB0H8gAAAAJ&hl=en