Staff profile

PhD candidate, Graduate Teaching Assistant

Fauziah Rizki Yuniarti is an Indonesian government-funded (LPDP) PhD candidate in Economic Geography at Durham University, UK, focusing on the financial geography of sustainable finance in Indonesia. She is a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Durham University Business School and a Foundation Fellow at Durham University. With over twelve years of experience as a researcher and associate lecturer, she has published extensively, including a journal article in Development in Practice, three policy briefs, eight op-eds articles, and eighteen research papers; and presented her work at nine international conferences. She is a regular media commentator on Islamic finance, featured in over 200 news articles, including CNN Indonesia, CNBC Indonesia, The Jakarta Post, Salaam Gateway, Asiamoney, Kompas, and Republika. Since 2013, she has secured GBP 93,000 in research grants and GBP 277,000 in awards.

 

PhD title:

"The financial geography of sustainable finance: insitutional logics, power dynamics in governing the sustainable finance policy in Indonesia.

Supervisors:

• Professor Karen Lai
• Professor Mehmet Asutay

Academic qualifications:

• MSc in Islamic Finance, Durham University
• BSc in Accounting and Finance, University of Indonesia

Teaching:

• GEOG1071 Human Geography (L1)
• FINN1011 Foundations of Finance (L1)
• FINN2041 Corporate Finance (L2)
• FOUD02F8 Advanced Scholarship In Higher Education (L0)
• FOUD0089 Scholarship in Higher Education (L0)

Awards:

• Conference Travel Grants (GBP 500), Geography Department, Durham University, 2025
• Conference Travel Grants (GBP 100), Ustinov College, Durham University, 2025
• Conference Travel Grants (GBP 500), Geography Department, Durham University, 2024
• Doctoral Scholarship (GBP 215k), Indonesia’s Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP), 2023-2027
• Best Score for Student Evaluation of Teaching (co-teaching), Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia, 2020
• 1st Place Winner (GBP 1,000 prize money) at “Dragons’ Den” Competition, Durham University, 2017
• 2nd Place Winner (GBP 1,150 prize money) at “Call for Papers Non-Bank Financial Institutions”, the Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK), 2017
• Master Scholarship (GBP 60,000), LPDP, 2014

• Sustainable finance, development finance, climate finance, green finance, economic geography, financial geography, Islamic finance, Islamic banking, corporate governance

Journal Article

• Green financing for climate resilience and low-carbon development in Indonesia: viewpoints for the road ahead
  
  Rakatama, A., Maharani, D. A., Syafrian, D., & Yuniarti, F. R. (2023). Green financing for climate resilience and low-carbon development in Indonesia: viewpoints for the road ahead. Development in Practice, 34(8), 1048-1057. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2023.2295790

Newspaper/Magazine Article

• Indonesia’s Ambition to be an Islamic Economic Hub
  
  Yuniarti, F. (2021, November 11). Indonesia’s Ambition to be an Islamic Economic Hub. Republika.
• Indonesia could be Asia’s next Islamic finance hub
  
  Yuniarti, F. (2021, January 12). Indonesia could be Asia’s next Islamic finance hub. The Jakarta Post.
• Mega-Merger Indonesian Islamic Banks to Create Asia’s Next Islamic Finance Hub
  
  Yuniarti, F. (2020, December 1). Mega-Merger Indonesian Islamic Banks to Create Asia’s Next Islamic Finance Hub. Islamic Markets.
• Megamerger of State-owned Islamic Banks: New Bank, New Strategy
  
  Yuniarti, F. (2020, November 4). Megamerger of State-owned Islamic Banks: New Bank, New Strategy. Investor.ID.
• Islamic Banks Merger: Slow Process, Full of Hope
  
  Yuniarti, F. (2020, August 11). Islamic Banks Merger: Slow Process, Full of Hope. Investor Daily.
• Controversy over the ‘zakat’ plan shows a lack of trust
  
  Yuniarti, F. (2018, March 2). Controversy over the ‘zakat’ plan shows a lack of trust. The Jakarta Post.
• Combining ‘waqf’, fintech, and venture capital
  
  Yuniarti, F., & Alatas, H. (2017, September 5). Combining ‘waqf’, fintech, and venture capital. The Jakarta Post.
• Indonesia’s Islamic Banking: A Gloomy Industry
  
  Yuniarti, F. (2017, January 16). Indonesia’s Islamic Banking: A Gloomy Industry. The Jakarta Post.

Report

• Cyber Attacks on Islamic Banking Industry
  
  Yuniarti, F., & Yuniarti, A. M. (2023). Cyber Attacks on Islamic Banking Industry. Central of Islamic Economics and Business, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia.
• Indonesia Seeks to Become Global Islamic Economic Hub
  
  Rizki Yuniarti, F., Adha, I. A. F., & Purbasari, L. T. (2022). Indonesia Seeks to Become Global Islamic Economic Hub. INDEF.