Policy research is only useful when it circulates. This area brings together our learning resources, courses, seminars, and public discussion material – for students, researchers, practitioners, and anyone who wants to think more clearly about policy.
An interactive pedagogical toolkit covering the core number-line, fractions, ratios, and algebra foundations that most mathematics education depends on. Built for teachers, parents, and anyone who wants to strengthen early numeracy teaching, with embedded interactive visualisations that make concepts concrete rather than abstract.
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A practical guide for policy practitioners. Covers the gap between policy ideas and actual implementation, with frameworks and approaches drawn from real-world project experience.
This may not replace your economics textbook, but it will help you understand it better. An accessible introduction to economic concepts for students and non-economists working in policy.
These are planned learning offerings in development. We are rolling them out in partnership with other institutions and with government and NGO teams directly.
Self-paced courses on policy analysis, research methods, data literacy, monitoring and evaluation, and the fundamentals of public administration. Designed for government staff, researchers, and students.
Downloadable presentation materials, case studies, and reference slides from our research and briefings. Structured for reuse in training contexts, university classes, and workshop settings.
In-person and online seminars on policy topics, co-hosted with partner institutions and featuring guest speakers from across the region. Registration will open ahead of each session.
Facilitation guides, participant workbooks, and exercise templates from workshops we run – for organisations and governments that want to run their own capacity-building sessions.
Policy does not happen in a vacuum. These are conversations we have been part of – interviews, panel discussions, and contributions to public discourse on policy questions.
An international public discussion held at Baca di Tebet, Jakarta, on 15 January 2026. The panel brought together speakers from across the region to explore decolonization not only as a political struggle, but as a deeply personal and collective process.
Speakers: Kanti W. Janis (author and advocate, Indonesia), Zayaan Shaafiu (Director, Public Policy Lab, Maldives), Fanda Puspitasari (activist, Institut Sarinah, Indonesia), and Christophe Dorigne-Thomson (Doctor of Political Science, University of Indonesia, Scotland).
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A dialogue on research methodology, fieldwork realities, and how our work has evolved across projects and contexts.
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Email us →For organisations interested in custom training sessions, workshops, or seminar programming – in the Maldives, across the region, or online – contact info@policylabmv.com.