LAURA (Laboratory of Anthropology for Research and Action) is a working team under the Department of Anthropology that produces cultural studies useful for realizing a cultured society, upholding cultural diversity, respecting local wisdom, and universal human values through applied research and policy, education/training, and action programs. To support the Tri Dharma Perguruan Tinggi (Three Pillars of Higher Education), the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Gadjah Mada University established a research division called the Anthropology Laboratory for Research and Action (LAURA).

This research body was established to conduct research—both pure and applied—and community empowerment. Since its establishment in 2007, LAURA has organized various cultural studies and resource development activities. The existence of LAURA as a research division of the Department of Anthropology is expected to facilitate the Department’s agenda in developing research, training, empowerment, and publishing programs. Laboratory of Anthropology for Research and Action.

Through LAURA, lecturers, students, alumni, and partners can collaborate to respond to various issues, problems, theoretical ideas, and various needs for community development in the era of modernization, globalization, and democracy. LAURA is very open to various forms of research activities and collaborations with both government and private parties, nationally and internationally.