Rizqa Hidayani

Rizqa Hidayani is an urban planner and program manager for the Climate and Urban Resilience Division at the Kota Kita Foundation in Indonesia. Hidayani’s work lies at the intersection of urban resilience and promoting social inclusion by assisting governments in co-creating climate-resilient programs, conducting action research, and collaborating with local communities to design and implement small-scale urban resilience initiatives such as public green spaces, promoting safe cycling infrastructures, and urban farming. Before Kota Kita, Hidayani focused on participatory planning and local economic development at the Center for Participatory Planning Semarang.

Hidayani holds a BSc and MSc in Urban and Regional Planning from Diponegoro University in Semarang, Indonesia.

At MIT, Hidayani will focus on inclusive approaches for building climate-resilient cities and communities, such as low-carbon development, climate-adaptive housing, green infrastructure, public green spaces, and placemaking, including a deeper understanding of community-centric design methodologies and exploring innovative awareness strategies that promote climate justice.

Funded by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program.