The Centre
The Indonesian Orphanages Research Centre was established in 2016 as an independent, not-for-profit source of publicly-available academic and other research about orphanages in Indonesia. It aims to support efforts to reduce the reliance on orphanages, or panti asuhan, in Indonesia by encouraging further scholarly inquiry and public discussion.
Director
Dr Brian Babington AM founded and leads the Centre as a continuation of doctoral research undertaken through The Australian National University. He is the author of For the benefit of children alone? The story of Indonesia’s orphanages, which can be viewed here. As CEO of Families Australia 2005-2021, he played a leading role in relation to Australia’s first-ever plan to improve child safety and wellbeing - the National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children. A former diplomat who represented Australia at the United Nations in New York on humanitarian and development issues, Brian is a Churchill Fellow and was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to child safety and wellbeing initiatives in Australia and overseas. He lives in Canberra, Australia, and can be contacted here.
Editorial policies
1. Materials included in the Indonesian Orphanages Research Centre should use generally recognised academic standards to gather, analyse and present data.
2. To the maximum possible extent, there should be evidence that research is presented on the basis of independent, peer review.
3. Non-peer reviewed materials may also be included at the editor’s discretion.
4. Inclusion of materials in this website is at the final discretion of the editor.
5. The editor takes no responsibility for the views expressed in the research and other publications cited in this website (except his own publications).
Privacy and legal
It cannot be warranted that all relevant research relating to panti asuhan has been included. If you would like to suggest the inclusion of materials, taking into account the above criteria, please email. Your email address will only be recorded if you send us a message. It will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and will not be added to a mailing list. Your email will not be used for any other purpose, and will not disclose it, without your consent.
Information collected from any forms on this site will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it. No information received from you will be disclosed without your consent. Copyright of the information contained on this website subsists under the Copyright Act 1968 (Commonwealth of Australia) and, through international treaties, the laws of many other countries. It is owned by the editor unless otherwise stated. All rights are reserved by the editor. You may download a single copy of this document and, where necessary for its use as a reference, make a single hard copy.
Except as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Commonwealth of Australia) or other applicable laws, no part of this publication may be otherwise reproduced, adapted, performed in public or transmitted in any form by any process (graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by storage in an information retrieval system) without the specific written consent of the editor.
The editor takes no responsibility for the views expressed in the research and other publications cited in this website. The editor does not warrant or represent that the information on this site is free from errors or omissions or is suitable for your intended use. It is recommended that you seek independent advice before acting on any information on this site. Subject to any terms implied by law and which cannot be excluded, no responsibility is accepted for any loss, damage, cost or expense (whether direct or indirect) incurred by you as a result of any error, omission or misinterpretation in any information on this site. The information on this site is current at the date of publication but may be subject to change.
© Brian Babington 2021
The Indonesian Orphanages Research Centre was established in 2016 as an independent, not-for-profit source of publicly-available academic and other research about orphanages in Indonesia. It aims to support efforts to reduce the reliance on orphanages, or panti asuhan, in Indonesia by encouraging further scholarly inquiry and public discussion.
Director
Dr Brian Babington AM founded and leads the Centre as a continuation of doctoral research undertaken through The Australian National University. He is the author of For the benefit of children alone? The story of Indonesia’s orphanages, which can be viewed here. As CEO of Families Australia 2005-2021, he played a leading role in relation to Australia’s first-ever plan to improve child safety and wellbeing - the National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children. A former diplomat who represented Australia at the United Nations in New York on humanitarian and development issues, Brian is a Churchill Fellow and was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to child safety and wellbeing initiatives in Australia and overseas. He lives in Canberra, Australia, and can be contacted here.
Editorial policies
1. Materials included in the Indonesian Orphanages Research Centre should use generally recognised academic standards to gather, analyse and present data.
2. To the maximum possible extent, there should be evidence that research is presented on the basis of independent, peer review.
3. Non-peer reviewed materials may also be included at the editor’s discretion.
4. Inclusion of materials in this website is at the final discretion of the editor.
5. The editor takes no responsibility for the views expressed in the research and other publications cited in this website (except his own publications).
Privacy and legal
It cannot be warranted that all relevant research relating to panti asuhan has been included. If you would like to suggest the inclusion of materials, taking into account the above criteria, please email. Your email address will only be recorded if you send us a message. It will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and will not be added to a mailing list. Your email will not be used for any other purpose, and will not disclose it, without your consent.
Information collected from any forms on this site will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it. No information received from you will be disclosed without your consent. Copyright of the information contained on this website subsists under the Copyright Act 1968 (Commonwealth of Australia) and, through international treaties, the laws of many other countries. It is owned by the editor unless otherwise stated. All rights are reserved by the editor. You may download a single copy of this document and, where necessary for its use as a reference, make a single hard copy.
Except as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Commonwealth of Australia) or other applicable laws, no part of this publication may be otherwise reproduced, adapted, performed in public or transmitted in any form by any process (graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by storage in an information retrieval system) without the specific written consent of the editor.
The editor takes no responsibility for the views expressed in the research and other publications cited in this website. The editor does not warrant or represent that the information on this site is free from errors or omissions or is suitable for your intended use. It is recommended that you seek independent advice before acting on any information on this site. Subject to any terms implied by law and which cannot be excluded, no responsibility is accepted for any loss, damage, cost or expense (whether direct or indirect) incurred by you as a result of any error, omission or misinterpretation in any information on this site. The information on this site is current at the date of publication but may be subject to change.
© Brian Babington 2021
