Jacqueline Vel
Senior Researcher
- Name
- Dr.ir. J.A.C. Vel
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 7260
- j.a.c.vel@law.leidenuniv.nl
Jacqueline Vel is senior researcher at the Van Vollenhoven Institute of Leiden Law School on the theme of law, governance and society in Indonesia. Since June 2019 she was coordinator at VVI of the project “Strengthening Legal Education in Eastern Indonesia (SLEEI)” funded by NUFFIC’s Orange Knowledge Programme. The project aims to contribute to making legal education in Indonesia become more relevant for supporting the rule of law and providing legal services that common citizens need. Meanwhile she continued her research about agrarian change and how it affects local economies, which is also addressed in her latest publication, that returns to the topic of her dissertation.
In 2023 she initiated two research and writing projects with PhD students and colleagues at VVI and the law faculty of Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The first is building on the experiences in SLEEI: the project for innovation of teaching adat law (PINTAL). The second initiative is a collaboration with colleagues of the VVI and UGM on writing a book on Law Making Politics Under Democratic Decline in Indonesia (LAMPU).
Jacqueline obtained her MSc degree at Wageningen University (agricultural/development economics, 1983). During her studies she was assistant at the agricultural law department, and conducted research in Sri Lanka on community mutual assistance in a poor village. She worked as a development worker and researcher on Sumba (Indonesia) from 1984-1990. Her PhD dissertation (1994, Wageningen University, agricultural law department, supervisor Franz von Benda-Beckmann) was entitled "The Uma-economy: indigenous economics and development work in Lawonda, Sumba (eastern Indonesia)", with an Indonesian translation in 2010. Furthermore, she worked as a Policy advisor at ICCO’s South Asia desk (1995-96); as an assistant professor in Development Sociology and Modern Asian History at the University of Amsterdam, and as coordinator of Asian studies in Amsterdam (1997-2006).
During her carrier from 1984 until present, Sumba Island remained a continuous source of case studies for her research in in the many interdisciplinary research programs she has participated in. In 2006 Jacqueline started working in Leiden, at the VVI and KITLV, doing research on democratization and local politics, changes in land tenure security, access to justice for the poor, and social and legal aspects of introducing new crops for developing biofuel production in Indonesia. From 2015 – 2017 she also worked at KITLV as coordinator of the collaborative project ‘Governance, Markets and Citizens‘ of three social sciences and economics research programs concerned with contemporary developments in Indonesia, as part of the Scientific Program Indonesia-Netherlands of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences.
Senior Researcher
- Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
- Instituut voor Metajuridica
- Van Vollenhoven Instituut
- Vel J.A.C. & Warren C. (2024), The changing social security mix in rural Indonesia: between state welfare and moral economy, Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis : 1-23.
- Utama T.S.J., Simarmata R., Vel J. & Bedner A.W. (2024), New Ways of Teaching Adat (Customary) Law at Indonesian Law Schools, The Indonesian Journal of Socio-Legal Studies 4(1): 1-26 (2).
- Vel J.A.C. (2023), Review of: Tidey S. (2022), Ethics or the right thing? Corruption and care in the age of good governance. Chicago: HAU Books. Political and Legal Anthropology Review 46(1): e25-e27.
- Utama T.S.J. & Vel J.A.C. (2023), Cultural blind-spots of the Anti-Sexual Violence Law, Inside Indonesia 152: .
- McCarthy J.F., McWilliam A., Warren C., Budianto V., Hadi S., Kutanegara P.M., Maliati N., Makambombu S., Nooteboom G., Sitorus H., Vel J.A.C., Winarto Y. & Woodward L. (2023), Epilogue: the COVID-19 pandemic, changing agrarian scenarios and social assistance. In: McCarthy J.F., McWilliam A. & Nooteboom G. (Eds.), The paradox of agrarian change: food security and the politics of social protection in Indonesia. Singapore: NUS Press. 423-435.
- McCarthy J.F., McWilliam A., Nooteboom G., Kutanegara P.M., Purba R., Sitorus H., Vel J.A.C., Warren C. & Woodward L. (2023), Agrarian change and social assistance outcomes. In: McCarthy J.F., McWilliam A. & Nooteboom G. (Eds.), The paradox of agrarian change: food security and the politics of social protection in Indonesia. Singapore: NUS Press. 371-407.
- Vel J.A.C. & Makambombu S. (2023), Agrarian change, vulnerability and the community economy in Sumba. In: McCarthy J.F., McWilliam A. & Nooteboom G. (Eds.), The paradox of agrarian change: food security and the politics of social protection in Indonesia. Singapore: NUS Press. 140-166.
- Vel J.A.C., Bedner A.W., Utama T.S.J. & Ichlas H. (2022), Law and Heritage for Protecting Water Resources and Access to Water in Indonesia, Blue Papers 1(2): 12-23.
- Huis S.C. van & Vel J.A.C. (2022), Report of Final Self-Assessment at Four Universities in Eastern Indonesia at the end of the project “Strengthening Legal Education in Eastern Indonesia (SLEEI)” (. Van Vollenhoven Institute, Law, Leiden University), . Leiden: Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society, Leiden University.
- Veldhuizen L.R. van, Wiratraman H.P. & Vel J.A.C. (2022), Strengthening legal education: the SLEEI approach for innovating university courses. Leiden: Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society, Leiden University. [working paper].
- Vel J.A.C., Simarmata R., Veldhuizen L.R. van & Bedner A.W. (Eds.) (2022), Inovasi Pendidikan Hukum di Indonesia: Teori, Petunjuk dan Praktik [Innovating legal education in Indonesia: theory, guidelines and practice]. Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Fakultas Hukum Universitas Gadjah Mada.
- Vel J.A.C. & Makambombu S. (2021), Surviving four disasters in Sumba, New Mandala : .
- Bedner A.W. & Vel J.A.C. (2021), Legal Education in Indonesia, The Indonesian Journal of Socio-Legal Studies 1(1): 1-30 (6).
- Vel J.A.C. (22 May 2020), Corona crisis-related inequality in access to university education in Eastern Indonesia. Leiden Law Blog. Leiden: Leiden University. [blog entry].
- Vel J.A.C. & Makambombu S. (2020), COVID-19 mitigation measures compound an economic crisis in Sumba, New Mandala : .
- Vel J.A.C., Huis S. van & Bah A. (2020), Review of Current Legal Education Offer at Four Universities in Eastern Indonesia: SLEEI Baseline Report. Leiden-Amsterdam: Van Vollenhoven Institute, Leiden University & Royal Tropical Institute.
- Veldhuizen L.R. van, Simarmata R. & Vel J.A.C. (2020), Report Mid-term Review SLEEI Project. Leiden-Amsterdam: Van Vollenhoven Institute, Leiden University & Royal Tropical Institute.
- Arizona Y., Wicaksono M.T. & Vel J.A.C. (2019), The Role of Indigeneity NGOs in the Legal Recognition of Adat Communities and Customary Forests in Indonesia, The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology 20(5): 487-506.
- Vel J.A.C. & Makambombu S. (2019), Strategic Framing of Adat in Land-Acquisition Politics in East Sumba, The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology 20(5): 435-452.
- Muur W.E. van der, Vel J.A.C., Fisher M.R. & Robinson K. (2019), Changing Indigeneity Politics in Indonesia: From Revival to Projects, The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology 20(5): 379-396.
- Vel J.A.C., Zakaria Y. & Bedner A.W. (2017), Law-Making as a Strategy for Change: Indonesia’s New Village Law, Asian Journal of Law and Society 4(2): 447-471.
- Vel J.A.C. (2017), Stone dragging and politics in Sumba, New Mandala : .
- Berenschot W. & Vel J.A.C. (2017), New Law, New Villages?, Inside Indonesia 128: .
- Vel J.A.C., Zakaria Y. & Bedner A.W. (2017), Creating Indonesia’s Village Law, Inside Indonesia 128: .
- Zakaria Y. & Vel J.A.C. (2017), New Law, Old Bureaucracy, Inside Indonesia 128: .
- Vel J.A.C. & Bedner A.W. (2017), Desentralisasi dan Pemerintahan Desa di Indonesia: Baliak ka Nagari dan UU Nomor 6 Tahun 2014 tentang Desa [Decentralisation and Village Governance in Indonesia], Wacana: Jurnal Transformasi Sosial 37: 79-104.
- Vel J.A.C. & Muur W.E. van der (2017), Report of the conference "Adat law 100 years on: towards a new interpretation?". Leiden: Van Vollenhoven Institute, Leiden University.
- Vel J.A.C. (7 October 2016), How much is that in horses?. KITLV Blog. Leiden: KITLV. [blog entry].
- Vel J.A.C. & Muur W.E. van der (22 September 2016), The benefits of being traditional. Leiden Law Blog. Leiden: Leiden University. [blog entry].
- Vel J.A.C., Berenschot W. & Minarchek R.D. (2016), Report of the workshop ‘New Law, New Villages? Changing rural Indonesia’. Leiden.
- Vel J.A.C. (2016), Will the Village Law change rural Indonesia?, New Mandala : .
- Vel J.A.C., McCarthy J.F. & Zen Z. (2016), The Conflicted Nature of Food Security Policy: Balancing Rice, Sugar and Palm Oil in Indonesia, Anthropological Forum 26(3): 233-247.
- Vel J.A.C. & Bedner A.W. (2015), Decentralisation and village governance in Indonesia: the return to the nagari and the 2014 Village Law, Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law 47(3): 493-507.
- Vel J.A.C. (2015), Cash for the Cashless, Inside Indonesia 2015(121): .
- Vel J.A.C. (2015), Décentralisation en Indonésie : plus d’argent signifie-t-il moins de pauvreté? [Cash for the Cashless] (translation: Vel J.A.C. & Disdet E.), AlterAsia (September 2015): .
- Löffler H., Afiff S.A., Burgers P., Govers C., Heeres H.J., Karyanto O., Manurung R., Vel J.A.C., Visscher S. & Zwaagstra T. (2014), Agriculture Beyond Food: Experiences from Indonesia. The Hague: NWO-WOTRO.
- Vel J.A.C. (2014), How could the jatropha sector live on subsidies and green investments without producing oil or biodiesel?. In: Vel J.A.C. & Simandjuntak D. (Eds.), JARAK, the short history of Jatropha projects in Indonesia. Leiden: IIAS.
- Vel J.A.C. (2014), What are the benefits of analyzing jatropha activities as a commoditization process?. In: Vel J.A.C. & Simandjuntak D. (Eds.), JARAK, the short history of Jatropha projects in Indonesia. Leiden: IIAS.
- Vel J.A.C. (2014), What explains the non-implementation of jatropha schemes?. In: Vel J.A.C. & Simandjuntak D. (Eds.), JARAK, the short history of Jatropha projects in Indonesia. Leiden: IIAS.
- Vel J.A.C. & Simandjuntak D. (Eds.) (2014), JARAK, The short history of jatropha projects in Indonesia. Leiden: IIAS.
- Vel J.A.C. & Simandjuntak D. (Eds.) (2014), JARAK: the short history of Jatropha projects in Indonesia. Leiden: IIAS.
- Vel J., Simandjuntak D., Van Rooijen L., Otto J.M., Bedner A., Widjaja H., Persoon G., Afiff S., Van Klinken G., Schulte Nordholt H., Tjeuw J., Slingerland M, Semedi P., Gunawan , McCarthy J., Suharsono S., Snelder D., Orij R. & Dieleman M. (2014), Jatropha: From an iconic biofuel crop to a green-policy parasite, IIAS Newsletter (Special Issue, The Asia-Pacific War 60 Years On: History and Memory) : .
- Vel J.A.C. (2014), Trading in Discursive Commodities: Biofuel Brokers’ Roles in Perpetuating the Jatropha Hype in Indonesia, Sustainability 6(5): 2802-2821.
- Vel J.A.C. & Bedner A.W. (2013), Addressing a 'Globalized Social': Mobilization of Law in Global Networks with Reference to Biofuel Production in Indonesia. In: Feenan D. (Ed.), Exploring the 'Socio' of Socio-Legal Studies. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 157-180.
- McCarthy J.F., Vel J.A.C. & Afiff S. (2012), Trajectories of land acquisition and enclosure: development schemes, virtual land grabs, and green acquisitions in Indonesia’s Outer Islands, The Journal of Peasant Studies 39(2): 521-549.
- Bedner A.W. & Vel J.A.C. (2012), Sebuah kerangka analisis untuk penelitian empiris dalam bidang akses terhadap keadilan [A Conceptual Framework for Empirical Research on Access to Justice]. In: Bedner A.W., Irianto S., Otto J.M. & Wirastri T.D. (Eds.), Kajian Sosio-Legal [Socio-Legal Studies]. Jakarta: Pustaka Larasan; Universitas Indonesia; Universitas Leiden; Universitas Groningen. 81-114.
- Vel J.A.C. & Nugrohowardhani R. (2012), Plants for Power: The potential for cultivating crops as feedstock for energy production in Sumba. The Hague: Hivos.
- Vel J.A.C. & Makambombu S. (2011), Akses terhadap keadilan dalam sengketa tanah: Bagaimana ketidaksetaraan sosial membentuk resolusi konflik di Sumba [Access to Justice in Land conflicts: how social inequalities shape conflict resolution in Sumba]. In: Berenschot W.J., Bedner A.W., Riyadi Laggut-Terre E. & Novirianti D. (Eds.), Akses terhadap keadilan: Perjuangan masyarakat miskin dan kurang beruntung untuk menuntut hak di Indonesia [Access to Justice: the Struggle of Indonesia's Poor to Claim their Rights]. Jakarta: HuMa Jakarta; Van Vollenhoven Institute, Leiden University; KITLV; Epistema Institute. 53-71.
- Vel J.A.C. (19 April 2011), Eiland Sumba is helemaal geen spiegel voor het Westen. Trouw.
- Vel J.A.C. (2010), Policy Research on Access to Justice in Indonesia: A review of World Bank and UNDP reports, Law, Social Justice and Global Development Journal 15(1): .
- Vel J.A.C. & Makambombu S. (2010), Access to Agrarian Justice in Sumba, Eastern Indonesia, Law, Social Justice and Global Development Journal 15(1): .
- Bedner A.W. & Vel J.A.C. (2010), An analytical framework for empirical research on Access to Justice, Law, Social Justice and Global Development Journal 15(1): .
- Vel J.A.C. (2010), Editorial to Special Issue, Law, Social Justice and Global Development Journal 15(1): .
- Vel J.A.C. (2010), Ekonomi-Uma: Penerapan adat dalam dinamika ekonomi berbasis kekerabatan [The Uma-Economy: Indigenous economics and development work in Lawonda, Sumba, Eastern-Indonesia]. Jakarta: HuMa; Van Vollenhoven Institute; KITLV-Jakarta.
- Vel J.A.C. & Makambombu S. (2010), Penggunaan hukum adat terkait tanah pada masa kini di Sumba, Nusa Tanggara Timur [Contemporary use of customary land law in Sumba, Eastern Indonesia]. In: Safitri M.A. & Moeliono T. (Eds.), Hukum Agraria dan Masyaraka di Indonesia [Agrarian Law and Society in Indonesia]. Jakarta: HuMa-Jakarta; Van Vollenhoven Institute, Leiden University; KITLV-Jakarta. 213-247.
- Vel J.A.C. (2009), Playing the Religious Card: Competing for District Leadership in West Sumba, Indonesia. In: Kirsch T.G. & Turner B. (Eds.), Permutations of Order: Religion and Law as Contested Sovereignties. Farnham, United Kingdom: Ashgate. 207-225.
- Vel J.A.C. (2009), Reading Politics from a Book of Donations: The Moral Economy of the Political Class in Sumba. In: Klinken G. van & Barker J. (Eds.), State of Authority. The State in Society in Indonesia. Ithaka, New York: Cornell Southeast Asia Program. 117-148.
- Vel J.A.C. & Makambombu S. (2009), Access in Land Disputes Arising in the Context of the Commercialization of Agriculture in Sumba (Nusa Tenggara Timur), Van Vollenhoven Institute Working Papers : .
- Vel J.A.C. (2008), Miracle solution or imminent disaster? Jatropha biofuel production in Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Inside Indonesia 91: .
- Vel J.A.C. (2008), Uma politics: an ethnography of democratization in West Sumba, Indonesia, 1986-2006. Leiden: KITLV Press.
- Vel J.A.C. (2008), Kampanye Pemekaran di Sumba Barat. In: Schulte Nordholt H. & Klinken G. van (Eds.), Politik lokal di Indonesia. Jakarta: Obor/KITLV Jakarta. 116-153.
- Vel J.A.C. (2007), Creating a new district in West Sumba. In: Schulte Nordholt H. & Klinken G. van (Eds.), Renegotiating Boundaries: Local politics in post-Suharto Indonesia. Leiden: KITLV Press. 91-120.
- Vel J.A.C. (1 January 1994), The Uma-economy: indigenous economics and development work in Lawonda, Sumba (Eastern Indonesia) (Dissertatie, -, Leiden University). Wageningen.