Yogyakarta, July 11th 2023─The Research Center for Politics and Government (PolGov) of the Department of Politics and Government held an Academic Roundtable Discussion (ARD) with the theme “All the President’s People? The Origins of Presidential-based Partisanship” on Tuesday (11/7). This event was carried out by involving general participants, lecturers from the Department of Politics and Government, and PolGov Researchers. Meanwhile, ARD is a routine agenda carried out by PolGov and is open to the public. read more

Yogyakarta, July 7th 2023─Laksamana UGM, which is a competition in the field of Communication Studies at the Indonesian high school level which was organized by the students of the Department of Communication Studies of UGM, is being held again this year. Ahead of its implementation, the Department of Communication Studies of UGM is holding a pre-event in the form of an online seminar entitled Commsultation: Unveiling The World of Communication Studies on Friday (7/7) online. The Commsultation itself was divided into two sessions, namely a big session with the main speaker and a breakout room session with speakers from the student representatives of the Department of Communication Studies of UGM. read more

Yogyakarta, July 7th 2023─Election Corner (EC) Fisipol UGM held a public dialogue entitled Future Leader Forum with the title “Woman Political Leadership: To Unite What Male Politicians Have Divided”. The forum was held on Friday (07/7) in the Mandiri Auditorium Room on the 4th Floor of FISIPOL UGM, presented speaker Yenny Wahid with two speakers from the lecturers of the Department of Sociology, Deshinta Dwi Asriani, and Head of Student Council of FISIPOL UGM, Maskana Putri Salwa. The discussion was moderated by PARES Manager, Obed Kresna. read more

Yogyakarta, July 6th 2023─As technology develops, development is no longer aimed at equity, but has prioritized aspects of inclusivity in society. Basic human rights are interpreted as rights that every individual has from birth, without exception. Various access to information, facilities, even regulations are still not inclusive for all levels of society, especially vulnerable groups such as persons with disabilities. Australia-Indonesia in Conversation: Valuing Democracy and Diversity: Equity, Leadership, and Social Justice raised this issue under the theme “Policies and Practices to Promote Equity, Social Justice, and Rights Recognition” on Thursday (6/7). read more

Yogyakarta, July 6th 2023─Socio-cultural and artistic activism in voicing minority issues to environmental protection continues to increase efforts through collaboration between sectors and the use of various platforms. Highlighting this issue, the fifth panel of the series of activities Australia-Indonesia in Conversation: Valuing Democracy and Diversity: Equity, Leadership and Social Justice discussed the issue of “Socio-cultural Activism and Arts for Change” on Thursday (06/7) in the BE 210 room FISIPOL and on Zoom Meeting. read more

Yogyakarta, July 6th 2023─Gender representation in this era is one of the topics that is widely discussed by experts. Gender is no longer positioned as equality in the same sense, or equality, but is equalized based on the rights, obligations, and needs of each gender. The discussion of “Australia-Indonesia in Conversation: Valuing Democracy and Diversity: Equity, Leadership, and Social Justice” was entitled “Improving Gender Equity” on Thursday (6/7) discussed the meaning of gender and how the current environment is inclusive of this discourse. read more

Yogyakarta, June 23rd 2023─Lecturer in the Department of International Relations, Dr. Luqman Nul Hakim, disseminated his doctoral research book at the University of Melbourne entitled ‘Islamism and The Quest for Hegemony in Indonesia’ in the monthly discussion of the Research, Publicatio,  and Community Service Unit (UP3M) UGM. The discussion was held at the West Hall of FISIPOL UGM and moderated by a Lecturer at the Department of Politics and Government, Alfath Bagus Panuntun, E.N.I., M.A. on Friday (23/6). read more

Yogyakarta, June 16th 2023─Entering the political year in Indonesia to welcome the 2024 election, the Department of Politics and Government (DPP) of UGM together with Global Campus Asia-Pacific, and PolGov UGM held a webinar entitled “The Future of Democracy, Progressive Politics in Southeast Asia: Move Forward Party in Thailand and a comparison with Indonesia” on Friday (16/6) online via Zoom Meeting. The speakers who filled in for the activity were Napon Jatusripitak (Political Observer and Researcher at ISEAS Thailand) and Dian Septi Trisnanti (House of Representatives Legislative Candidate from the Indonesian Labor Party) moderated by Amalinda Savirani (DPP UGM Lecturer). This activity discusses the Move Forward Party which has succeeded in winning the election in 2023 and a comparison with the Indonesian Labor Party, both of which are called progressive parties. read more

Yogyakarta, June 13th 2023─The Papua Task Force of UGM, FISIPOL UGM, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia held activities to sign a cooperation agreement between the Center for Special Issues Policy Strategy and Data Analysis of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Indonesia and FISIPOL UGM, and held a focus group discussion (FGD) event with the theme “60 Years of Integration: Examining Back to the Development Approach for Peace in Papua” on Thursday (13/6). The event that was held in the Dean’s Meeting Room at the BB Building on the 2nd Floor of FISIPOL UGM, aims to discuss current issues regarding the development approach in Papua which has been carried out by the government for a long time in an effort to deal with conflicts in Papua. read more

Yogyakarta, June 5th 2023 – For some people, owning a house is a difficult thing. The economic condition shows that the growth of the property sector continues, while the younger generation, specifically millennials, is stuck with fluctuating income and economic uncertainties. The research results from Unitrend in the Department of Public Policy Management (DMKP) FISIPOL UGM showed how millennials perceive the property industry through a press release of the National Survey Result titled “Building An Inclusive and Sustainable Future of Property” through a Zoom Meeting on Tuesday (05/06). The press release invited several speakers: Ignatius Ardhana Reswara, S.IP (Manager of UniTrend), Asta Ivo BS. Meliala (Project Director of Perum Perumnas), Dr. Erda Rindrasih (Lecturer in the Department of Public Policy Management), Ratna Indriyani (General Director of Infrastructure and Housing Funding PUPR). read more