Jakarta, May 5 -- The Indonesian government will mobilize universities and research institutions to support the planned giant seawall along Java's northern coast, aiming to apply science and innovation to the project, a minister said on Tuesday.

"This project presents major challenges and strategic opportunities for science, technology and industry," Higher Education Minister Brian Yuliarto said, citing needs for hydrodynamic modeling, adaptive construction, material innovation and socioeconomic analysis.

Yuliarto said the ministry is mobilizing professors, lecturers and researchers to conduct studies on technologies and community conditions linked to the large-scale project.

He said the effort aligns with President Prabowo Subianto's ...