Publications

Primandari, F. F. “Democracy and Human Rights during the Covid-19: The Case of Indonesia.” Current Perspectives. Australian Journal of Human Rights. Vol. 26. No. 3. 19 April 2021. https://doi.org/10.1080/1323238X.2020.1813366

Maulida, A. & Primandari, F. F. “Indonesia’s Re-election in the UNHRC: Hoping for Advancement at Home.” The Indonesian Quarterly. Vol. 47. No. 4. CSIS Indonesia. December 2019. (print)

Primandari, F. F. Beyond Killings and Arrests: Exploring “Media Safety” in Southeast Asia. Media Freedom in Southeast Asia Series. No. 2 New Naratif. September 2022. https://newnaratif.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/New-Naratif-Beyond-the-Absence-of-Killing-and-Arrests-2022-.pdf

Primandari, F. F., Hassan, S. & Melasandy, S. Envisioning Media Freedom and Independence: Narratives from Southeast Asia. Media Freedom in Southeast Asia Series. No. 1. New Naratif. December 2021

• Full 80-page English report can be downloaded at https://newnaratif.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Envisioning-Media-Freedom-and-Independence.pdf

• Webpage summary available at https://newnaratif.com/envisioning-media-freedom/

• This report has been translated into a comic, titled “Media Work as Resistance”, illustrated by Charis Loke, available at https://newnaratif.com/media-freedom-comic-summary/

Primandari, F. F. Denial of Democratic Agency as an Authoritarian Tactic: Reflections from Indonesia. LSE Southeast Asia Centre. 24 September 2025.

Primandari, F. F. Does our understanding of democratic consolidation have a male bias? ECPR The Loop. 19 September 2025.

Primandari, F. F. Indonesian Democracy Takes Another Hit. East Asia Forum. ANU Crawford School of Public Policy. 22 April 2025.

Primandari, F. F. Contesting Prabowo Subianto’s Polite Democracy. The Diplomat. 11 April 2025.

Primandari, F. F. Rethinking self-censorship in Southeast Asia’s media landscape. New Mandala. ANU Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs. 16 May 2022.

Primandari, F. F. & Melasandy. Peeling Back the Façade of Indonesia’s New Colonial Capital. New Naratif. 3 March 2022.

Primandari, F. F. Fighting to Write and Writing to Fight: Journalism as Discursive Resistance. FIHRM-AP. 17 February 2022.

Primandari, F. F. “Consolidating Indonesia’s Deteriorating Democracy.” East Asia Forum. ANU Crawford School of Public Policy. 12 June 2021. 

Primandari, F. F. “Gendering Indonesia’s Policy Responses to the Covid-19: Preliminary Thoughts.” New Mandala. ANU Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs. 19 October 2020.

Primandari, F. F. “How will COVID-19 affect Indonesia’s upcoming elections?” Policy Forum. Asia & the Pacific Policy Society. 29 July 2020.

Primandari, F. F. “Indonesia’s democracy is flawed, but do enough people care?” The Interpreter. Lowy Institute. 8 May 2020.

Primandari, F. F. “The Flaw in Indonesia’s Large-Scale Social Restrictions Policy.” CoronaNet Research Project. 16 April 2020.

Primandari, F. F. 2020, 2 April. “Covid-19: Jokowi must win back his people’s trust after early missteps.” The Interpreter. Lowy Institute.

Primandari, F. F. “Jokowi must help Indonesian stay home to slow coronavirus spread.” South China Morning Post. 27 March 2020.

Primandari, F. F. “Progress in democratic culture is being stifled in Indonesia.” New Mandala. ANU Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs. 16 March 2020.

Primandari, F. F. “The Indonesian Government Needs to Step Up Its Commitment to Human Rights.” The Diplomat. 6 February 2020.

Primandari, F. F. & Maulida, A. “How is Indonesia’s human rights record stacking up?” East Asia Forum. ANU Crawford School of Public Policy. 31 January 2020.

Primandari, F. F. “Mandat DPR 2019-2014: Kembalikan Kepercayaan Publik.” Kolom Detik. 2 October 2019

Interviewed by Radio Študent, Proti poslanskim privilegijem (“Against Parliamentary Privileges”), 3 September 2025.

Interviewed by Eco-Business, Not a numbers game: Nuance needed to measure press freedom in Southeast Asia, 21 January 2022.