Multidisciplinary Research Lead
Ayu Fitriani
“Bridging agrarian resilience, decolonial education, and data-driven policy in frontier regions.”
About
Ayu Fitriani is an agricultural economist specializing in the intersection of rural socio-economics, educational equity, and artificial intelligence. As an active faculty member at Universitas Nusa Cendana (Undana) and a Beasiswa Daerah Afirmasi scholar preparing for her PhD at Wageningen University and Research, Ayu brings rigorous academic grounding to AFIRMASI’s operations.
She leads our multidisciplinary research efforts, utilizing advanced data modeling and systems thinking to translate agrarian resilience into culturally sustaining STEM curricula. By mapping the socio-economic realities of farming communities in NTT, she ensures that AFIRMASI’s AI interventions remain deeply contextual, shifting the educational paradigm toward a pedagogy of resilience in climate-vulnerable regions.
Activity Gallery
Agricultural field research — Nusa Tenggara Timur
Wageningen University campus — PhD preparation
Machine learning analysis for agricultural policy
Rural community resilience study — NTT field visit
Field Impact
Ayu acts as the crucial bridge between empirical economic data and pedagogical innovation. She developed the foundational framework for the Agrarian Resilience Curriculum (ARC) in NTT, ensuring that local Indigenous knowledge is accurately represented in our AI datasets. Her expertise in econometrics and predictive modeling validates the socio-scientific scenarios used in AFIRMASI’s argumentation simulators, empowering rural students with data-driven agency.