Yogyakarta, October 22nd 2024─The Social Inclusion and Democratic Citizenship Study Team of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of UGM held a dissemination event entitled “Reading Social Inclusion from the Regions”. The event, which was held in a hybrid manner on Tuesday (22/10), was attended by various communities and groups who have great attention to issues of social inclusion.

The event discussed two researches that have been conducted since 2020. One of the two research discussed in this event took the title “Darma, Not Derma: Inclusion as a Citizenship Project” which analyzes the GEDSI situation in six cities/districts, namely Banda Aceh and Bireuen (Aceh), Makassar and Maros (South Sulawesi), also Bantul and Yogyakarta (D.I. Yogyakarta). read more

Yogyakarta, 22th of October 2024—In order to close the Social Batch 8 of the Business Incubation Program, Fisipol UGM’s Creative Hub organized the Demo Day & Final Talent Pitching Batch. This event was held with an aim to push and encourage social entrepreneurs to develop business ideas. As a learning ecosystem that brings together various disciplines, Fisipol UGM’s Creative Hub made an effort to further elaborate and sharpen creative ideas that can improve society’s quality of life. With a strategic and business-oriented approach, creative ideas from talents not only work as a business but also solve existing social problems.  read more

Yogyakarta, 21th of October 2024—Fisipol UGM, together with Inklusi and various local communities, held the Pasar Sepaham event on Monday (21/10).  This event was held at Fisipol’s Selasar Barat & Sansiro Park from 10.00 -17.00 WIB. Pasar Sepaham offered various forms of activities, ranging from talk shows, exhibitions, workshops, bazaars, art performances, and so on.

Putu Alit, as the Creative Team of Pasar Sepaham mentioned that this event aims to provide safe spaces for individuals and communities from diverse backgrounds to interact and share stories together on the issue of inclusion. Not only that, Putu also said that Pasar Sepaham also became a medium for visitors to build solidarity and encourage issues about inclusion. “We hope that Pasar Sepaham can facilitate processes that raise awareness across generations and groups, so that socially and politically marginalized groups can be recognized for their rights as human beings,” added Putu. read more

Yogyakarta, 18th of October 2024—Fisipol UGM’s CDC held a story-sharing event called “Spill the Tea! #2: Tea Time with Peer Counselor CDC”. This event became the second tea-sipping session with CDC’s Peer Counselor, after the last one was held in 2023. Spill the Tea! #2 became one of the various series of events done in Fisipol Mental Health Society 2024. The activity, which was packaged in the form of semi-group counseling, was held in Fisipol’s Selasar Barat. Each group consisted of 5 to 6 students and each group had their own peer-counselor from Fisipol’s CDC. Alongside sharing stories and expressing themselves, students are also encouraged to brew and make their own tea in the afternoon, creating a suitable and comfortable atmosphere for everyone to enjoy. read more

Yogyakarta, October 17th 2024─Opportunities for students to do an internship or work either part-time or full-time are now increasingly wide open. Many offers are given both by companies and the Ministry of Research and Technology, especially through the MBKM program which facilitates students to learn in the work environment directly. Responding to this phenomenon, Career Development Center (CDC) Fisipol UGM held another Internship Preparation Series with the theme “Work Ethics and Violence Prevention: Meaning and Implementation”. read more

Yogyakarta, October 16th 2024─Communication Festival (Commufal) of 2024 is a means for students to get to know various things about the Department of Communication Science, including career prospects in the communication industry. The event, which was held at Selasar Barat and Taman Sansiro Fisipol, featured various interesting activities, including the Communicareer Talk Show and Open Booth Job Fair. One of the main highlights of this event was the talk show which focused on introducing career opportunities in the field of communication.  read more

Yogyakarta, 14th of October 2024—As a form of actualization of The World Mental Health Day on October 10, CDC of Fisipol UGM has arranged a series of events titled “Mental Health Society” in Fisipol UGM. This event opened with the pre-event that chose the concept of catharsis with the title “Road to Failure Week”. This pre-event activity began with the concept of catharsis, which is the process of releasing pent-up emotions stored in the heart.

This event, which was held in Taman Sansiro Fisipol UGM, invited the students to write their feelings and emotions regarding their past failures or missed opportunities due to the fear of failure. This catharsis was held due to the fact that students nowadays are facing even higher pressure and expectations, in the academic sector as well as their personal lives. These expectations are often unrealistic.  read more

Manchester, October 11th 2024─Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of Universitas Gadjah Mada, together with Ashoka University, Mahidol University, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, University of Manchester, University of Melbourne, University of Nairobi and University of Toronto, who are members of the Global Humanities Alliance held a “Global Humanities Alliance Launch Event” on Friday, October 11th 2024. Taking place at Alliance Manchester Business School, Booth St W, Manchester M15 6PB, the event was the official launch of an international partnership, the Global Humanities Alliance (GHA), between 8 universities worldwide. The launch event was also marked by the official signing of a letter of intent from each university representative as a form of commitment to active involvement in the GHA. read more

Yogyakarta, 10 October 2024—Digital transformation is now taking place in a deep and profound way. The challenges of regulating digital transformation call for a greater spotlight on the importance of inclusive and equitable digital technology. In response to this discourse, CfDS officially closed the Digital Society Week 2024 event series by launching the AI Policy Monitoring Dashboard.

Through a series of activities from Digital Society Week 2024, CfDS UGM developed various issues regarding digital transformation. In the Closing Ceremony of Digital Society Week 2024, held at Auditorium Mandiri Fisipol, CfDS UGM launched the AI Policy Dashboard, an integrated research tool that collects, analyzes, and summarizes AI or artificial intelligence policies in Indonesia. read more

Yogyakarta, 9th of October 2024—The 7th day of Digital Society Week event discussed the intersection of education, the education system, and digital technology. This discussion was opened with a discussion session regarding the rampant use of online loans (pinjol), which is currently used as a ‘solution’ to the problem of increasing tuition fees. This discussion session was led by Hilman Nuraman and reviewed by two speakers, namely Arifatus Sholekhah (Researcher at CfDS) and Achmed Faiz (Researcher at CfDS). read more