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Ir. Stephanus V.
Mandagi,
M.App,Sc, Ph.D |
Dr. Mandagi is a senior lecturer at The Department of Marine
Resources Management of Sam Ratulangi University, which is located
in Manado City in North Sulawesi Province of about 3 hours flight
from Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. After completing his
undergraduate degree from Sam Ratulangi University in 1992, he
became a junior lecturer in March 1993 at this university as he was
awarded the Indonesian government special scholarship while
conducting his undergraduate. Between 1997 and 1999 he pursuit
Master degree at The Department of Tropical Environmental Studies
and Geography of James Cook University in North Queensland,
graduated in September 1999, for this degree he was sponsored by the
government of Australia scholarship known as ASTAS. His doctoral
degree was also sponsored by Australian governement program called
ADS, started in March 2003, he graduated from Fenner School of
Environment and Society of Australian National University, Canberra,
Australia in September 2007.
He teaches in undergradute and postgraduate studies in Sam Ratulangi
University on several subjects: coastal management, conservation of
coastal and marine resources, Management of marine protected areas,
ecotourism, and environmental impact assessment. Also, he does
research in relation to these subjects as described. Furthermore, he
also involves in community outreach projects, such as supporting
coastal community in enhancing their livelihoods and educating them
the need to conserve marine biodiverity.
As for his proffesional carriers, he was the head of research center
of De La Salle Catholic University of North Sulawesi between 2000
and 2003. During the same period of time he was actively involved in
the development of that university that was part of De La Salle
institutions in the world. He involved in a community livelihood
project in Rote, East Nusa Tenggara in 2004-2005. He was the deputy
scientist of The Nature Concervancy Indonesia (Coral Triangle
Centre) between 2008 and 2009, where he involved in scientific
research projects such as ecological assements and monitoring of
marine biodiversity and resource uses in several places in Indonesia
such as Nusa Penida Island in Bali, Komodo National Park in East
Nusa Tenggara, Bird head project in Raja Ampat West Papua , Wakatobi
in South East Sulawesi, Derawan in North East Kalimantan. Moreover,
he is a permanent member of intergrated coastal amanegement board of
North Sulawesi Province from 2010 and present. One of this board
responsibilities is to do research on coastal management areas and
to provide policy recommendation government.
Since 2011 to present he is the program manager of International
Office of Sam Ratulangi University. One of successfull activities is
to plan and organise a international seminar on enhancing
internationalisation of higher education in Indonesia, attendees of
this event are representative of 50 leading universities in
Indonesia, top officials of Ministry of Education and Culture, 10
top officials of invited universities from USA, Canada, Australia,
New Zealand and Phillipines, and International independent
interprises and NGOs concerning higher education in Indonesia.
Upcoming event to organise is US education fair and seminar in Sam
Ratulangi University in February 2013 to be attended by around 40
Universities from USA.
