Yogyakarta, March 17th 2022─Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (Fisipol) Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), the Alumni Family of Fisipol UGM  (Kafispolgama), and Institute of International Studies (IIS) of the Department of International Relations (HI) Fisipol UGM held a seminar “Recover Together, Recover Stronger: G20 and the Indonesian Strategic Agenda” at the Senate Hall of UGM.The opening seminar of the series of events entitled “G20 Indonesian Presidency: Leadership for a Just and Sustainable World Order” was officially opened by the Rector of UGM, Professor Panut Mulyono. In his speech, Prof. Panut hopes that this series of activities, which will be held from March 10 to September 19, 2022, can provide space for comprehensive studies and discussions about Indonesia’s leadership at the G20 of 2022. The Dean of Fisipol UGM, Wawan Mas’udi, and the Deputy General Chair of the Kafispolgama Partnership, Danang Girindrawardana, also gave remarks at this hybrid event.  Wawan said that the output of this series of events consisted of policy papers, policy briefs, and a complete compilation book related to the presidency of the G20 Indonesia. read more

Yogyakarta, March 16th 2022─This year, Indonesia is participating in the G20 forum with the slogan “Recover Together, Recover Stronger”. In order to enrich G20’s strategic agenda, the Faculty of Social and Political Science of Gadjah Mada University held a couple of seminars. Titled “Indonesia’s G20 Presidency: Leadership towards a Just and Sustainable Global Order”, the event started on March 10th and will continue until September 19th, 2022. The press conference attended by Wawan Masudi, Luqman Hakim, and a couple of media partners opened the event last Wednesday (16/3). read more

Yogyakarta, March 11th 2022─Fisipol Crisis Center (FCC) in collaboration with KAFISPOLGAMA held an online webinar with the title “Going Beyond Women in The So ‘Called’ Men’s Working Field” in commemoration of International Women’s Day. On this occasion, the speakers of the webinar were attended by Amalia S. Prabowo and Sri Astutik. Both are women who work in fields that are dominated by men, namely as Manager Director of Export Hub Ecosystem and Member of PK4L Center of UGM.

Starting the discussion session, the starter question was guided by Marwa, a lecturer of the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, UGM. In line with the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day, ‘Break the Bias’, the questions were raised discussing the dynamics of the two speakers at work. read more

Yogyakarta, March 10th 2022─Professor Ana Nadhya Abrar, a professor from the Department of Communication Studies (Dikom), Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (Fisipol), Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) was inaugurated as Professor of Journalism at the Senate Hall of UGM.

In the inauguration event, which was held offline and online, Prof. Abrar delivered a speech entitled “Drawing the Boundaries of Journalism in Biographical Writing”. Prof. Abrar describes four limits that form the technical basis of journalism in writing biographies. First, the right limit of journalism is the prioritization of human values. Second, the left limit of journalism is shaping narrative tastes. Third, the upper limit of journalism is to increase the intellectuality of the audience. Finally, the lower limit, namely utilizing investigative journalism. read more

Information on the Admissions Schedule for the Postgraduate Odd Semester Program for the 2022/2023 academic year, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada can be accessed via the following page Admissions Schedule Postgraduate Program 2022/2023

Information on the Blended Learning of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Universitas Gadjah Mada for the 2021/2022 academic year can be accessed through the following page, Socialization of the Blended Learning

Yogyakarta, March 8th 2022─The UGM Update Series that is routinely held by UGM Yogyakarta is back with the Postgraduate Talk series that talked about three favorite magisters in the social humanities cluster. One of the magisters is the Communication Studies Magister from the Faculty of Social and Political Science. In this session, Drs. I Gusti Ngurah Putra, M.A. as the Secretary of Communication Studies was chosen as the speaker. According to him, the communication studies department is still relatively young. However, it has been able to launch graduates who now work in multiple sectors, starting from the corporate sectors, to communication manager, organizations, and media. read more

“Teamwork means that there is an individual’s ability to cooperate well in achieving common goals and that its members are able to participate with the characteristics of having a purpose, trusting each other, supporting and being responsible for the task,” Sholeh explained.

In addition to mentioning teamwork issues, Sholeh also explained his explanation regarding leadership. This concept becomes important in seeing that leadership is the ability of an individual to influence and guide other members. In addition, Sholeh also mentioned several leadership skills that at least a prospective leader must possess, namely the ability to communicate, be creative, be able to motivate, delegate, provide feedback, and be responsible. read more

Yogyakarta, March 2nd 2022─The Department of Politics and Government (DPP) Fisipol UGM collaborated with Citizen Engagement, Transparency & Transnational Natural Resource Governance (CitRes) to hold a public lecture with the title “The Politics of Energy Transition and the Ukrainian Crisis”. The speakers, which consisted of lecturers from DPP Fisipol UGM and researchers from CItRes, talked about the political side of the EU’s effort in transitioning their energy which affects the EU’s stance towards Russia’s invasion in Ukraine that started last February until now. Nanang Indra Kurniawan, a DPP lecturer, explained that the effort to lower carbon emission under the Net Zero 2050 vision means that the EU needs gas supplies from Russia and Norway to fulfill their energy needs. Both of those countries play an important role in sustaining the EU’s energy transition. On the other hand, EU citizens’ energy consumption also increased during the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, even though renewable energy is already developed in Europe, that energy is still unable to sustain the energy consumption needs in the region. read more

Russian President, Vladimir Putin, views the expansion of membership as a signal of the ‘betrayal’ of the countries that won the Cold War against Russia, which does not want the expansion of NATO post-Cold War.

“Currently, NATO’s actions to expand its membership to the east threatens Ukraine’s position as the ‘last fortress’ for Russia. If Ukraine joins NATO, the borders between Russia and NATO will coincide,” Muhadi explained.

Muhadi suspects that Russia is currently experiencing anxiety over the prospect of losing buffer zones that can support its security, especially Ukraine. Today, Russia is demanding something that has long been ‘on its claim’. “The Ukraine issue has even become a ‘life and death’ for Russia’s security and geopolitics. And in desperation, it is feared that Russia could make nuclear weapons an option, whether forced or not.” Muhadi said. read more