Dr Vina Adriany
Professor of Early Childhood Education; Director, SEAMEO CECCEP
School of Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
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.
Research Focus
Research Focus
Education
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
Academic Appointments
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
Publications
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), 51โ62. 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), 89โ98. 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), 784โ794. 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), 402โ418. 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), 311โ325. 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), 539โ556. 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), 359โ373. 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), 724โ741. 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), 77โ93. 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), 246โ254. 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), 3โ10. 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), 92โ107. https://doi.org/10.1177/1478210317745399
Warin, J., & Adriany, V. (2017). Gender flexible pedagogy in early childhood education. Journal of Gender Studies, 26(4), 375โ386. 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), 315โ328. 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. 267โ280). 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. 271โ281). 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. 147โ164). 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. 66โ76). 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. 159โ179). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137490865_9
Research Projects
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