Sumarmi is a lecturer at the Geography Department, Universitas Negeri Malang. Her research interest is not only on education but also includes environmental education and tourism as a sustainability area. She has published extensively in various leading academic journals, both national and international. Currently, she is Dean of the Social Science Faculty at Universitas Negeri Malang. Nanda Harda Pratama Meiji is a lectures at the Sociology Department, Universitas Negeri Malang. He focuses on research areas like youth studies, tourism, the working world, and community development. His work was published in some journals and he has presented his academic work at some international conferences. Currently, he serves as secretary-general of the sociological association (ISI) in Malang, Indonesia. Joan Hesti Gita Purwasih is a lecturer at the Sociology Department, Universitas Negeri Malang. She has an interest in areas like education, curriculum development, and radicalism among students. She is active as developer in the Education and Learning Development Institute, Universitas Negeri Malang (with a focus on Educational Instrumentation, Selection and Evaluation) and the Pancasila Institute. Abdul Kodir is a lecturer at the Sociology Department, Universitas Negeri Malang. Currently, he is a secretary at the Sociology Department at the Social Science Faculty, Universitas Negeri Malang. His research focuses on Development Studies, Political Ecology, Agrarian Change, and Critical Tourism Studies. Recently, he became involved in research on Global Inequality in Southeast Asia. Edo Han Siu Andriesse is a lecturer from the Netherlands, presently at the Geography Department, College of Social Sciences, Seoul National University. His research area is in development studies, human geography, rural coastal livelihood, poverty reduction, and regional development. He has some fieldwork experience in Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines. Dorina Camelia Ilies is a professor from the Department of Geography, Tourism, and Spatial Planning at Oradea University. She is Editor in Chief of the international journal GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites at the University of Oradea. She has published extensively in various leading academic journals with a focus on geography and tourism. Ken Miichi is professor at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies at Waseda University. His research interest is on politics, culture, gender, comparative politics, social movements, and politics in Southeast Asia. He has published in academic journals and presented his academic work at some international academic conferences.
