Yogyakarta, 27 Agustus 2022—Agustinus Allan Porajow, a student in the Department of Politics and Government of Fisipol UGM, has many achievements in the business plan and innovation area. The title of the best speaker and best team was given to Allan and his team in the business plan and studentpreneur competition held by CIMB Semarang Bank, UGM’s Faculty of Economics and Business, and the Tanoto Foundation.

The business program plan by Allan and team is focused on social business and sustainable education. In the WeAble-Sustainable Work for All IDEAS Indonesia Studentpreneur 2022 event, he managed to create a startup that teaches and gives skill certification for disable people, especially people who are deaf. “Being deaf is actually not a weakness, but a different culture of communication. The difference is that we talk with voices, while they communicate with sign languages,” Allan said. He said that the competitions he joined have given him a lot of lessons and perspective to better himself. read more

Yogyakarta, August 24th 2022 – The Forbiling Institute with the Institute of Governance and Public Affairs (IGPA) or Fisipol UGM Masters Program launched a documentary titled “Pandai Me 2: Learning Loss” which premiered on August 19th, 2022. The movie talks about the impact of remote learning done throughout the pandemic.

By digging deeper into the anxiety of learning during the pandemic, this movie was able to show the portrait of learning loss or the hurdles of learning that causes several students to miss out on crucial learning experiences which causes them to lose academic progress. The plot in the movie focuses on the struggles of final year students in determining their choice in the future; whether they should continue with their studies or they should work. Dimas, a senior in high school, has a dream of studying architecture at UGM and he is willing to do anything to realize his dreams. He and his three friends – Anto, Dani, and Rio — promise to work hard together through the SBMPTN route. However, their hard work is met with challenges that cause a crack in their friendship. read more

Yogyakarta, August 24th 2022─FISIPOL UGM Center for Digital Society (CfDS) withFisipol UGM Master of Communication Studies as well as PR2Media collaborated in the National Research of Digital Fraud in Indonesia: Mode, Medium, and Recommendation. The research was supported by Whatsapp Indonesia and resulted in a research finding book which was launched in the webinar event held online on Wednesday (24/8).

The webinar was attended by the Dean of Fisipol UGM, Wawan Mas’udi, and plenty of other speakers; Novi Kurnia as the head of the research team, Junico BP Siahaan, Aju Widyasari, Rofi Uddarojat, Nico Siahaan, EDD who is the victim of online fraud, and Engelbertus Wendratama as a researcher in PR2Media and the moderator of the talk show.  read more

Yogyakarta, August 22nd 2022—The Department of Politics and Government of UGM Faculty of Social and Political Science (DPP FISIPOL UGM) held a public discussion on Monday (22/8). The public discussion was titled “The Two Sides of Diversity in School: Reflections on Tolerance and the Perception of Harmony Amongst Educators in Indonesia” which was created to disseminate the findings of the research made by DPP Fisipol UGM and KU Leuven. The three researchers that presented their findings were Sari Oktafiana, Ph. D Candidate at Centre for Research on Peace and Development (CRPD) KU Leuven; Anton Abdul, Candidate at CRPD KU Leuven; and Asep Mulyana, Doctoral Candidate in DPP UGM Political Science. read more

Yogyakarta, August 20th 2022—SOPREMA on its seventh anniversary held a webinar titled: “SOPREMA Talk #1: Talking About Social Problems as a Young Sociepreneur Strategy of Innovation” on Sunday (20/8). This event was held through a hybrid scheme in Fisipol UGM’s Auditorium Room and was live streamed through Fisipol UGM’s Youtube account. 

In SOPREMA Talk #1, the speakers invited were inspirational and experienced such as Janu Muhammad (Founder & CEO of Sayur Sleman) and Fano Alfian (Co-Founder of Ailesh Power). The event’s moderator was David Regiasmara (Youth Studies Centre Fisipol UGM). read more

Yogyakarta, 19th August 2022─The euphoria of welcoming the new students doesn’t just stop at the orientation period. Pekan Kebersamaan (lit. Togetherness Week) event, which will be held from 15-19 August 2022, is a place for the Fisipol Student Activity Unit (UKMF) and the Departmental Student Association (HMD) to introduce their organization to new students.

Pekan Kebersamaan is one of the programs of the Student Internal Development Division (PIM) of Dema Fisipol UGM. This program collaborates with the Student Resource Development Division (PSDM) and the Student Council (MM) Fisipol. This Week of Togetherness was attended by various UKMF and HMD who also enlivened the event through booths held at Sansiro Park. “The emergence of more UKMF from time to time proves that the creativity of Fisipol students is growing,” said the Dean of Fisipol UGM, Dr. Wawan Mas’udi, S.IP., M.P.A who was met at one of the UKMF booths. In addition to being a promotional event for UKMF and HMD, the Student Council (Dema) as the organizer of the Pekan Kebersamaan also held a live show to introduce DEMA division programs, such as advocacy, scientific, and sign language classes. read more

Yogyakarta, August 18th 2022─The Center for Digital Society (CfDS) of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences UGM again for the 52nd times held the Digitalk series with the title “Wise with Digital Finance: Discussion on Financial Products in the Middle of the Digital Era” on Thursday (18/8). This Digitalk series presents several resource persons who are experts in the field of digital finance, such as Rizki Amelia, Digital Literacy Coordinator of the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) RI; Risa Fajarwati, Head of Sub Division of Licensing, Information and Documentation of the OJK D.I. Office. Yogyakarta; Tomy H. Wibowo, Senior Pastor of New Generation GBI Yogyakarta; and Amelinda Pandu K., CfDS UGM Researcher. The Digitalk series in collaboration with the RI Kominfo focuses on discussing digital financial management. read more

Yogyakarta, August 16th 2022—The Faculty of Social and Political Science (Fisipol) of Gadjah Mada University held a book review of “G20 in the Midst of the Big Change: Indonesia’s Global Leadership Momentum?” on Tuesday (16/8). This book review was held with two speakers; H.E. Muhsin Syihab, the Expert Staff of Inter-Agency Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia; and Scenaider CH Siahaan, the Chair of G20 Development Working Group in the Deputy for Development Funding at the Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas. The moderator for the event was Zita Larasati, a lecturer in the Department of Social Development and Welfare Fisipol UGM. The book review event was opened with an opening speech from UGM press and UGM’s rector Prof. dr. Ova Emilia, M.Med., Ed., Sp.OG (K), Ph.D.  read more

Yogyakarta, August 10th 2022—To respond to the need of an inclusive and flexible learning management system that can reach many people, the Faculty of Social and Political Science (FISIPOL) UGM launched a Learning Management System (LMS) called FOCUS UGM (Fisipol Online Campus) on Wednesday (10/8). The LMS launch was done alongside a talk show titled “Transformation of Higher Education” which was opened with a speech from the Dean of FISIPOL UGM, Dr. Wawan Mas’udi and followed by the Minister of State Secretariat Prof. Dr. Pratikno, M.Soc.Sc as well as the Minister of State Owned Business H. Erick Thohir, B.A., M.B.A.. read more

Yogyakarta, August 6th 2022–Thirty Fisipol UGM students successfully became awardees in the Indonesian International Student Mobility Award (IISMA) held by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbudristek). The awardees will go through one semester abroad in the university of their choice. Monash University, located in Australia, is the choice of the two awardees from Fisipol UGM, Arun Panrita Arifin and Gisela Lidya Arthauli.

Arun said that being a part of an exchange program has been her dream since middle school, especially when it is held in Australia. “I also love the courses offered there,” Arun said. According to her, the courses offered at the university need to be taken into consideration because those are the courses that we will study once we get into the program. read more