Okitasari, Mahesti
Research Associate
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- INSTITUTE:
- UNU-IAS
- OFFICE:
- Jingumae 5-53-70, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8925, Japan
- E-MAIL:
- okitasari@unu.edu
- PHONE:
- +81 (0)3-5467-1212
- NATIONALITY:
- Indonesia
Research Interests
- Environmental governance
- Institutional architecture
- Partnerships for the SDGs
- Regional and collaborative planning
- Urban development and the SDGs nexus
Education
- PhD in Urban Planning from the University of Tokyo
- M.Eng. in Urban Planning from the University of Tokyo
- B.Eng. in Architecture from Institute of Technology Sepuluh Nopember Surabaya
Biographical Statement
Mahesti Okitasari is a Research Associate at the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) based in Tokyo, Japan. She joined the institute in 2014 as a JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Prior to joining UNU-IAS, she also spent several years conducting research and consulting on disaster management, urban settlement, and regional planning in Indonesia.
Okitasari holds a PhD in urban planning from the University of Tokyo. She is interested in understanding institutional architecture in the age of transition and how urban policies can be applied to bridge the gap between social, economic, and environmental sustainability in the global South. Her current work includes assessing multilevel governance arrangements and policy processes to implement the 2030 Agenda, researching gaps and opportunities in the urban development and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) nexus, and building knowledge on the partnerships for the SDGs.
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Articles
- Okitasari, Mahesti (2016). The New Urban Agenda, the international circulation of urban policies and challenges of a humane urbanism in the global South. Journal of Architecture and Environment, 15(2), 1-16
- Azam, Monirul and Okitasari, Mahesti (2015). Environmental Governance and National Preparedness towards 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development : A Tale of Two Countries. Global Environmental Research, 19(2), 217-224
Book Chapters
- Okitasari, Mahesti, Dahiya, Bharat and Takemoto, Kazuhiko, “Building Successful Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships to Implement the 2030 Agenda in Asia-Pacific” in Approaches to SDG 17 Partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ed. Vilalta, Josep M. ( Online: Global University Network for Innovation,2018), 37-44.
Reports
- Dahiya, Bharat and Okitasari, Mahesti (2018). Partnering for Sustainable Development Guidelines for Multi-stakeholder Partnerships to Implement the 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific. United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability.
- Franco, Isabel B., dos Muchangos, Leticia, Okitasari, Mahesti, Mishra, Ranjeeta, Mousumi, Manjuma Aktar, Nguyen, Athena and Kanie, Norichika (2018). Gender Mainstreaming in the 2030 Agenda: A Focus on Education and Responsible Consumption & Production. UNU-IAS Policy Brief series. United Nations University.
- Sunam, Ramesh, Mishra, Ranjeeta, Okitasari, Mahesti, dos Muchangos, Leticia, Franco, Isabel B., Kanie, Norichika, Mahat, Anupama and Suzuki, Masachika (2018). Implementing the 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific: Insights from Voluntary National Reviews. UNU-IAS Policy Brief Series. United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability.
- Cock, Andrew, Linder, Robert, Mahadi, Alizan, Nakagawa, Yui, Okitasari, Mahesti and Kanie, Norichika (2016). National Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: POST2015/UNU-IAS Conference Report. United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability.