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

Yogyakarta, February 28th 2022─Gadjah Mada University’s Director of Students set a list of winners of the most outstanding students awards (Pilmapres) in UGM’s faculty level on 2022 this Friday (18/2). After going through an online selection process which was held from 12-13th February 2022, the winner of the award was declared fit to join the next stage which is the Pilmapres at the university level.

Ismada Firdaus Mandala Putra, a batch 2019 student from the Sociology Department, came first place in the faculty of social and political science. Ismada said that he had won fourth place in the 2020 Pilmapres but was interested to try again in this year’s Pilmapres. According to him, as a third-year student, Pilmapres 2022 is the last opportunity that he can take and it is very rare that the most outstanding student comes from the Sociology department. read more

In this discussion, Rimun focuses on discussing equitable development in the case of infrastructure development—chosen because of its tangible form, occupying space and time aspects so that it is closely related to social and environmental issues, and touches many aspects of the element of justice. Based on Rimun’s experience and observations, justice is indeed easy to write and formulate. Unfortunately, justice is also not easy to implement, realize, coordinate and fight for. To clarify this point and its context with infrastructure development, Rimun gave several examples of cases, such as the case of Tuban, Merpati Beach, and Wadas. read more

Prof. Dr. Suharko opened his speech by talking about the Covid-19 pandemic condition that has created a condition of worry and uncertainty in our society. Therefore, an analysis of risks in sociology studies needs to be developed, considering that the physical, spatial, and social environment changes rapidly in the Anthropocene era. “In the era of advanced modernization, the production of wealth is systematically accompanied by the production of risks. The problems and conflicts that arise from the unequal production of wealth then intersect with problems that come from the production, definition, and risk distribution created techno-scientifically. This is what we call a society of risk, which refers to an era where risk-aware thinking is the dominant way of thinking in confronting urgent and potential problems.” said Prof. Suharko in his speech.  read more

Yogyakarta, February 16th 2022─Fisipol Crisis Center (FCC) Fisipol UGM held a webinar titled “When Dating Turns Violent: Notice the Red Flags and What to Do” on Wednesday (16/2). The event held through Zoom Meeting invited Putri Khatulistiwa, a Community of Practice Officer of Siklus Indonesia as the speaker.

In her discussion, Putri talked about how to create a healthy relationship, also widely known as a relationship goal. According to her, even though there’s always the good and the bad in a relationship, if things are starting to go out of line, we need to start paying attention to the relationship’s red flags so we don’t get stuck in a toxic relationship. read more

Two students from the Department of Communication Studies Gadjah Mada University won first and second place in the “Gen-Z Innovator Search Program” competition last December. This competition is a business innovation idea event held by Isobar (one of Dentsu Indonesia’s group) with Ajinomoto Indonesia. The first place was won by the GeneratiOne team with Reinaldo Albert Koerniadi, Luthfiana Nur Rofifah, Felicia Vaniadiva, and Dimas Satriawan Lambang W as the members. Meanwhile, the second place was held by the THR3 team with  Farah Fattatin Fauziah, Ratna Kusuma Dewi, Aisya Irdo Anwar, and Reksan Ridho Julviaji as the members. All of the students from both teams are from the Department of Communication Studies Gadjah Mada University batch 2019. read more

Yogyakarta, February 7th 2022─Fisipol UGM’s Center for Digital Society is back with the 26th OPOSIT with the title “Is the Digital Space Safe from Sexual Violence?” on Monday (7/2). The event that was held through @cfds_ugm’s Instagram Live invited Duke from University of Indonesia Criminology and Puke from University of Indonesia Sexuality and Gender Study Center.  

Sexual violence is a term which belongs to a bigger concept which is the Online Gender-based Violence. Contained in the Online Gender-Based Violence term is the privacy violation, surveillance, defamation of reputation or credibility, violation which can be complemented by online violation, direct violence and threat, as well as targeted attack towards certain communities.  read more