Dr. Robin Michael Garcia is an Assistant Professor at the Political Economy Program of the School of Law and Governance of the University of Asia & the Pacific, Pasig City, Philippines. He finished his Ph.D. in International Politics under the supervision of Distinguished Professor Shiping Tang at Fudan University School of International Relations and Public Affairs in Shanghai.
Father Franz Magnis-Suseno SJ, a Jesuit priest, is professor emeritus at Driyarkara School of Philosophy in Jakarta. Born 1936 in Germany, has lived in Indonesia since 1961 and is an Indonesian citizen; he studied philosophy, theology and political science in Pullach, Yogyakarta and Munich, 1973 he got a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Munich. In 2002 he received a honorary doctorate in theology from the University of Luzern.
He has published mainly in the field of ethics, political philosophy, Javanese worldview and philosophy of God, mostly in Indonesian language.
Dr. Siti Murtiningsih is the current Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at the prestigious Gadjah Mada University at Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Among the varied philosophical topics she researches and writes about, Education particularly stands out. Her latest research in 2021 goes by the title The Realization of Traditional Children's Game-Based Education in Facing Educational Challenges in Era 5.0. The diversity of her interests and expertise shows in her 2021 book entitled Problem-Problem Metafisika Kontemporer ["Problems in Contemporary Metaphysics"] published by Gama Press Yogyakarta, as well as the various articles she has written on a wide array of topics in journals published both in Indonesia and abroad.
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