Cynthia Ayu Windani | Independent Researcher

About Me

A passionate independent researcher with a strong research interest in information security, the sociology of law, the Privacy Act in the context of data capitalism, cyber criminology, cyberspace governance, and border criminology. She holds a Master’s degree in Criminology from the University of Indonesia. She is currently working as an IT Auditor in a private company, where she has experience conducting risk assessments during the implementation of internal policies and IT Governance. She is eager to pursue a PhD focused on global governance and public policy development in the socio-technical field.

Research Interests

Criminology: sociology of law, critical criminology, border criminology, transnational crime, cyber crime, zemiology
Digital Transformation and Society: digital governance, AI ethics, data sovereignty, privacy, and data protection rights
Policy Studies: policing policies, cybersecurity policy, AI regulatory framework, social policy, and crime prevention

Working Paper

[Feb. 2026] Assessing State-Induced Harm in Decile Reclassification: A Case Study of the Mass Deactivation of the National Health Insurance Recipients in Indonesia
[Feb. 2026] Aestheticized Surveillance: Spotify Wrapped, Social Harm, and the Limitations of Digital Platform Governance (co-authorship with Aris Setyawan)

Publications

JIKH

Manajemen Operasional Keamanan dan Ketertiban Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Berdasarkan Studi Kasus di Lapas "X" (Operational Management of Security and Order in Correctional Institutions Based on a Case Study at Prison “X”)

CA Windani*, R Tandyasraya (*Corresponding authors)

Jurnal Ilmiah Kebijakan Hukum (JIKH) Balitbangkumham, 2024.

PDF Peer Reviewed

Deviance

Strategi dan Tantangan Predictive Policing di Era Big Data bagi Masyarakat Modern (Strategies and Challenges of Predictive Policing in the Big Data Era for Modern Society)

CA Windani

Deviance Jurnal Kriminologi, 2023.

PDF Peer Reviewed

PKNS

Dilema Sosial Akibat Aktivitas Tambang Galian C di Kabupaten Bogor Berdasarkan Perspektif Kejahatan Lingkungan (Social Dilemma Due to Mining C-Type Activities in Bogor Regency Based on Environmental Crime Perspective)

CA Windani*, J Rezeki, AD Adhitya, SD Pratama (*Corresponding authors)

Prosiding Konferensi Nasional Sosiologi (PKNS), 2023.

PDF Early Accept and Oral Presentation

Books

Single Book

Coming Soon

Book Chapter

Under construction.

Presentations, Talks, and Activities

Conference Presentation

"Do We Need Written Rules in the MMORPG Community? (A Case Study of Kill-stealing Dispute in Ragnarok Origin Global)", The Postgraduate Conference on Crime and Social Justice (PCCSJ), Depok, West Java, Indonesia, 2023.
"Social Dilemma Due to Mining C-Type Activities in Bogor Regency Based on Environmental Crime Perspective", Konferensi Nasional Sosiologi, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, 2023.

Expert Opinions

Indozone. (2025, December 10). Dari Konflik Keluarga Menjadi Filisida: Mengurai Kasus Kematian Alvaro (From Family Conflict to Filicide: Unraveling Alvaro’s Death). Indozone.