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Dr Vina Adriany

Dr Vina Adriany

Professor of Early Childhood Education; Director, SEAMEO CECCEP

School of Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

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About

Dr Vina Adriany is an Associate Professor in Early Childhood Education at Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. Her research focuses on gender and early childhood education, particularly in Indonesian contexts. She has extensive experience in studying how gender norms and expectations shape early childhood education practices and policies.

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Research Focus

Gender and early childhood education Indonesian education Early childhood policy Gender norms in education Cross-cultural education Teacher education
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Education

  • PhD in Early Childhood Education โ€” Lancaster University (2013)
  • MA in Education โ€” Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
  • BA in Early Childhood Education โ€” Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
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Academic Appointments

Current: Associate Professor in Early Childhood Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

  • Associate Professor โ€” Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (present)
  • Lecturer โ€” Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
  • Researcher โ€” Various research institutions
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Publications

Books

Adriany, V. (2024). Gender and Power in Early Childhood Education in Indonesia. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003182207

Bhana, D., Xu, Y., & Adriany, V. (Eds.) (2025). Gendered and Sexual Norms in Global South Early Childhood Education: Understanding Normative Discourses in Post-Colonial Contexts. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003211600

Yulindrasari, H., Adriany, V., Rahmawati, Y., Hutagalung, F. D., Gรกlvez, S., & Abdullah, A. G. (Eds.) (2019). Early Childhood Education in the 21st Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Early Childhood Education (ICECE 2018). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429434914

Journal Articles

Adriany, V. (2026). Reimagining Bandung child: Connecting the spirit of Bandung conference and childhood studies in Indonesia. Global Studies of Childhood, 16(1), 51โ€“62. https://doi.org/10.1177/20436106251405930

Adriany, V., Qosyasih, N. N. S., & Malihah, E. (2026). Unpacking the Discourse of Child Marriage in Indonesia: A Decolonial Perspective. Children & Society, 40(1), 89โ€“98. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.13013

Sunendar, D., & Adriany, V. (2025). 'It's all about the product': doing research in neoliberal times in Indonesian higher education. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 23(3), 784โ€“794. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2023.2212438

Yulindrasari, H., & Adriany, V. (2023). "We are not labors; we are teachers": Indonesian early childhood teachers' organizations as a form of a panopticon. Policy Futures in Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/14782103231208854

Adriany, V., Yulindrasari, H., & Safrina, R. (2023). Doing feminist participatory action research for disrupting traditional gender discourses with Indonesian Muslim kindergarten teachers. Action Research, 21(4), 402โ€“418. https://doi.org/10.1177/14767503211044007

Adriany, V., & Tesar, M. (2023). Unpacking the discourses of stunting in Indonesian early childhood education and parenting. Children & Society, 37(2), 311โ€“325. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12593

Adriany, V., & Newberry, J. (2022). Neuroscience and the construction of a new child in early childhood education in Indonesia: A neoliberal legacy. Current Sociology, 70(4), 539โ€“556. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392120985875

Adriany, V., Aprilianti, L., & Kurniati, E. (2021). Indonesian street children's negotiation of play. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 22(4), 359โ€“373. https://doi.org/10.1177/14639491211061618

Adriany, V. (2019). Being a princess: young children's negotiation of femininities in a Kindergarten classroom in Indonesia. Gender and Education, 31(6), 724โ€“741. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2018.1496229

Adriany, V. (2019). Negotiating local and glocal discourse in kindergarten: Stories from Indonesia. Journal of Pedagogy, 10(1), 77โ€“93. https://doi.org/10.2478/jped-2019-0004

Adriany, V. (2019). 'I don't want to play with the Barbie boy': Understanding Gender-Based Bullying in a Kindergarten in Indonesia. International Journal of Bullying Prevention, 1(4), 246โ€“254. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42380-019-00046-2

Adriany, V. (2018). Neoliberalism and practices of early childhood education in Asia. Policy Futures in Education, 16(1), 3โ€“10. https://doi.org/10.1177/1478210317739500

Adriany, V. (2018). The internationalisation of early childhood education: Case study from selected kindergartens in Bandung, Indonesia. Policy Futures in Education, 16(1), 92โ€“107. https://doi.org/10.1177/1478210317745399

Warin, J., & Adriany, V. (2017). Gender flexible pedagogy in early childhood education. Journal of Gender Studies, 26(4), 375โ€“386. https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2015.1105738

Solehuddin, M., & Adriany, V. (2017). Kindergarten Teachers' Understanding on Social Justice: Stories From Indonesia. SAGE Open, 7(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244017739340

Adriany, V., & Warin, J. (2014). Preschool teachers' approaches to care and gender differences within a child-centred pedagogy: findings from an Indonesian kindergarten. International Journal of Early Years Education, 22(3), 315โ€“328. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669760.2014.951601

Book Chapters (Selected)

Arndt, S., Adriany, V., & Tesar, M. (2025). A Feminist New Materialist Lens on Gender and Sexuality in Early Childhood. In The Bloomsbury Handbook of Gender and Sexuality in Early Childhood (pp. 267โ€“280). Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350421110.ch-21

Adriany, V. (2022). Negotiating Children's Gender and Religiosity. In A. Kuusisto (Ed.), The Routledge International Handbook of the Place of Religion in Early Childhood Education and Care (pp. 271โ€“281). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003017783-23

Adriany, V., & Hellman, A. (2021). The Making of Neoliberal Boys. In M. Carlson et al. (Eds.), Gender and Education in Politics, Policy and Practice (pp. 147โ€“164). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80902-7_9

Adriany, V., Yulindrasari, H., & Tesar, M. (2019). Satu Desa, Satu Paud โ€“ one village, one centre. In J. Murray et al. (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Young Children's Rights (pp. 66โ€“76). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367142025-6

Adriany, V., & Saefullah, K. (2015). Deconstructing Human Capital Discourse in Early Childhood Education in Indonesia. In Global Perspectives on Human Capital in Early Childhood Education (pp. 159โ€“179). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137490865_9

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Research Projects

Gender and Early Childhood Education in Indonesia

Role: Principal Investigator

Funding: Indonesian Ministry of Education

Period: 2023-2025

Cross-Cultural Study of Gender in Early Childhood

Role: Co-Investigator

Funding: British Council

Period: 2022-2024