My name is Vita Elysia, and I am serving as the head of the Urban and Regional Planning Study Program at Universitas Terbuka (UT) in Indonesia. My research focuses on the urban political ecology of sanitation in Indonesia. In particular, I am interested in water and sanitation policy in developing countries and how some related issues such as the pro-poor approach, gender mainstreaming, and equity in access shape water and sanitation policy and management. I received a Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning from Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Indonesia, a Master of Urban Management and Development from IHS Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (EUR), The Netherlands, and PhD from Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.