SAUT SAGALA
Researcher Research Center for Disaster Reduction Systems, Disaster Prevention Research Institute Kyoto University, Japan
RESEARCH INTERESTS Disaster Management, Participatory Planning and GIS, Community Based Early Warning System, Risk Communication, Vulnerability Assessment, Mountain community.
EDUCATION - 2007 Selected Doctoral Summer Academy – United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security and Munich Re Foundation, Megacities: Social Vulnerability and Resilience Building, Munich, Germany, July 22-28th 2007
- 2006 - 2009, PhD, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan under supervision of Prof. Norio Okada
- 2004 - 2006, MSc (GPA: 77 in scale 100), very satisfactory, Urban Planning and Land Administration, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Enschede, The Netherlands
- 2003 - 2004, Master Student (GPA: 3.91 in scale 4.0), Housing Studies, Department of Architecture, Bandung Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Bandung, Indonesia
- 1996 - 2001, BSc (GPA: 3.26 in scale 4.0), very satisfactory, Department of Regional and Urban Planning, Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Bandung, Indonesia
AWARDS / GRANTS / SCHOLARSHIPS- October 2007 - October 2008, Small Grant Research from Provention Consortium, Host Organisation: Institute for Forest and Environment, Yogyakarta and Center for Natural Disasters, University of Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta
- January 2008, Travel Grant (Japan – Indonesia) and accommodation from Kyoto University, Japan to carry out a fieldwork survey from Jan – Feb 2008 in Merapi Volcano, Yogyakarta Indonesia
- July 2007, Grant (travel Japan-Germany, accommodation) for Selected Summer Doctoral Academy from UNU-EHS Institute for Environment and Human Security and Munich Re Foundation, Hohenkammer, Munich, Germany, July 22nd – 29th 2007
- March 2007, Development Cooperation Prize Winner of International master thesis competition, Belgium Minister for Development Cooperation, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium (travel grant Japan-Belgium, accommodation and prize money of 1250 Euro)
- Jan 2007, travel grant and accommodation to attend a tsunami workshop in Owase City, Mie Prefecture, Japan from Research Center for Disaster Reduction System, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
- Oct 2006 - Sept 2009, Grant Monbukagakusho Scholarship (travel Indonesia - Japan, tuition fee and living allowance) to conduct PhD research at Research Center for Disaster Reduction System, Kyoto University from the Japanese Government
- Sept 2006, Grant (travel Indonesia – Germany, registration fee, accommodation) to present a paper in 3rd International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), Bochum, Germany from IWRM Committee
- Sept 2006, Partial travel grant (Indonesia – Germany) from UNU-ITC School for Disaster Geo Information Management to present a paper in 3rd International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management, Bochum, Germany
- Aug 2005, Travel Grant (The Netherlands – Philippines) and accommodation from International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), the Netherlands to carry out a fieldwork survey from Aug – Sept 2005 in Naga City, the Philippines
- Sept 2004 - March 2006, Stuned Scholarship (travel grant Indonesia – the Netherlands, tuition fee and living allowance), a grant to undertake a master study in the Netherlands from the Dutch Government
- 2000, Scholarship from ITB Student’s Parent Association, ITB
- 1999, Scholarship from Association of Enhancing Academic Achievement, ITB, Exemption of 1 year tuition fee
- 1998, Supersemar Scholarship, ITB, living allowance for 1 year
TEACHING EXPERIENCE- 2000 Teaching Assistant, Urban Planning Studio, Department of Regional and Urban Planning, ITB
- 1999 - 2000, Teaching Assistant, Planning Analysis Methods, Department of Regional and Urban Planning, ITB
- 1998 - 1999, Teaching Assistant in Statistics, Department of Regional and Urban Planning, ITB
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- 2007 - 2008, Researcher, Participatory Approach for Communicating Risk in Volcanic Prone Communities, case study: Merapi Volcano, Yogyakarta, Institute for Forest and Environment
- 2005 - 2006, Researcher, Strengthening Local Authorities in Risk Management, case study: Naga City, the Philippines, ITC, the Netherlands
- 2003 - 2004, Urban Planning Researcher, Bandung Trust Advisory Group, Indonesia
- 2004, Statistical Analyst, Evaluation of Curriculum Implementation in Compassion Foundation, Indonesia, Indonesian Institute for Human Development (IIHD), Indonesia
- 2001 - 2003, Research and Development Staff, Tesaputra Adiguna Consultant, Indonesia
- 2003, Field Researcher, Indonesian Decentralized Environmental & Natural Resource Management (IDEN) and Bandung Trust Advisory Group (B-Trust), Co Project Environmental between Ministry of Indonesia and United Nation Development Programme (UNDP)
- 2002, Participatory Planning Researcher, Improving the Participation of Cooperatives Members, the Ministry of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprise, Indonesia
- 2002, Regional Planning Researcher, Profile Mapping of Small Islands in Eastern Indonesia, Kei Islands, South-east Maluku, Tesaputra Adiguna Consultant, Marine and Fisheries Ministry of Indonesia
- 2001, Research Assistant, Technical Assistance in Urban Infrastructure Management for Cooperatives and Small Enterprises in Indonesia, Tesaputra Adiguna Consultant
- 1999, Research Assistant, GIS Simulation of Infrastructure Allocation at Training and Education Centre of Indonesian Army, The Board of Research and Implementation of Technology, Indonesia
PEER REVIEWS- 2009: IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (1)
- 2008: Disaster Prevention and Management (1)
PART TIME WORKING EXPERIENCES
- Data Input for Department of Social Informatics, Kyoto University (Feb 2009 - )
- Teaching Indonesian to Japanese, Kyoto Language School (Aug 2008 Feb 2009)
- Presentation of Indonesian Culture to Japanese Junior High School Students (Nov 2007 and Nov 2008)
- Freelance summarizing journal articles for a PhD Researcher, (June - Oct 2006)
- Consultant for Regional Planning of Kefamenanu District, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia (Dec 2003)
- Freelance making digital and printed maps for Tourism Planning of Jambi Province (Indonesia)
AFFILIATIONS
- 2007 - now, New Disasters Researchers Network, Science and Policy Interfaces for Disaster Reduction (http://www.spidernetwork.org/nds.htm#s)
- 2007 - now, Moderator, Indonesian Natural Hazards Group Discussion, (http://belajarbencana.wordpress.com/anggota/)
- 2006 – 2009, Monbukagakusho Awardees
- 2006 - now, Alumni Association of ITC, the Netherlands
- 2006 - now, Association of Indonesian Student at Kyoto, Japan
- 2004 - 2006, Association of Indonesian Student at Enschede, the Netherlands
- 2004 - 2006, Netherlands Education Center, former fellow
- 2001 - now, Affiliation with Indonesian Planning Alumni Association, ITB
- 2001 - now, Affiliation with Alumni Association of ITB
- 1998 - 2004, Community Leader at Navigator Bible Study Group, ITB
- 1999 - 2000, Chairman of Christian Student Association, ITB
- 1999, Coordinator of Publication, Christian Student Association, ITB
- 1999 - 2000, Member of Planning Discussion Group, ITB
LANGUAGE ABILITIES
- Indonesian: Native Language
- English: Excellent, CBT TOEFL 263 = Paper Based Test 627
- Bataknese: Excellent
- Japanese: average
- Chinese (Mandarin): average
- Dutch: Fair
SOFTWARE SKILLS
- Standard: Microsoft Windows XP, Ms Office 2003 and MS Visio 2003
- GIS: ArcGIS 9.0, ArcView 3.3, ArcInfo 9.0, ILWIS 3.2, Flow Map 7.2
- SMCE: Geo-Choice, Choice Explorer and Geo-Perspectives, Definite
- Database and Data Model: SQL, MS Access and UML
- Image: Adobe Photoshop 7.0, Corel Draw 11
- Statistics: SPSS 11, JMP 4.0 (SAS), AMOS 7.0 (Structural Equation Model)
- Mobile GIS: ArcPad and GPS related applications.
REFEREES
- Dr. Norio Okada, Professor, (okada@drs.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp), Research Center for Disaster Reduction System, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Uji City, Kyoto University, Japan
- Dr. Cees van Westen, Associate Professor, (westen@itc.nl), Earth System Analysis, International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Enschede City, the Netherlands
- Drs. Paul Hofstee, Assistant Professor, (hofstee@itc.nl), Urban Planning and Land Administration, International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Enschede City, the Netherlands
- Dr. Widiarto, Associate Professor, (wid-widiarto@indo.net.id), Head of Research Center for Infrastructure Development, Department of Regional and City Planning, Institute of Technology Bandung, Bandung City, Indonesia.
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