UK-Indonesia partnerships for advancing geohazard science for disaster risk assessment in Indonesia

This report, co-developed by Indonesian and United Kingdom (UK) multi-disciplinary hazard experts and disaster managers, presents a strategic roadmap to significantly reducing the impacts of geohazards in Indonesia by 2035 through interdisciplinary research, locally embedded solutions and equitable international partnerships. The paper is the outcome of the 'UK-Indonesia Solutions Symposium on Geohazard Science for Disaster Risk Assessment in Indonesia' symposium, held in Jakarta, Indonesia, in June 2025.

The report gives five recommendations:

1. Establish a formal UK-Indonesia geohazard disaster resilience partnership as a basis to coordinate joint research, policy dialogue and technical collaboration between Indonesian institutions and UK research organisations;
2. Invest in long-term, interdisciplinary research on dynamic multi-hazard risks;
3. Adopt a national geohazard data and information policy to ensure consistency, transparency and integration with ongoing initiatives such as Indonesia's 'one map' policy;
4. Strengthen workforce value and knowledge exchange via fellowships, joint PhD or Masters programmes, mobility schemes and community engagement platforms;
5. Embed disaster risk reduction in national development planning by requiring multi-hazard risk assessments for infrastructure and urban planning projects.