Korps Mahasiswa Politik Pemerintahan (KOMAP) Fisipol UGM held a class on 29 March 2021 about Research and Big Data titled “Big Data Research Planning”. KOMAP invited a Polgov researcher, Wegik Prasetyo, as the speaker and the event was moderated by Bara, a university student of the Governmental Politics department batch 2020. This class was held online through the zoom platform, and was attended by around 45 people.Technological development brings many changes in people’s lives, which includes the research and education sector. Lured by it’s efficiency, the research world follows the trend of using technology to make research easier. Technological changes also affect the accessibility of society’s data which creates a big heap of data called Big Data. The existence of Big Data is often used in the research world through the Big Data Analysis method.

As a social and political science student, concentration in research also refers to various social political phenomena. In this case, the existence of big data can be used as a tool to conduct research. However, in many occasions, every research can be approached with the big data analysis method. 

To start the research, it is imperative to find some research ideas. In this case, there are two ways to land on an idea; by finding the theoretical gap or through phenomenon. If using the phenomena method, a researcher must be more sensitive to the social political phenomena around them. This method leads to the bottom-up model where a researcher starts looking for ideas by seeing the phenomena around them, and then followed by finding the adequate theory. Meanwhile, for the theoretical gap method, researchers see a certain theory and see it in a top-down manner by finding a phenomena that is adequate with the existing theory. However, both methods still need a researcher’s sensitivity towards social political phenomena, which can be trained by reading and understanding a lot of academic journals. read more

Yogyakarta, March 26th 2021 – The Department of Social Development and Welfare of FISIPOL UGM held a launching of Journal of Social Development Studies on Friday (26/3). This launching event was done on Zoom and could be watched on the YouTube channel ‘PSdK FISIPOL UGM’. As a symbol of this launching, there was a cutting the tumpeng event that was done by Dr. Krisdyatmiko, S.Sos., M.Si., the Head of the Department of Social Development and Welfare. The journal launching was moderated by Kafa Abdallah Kafaa, S.Sos., M.A., an editor of JSDS and a lecturer of the Department of Social Development and Welfare. In this event there was also a discussion and Q&A session with the writers of the journal. read more

=&0=&Social Development Talk (SoDeT) held a discussion titled as Transformation’s Road Map and Digital Inclusion in Indonesia on Thursday (18/3). SoDeT, which is part of the Department of Social Development and Welfare of FISIPOL (PSdK FISIPOL), held a discussion on Zoom. This discussion presented Dr. Dedy Permadi, the lecturer of the Department of International Relations of FISIPOL UGM and Special Staff of the Digital  and Human Resources Department of the Ministry of Communication and Information as the speakers. The moderator in this discussion was Zita Wahyu Larasati, S.Sos., M.A., the lecturer of PSdK FISIPOL UGM.The discussion was opened by an opening speech from Dr. Krisdyatmiko, S.Sos., M.Si., the Head of the Department of Social Development and Welfare of FISIPOL UGM. In his opening speech, Krisdyatmiko explained about SoDeT and introduced the Digital Inclusion course that recently launched. Krisdyatmiko hoped this discussion could talk about the government’s policy that focused on the digital issues in Indonesia.

Dedy explained, currently, the Indonesian government is preparing an agenda for the Acceleration of National Digital Transformation, which encourages the principle of inclusiveness in it. In his presentation, Dedy showed that there are four priority sectors that are being pushed by the government. Four of them are the internet’s infrastructures, policy of technology development, the development of human resources or digital talents, and acceleration of primary legislation and international cooperation. read more

Yogyakarta, 8 March 2021 —In order to highlight the challenge and creative subject strategy in handling the COVID-19 Pandemic, The Youth Studies Center or YouSure FISIPOL UGM held a collaborative research between scholars and creative workers. The result of the research in collaboration with the Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne is turned into an art festival called “Festival 8×3: Commotion in a Quiet Room”. Through the Zoom Meeting platform that is also live streamed through FISIPOL UGM’s Youtube channel, the opening of this online art festival invited Dr. Oki Rahadianto Sutopo, Gregorius Ragil Wibawanto M.A., and Dr. Novi Kurnia as the researcher from YouSure FISIPOL UGM. There are also researchers from the University of Melbourne; Dr. Annisa R. Beta and Dr. Ariane Utomo. 

Before seeing the video about the result of the research, the moderator invited the researchers to talk first about the motivation behind the research. The moderators also asked what are the hopes of the researcher in conducting this collaborative research. Novi said that the idea to create a collaborative research came from the awareness that every job is affected by the pandemic. From that point, a feeling of solidarity and empathy to collaborate and create a research on the strategy of creative workers in Yogyakarta in facing the COVID-19 pandemic challenges was born. Oki as one of the researcher hoped that these kinds of collaborative research between scholars and creative workers in facing the covid-19 pandemic can be continued in the future in the form of a more productive collaboration. read more

=&0=&Still in the context of preparing for the closer Student Creativity Program or PKM, the Student Research and Creation Corner (SRCC) held another PKM Review and PIMNAS Winner Sharing. However, this time they discussed the PKM Humaniora or commonly known as PKM-PSH.With the concept of a casual chat between participants and the speakers, the event, which was held through the Google Meet platform, presented Maulida Afifatu Tsalitsi, Nurul Qomariyah, and M. Riza Nur Pratama, to share about the experiences they had during the PKM to PIMNAS process.

Maulida–familiarly called as Ifa–shared her experience from the beginning of organizing the proposal and reports, monitoring and evaluation, reports collection, to the preparation and the D-Day of PIMNAS. Ifa told the participants about the obstacles that she faced during those processes, starting from the tight deadline of the file collection, going through many revisions in the preparation of proposals and reports, to the conflicts with her team members.

Ifa said that teamwork is a hard thing, especially with the different activities of each member. She also admitted that during PKM preparation, especially in the normal condition (offline study), the academic process was left behind. But, Ifa emphasized that competition–including PKM and PIMNAS–can not be the reason for us to be lazy in studying. The students must actively catch up on the course materials on their own, one way is through asking friends. read more

Yogyakarta, February 3rd 2021—Fisipol Crisis Center (FCC), one of FISIPOL UGM’s service related to the handling and prevention of sexual assault on campus was released last Wednesday (3/2). The unit was made to create a safe university environment from any form of sexual assault. The FCC launch titled “Creating a safe space from sexual assault in FISIPOL UGM” invited Mustaghfiroh Rahayu, M.A as the Adhoc FCC team who is also a lecturer from the Sociology Department of UGM, as well as Budi Wulandari who ia a psychology counselor in Women Crisis Center Rifka Annisa. The event was held through Zoom Meeting and was broadcasted through FISIPOL UGM Youtube channel. read more

Yogyakarta, January 29th 2020 – In order to support the advancement of Indonesia’s young digital talents, the Faculty of Social and Political Science of UGM collaborated with Center for Digital Society (CfDS) and Forbil Institute proudly held a series of Digital Intelligence Lectures 2020/2021 with 1,800 participants. This program was aimed for all of the college students and general public that have an interest to work and create innovation in a disruptive era. This digital lecture series existed as an initiate from the Minister of State Secretariat, Prof. Pratikno; the Dean of FISIPOL UGM, Prof. Erwan Agus Purwanto; and Dr. Dedy Permadi as the Spokesman of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. With full support from the Ministry of State Secretariat, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, and Ministry of State Owned Enterprises, this course was designed to give an understanding about the digital world to the students and to encourage critical skills in solving social problems. read more

Yogyakarta, January 28 2021 – On Tuesday (26/1) the Library of FISIPOL UGM officially launched the Kubuku application in the Digital Library (DIGILIB) of FISIPOL UGM. This application’s online launching was done together with the discussion and book review UNI EROPA Institusi, Politik, dan Kebijakan and cooperated with Komunitas Indonesia untuk Kajian Eropa (KIKE). Media Fisipol had a chance to interview Yuli Hesti Wahyuningsih, S.IP., as the Coordinator of the Library of FISIPOL about the application that is available in DIGILIB. read more

Yogyakarta, January 28th 2021 – The busy ones become quiet, the noisy ones become quiet, the fast ones become so slow. A pandemic may force us to stay at home. But apparently it can’t stop us from working, studying, hoping and doing many other good things. Needs that must be met, problems that must be resolved, time that continues to pass, and a universe that continues to work are unavoidable realities. The same is felt by Ibnu Andy Wicaksana, a student of the Department of Politics and Government who recently won a championship in the Online Distancing Model United Nation Competition (ODMUN) 2.0. He feels that the pandemic period provides lessons about adjustment. This student who is familiarly called Andy said that the pandemic had a lot of influence on MUN, so that activities were transferred online. However, the unpredictable condition of the pandemic has forced Andy to adapt. “Because the substance of MUN is still the same, online or offline is just a platform,” he explained. This student who is also entrusted as President of the UGM MUN Community has just won 3rd place in the ODMUN 2.0. In his statement, the competition was one of the pioneers of online MUN in Indonesia which was also recognized by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres.With the theme ‘Preserve Liberty, Advance Prosperity’ Andy took a topic that became the main subject of the council’s historical crisis, the Afghan Soviet War in 1980. There was both a burden and an advantage to Andy on this topic. On the one hand, the topics he took on made him the center of discussion. However, on the other hand, it also made him dominant. During the competition process, Andy admitted that he enjoyed it because he could meet many people. “Because it was fun from the start to debate and negotiate, so the award was just a personal bonus for me,” he said.Not only Andy, but Fernando Galang Rahmadana, a final year student at the Department of Sociology of UGM, also managed to close the 2020 perfectly. He won 1st place in the Nature Conservation Jamboree Essay Competition which was held by Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park (TNBTS). Based on the theme, “The Interaction between Humans and the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park Area”, Nando sent an essay entitled “Young People as Indigenous People of Social Media in the Development of the TNBTS Area”. According to him, the title was a form of simplification of digital native theory which was also conveyed by the committee during the briefing. This is because the organizing committee hopes that the work written by the participants does not need to use complicated language so that it can be understood by the public in general. “The message is kind of a real slap for me as an academic, why should we write in complicated language if there is no meaning for the benefit of society,” Nando said. read more

=&0=&—Fisipol UGM Library held a discussion and book review event titled “European Union Institution, Politics, and Policy” on Thursday (26/Jan). This event also includes the Kubuku application launch in the Digital Library (DIGILIB) Fisipol UGM. The discussion and book review invited three speakers Hafid Adim Pradana, M.A., from Malang Muhammadiyah University; Paramitaningrum, Ph.D., Bina Nusantara University; and Ningrum Ambarsari, S. Sos., MBA., Prof. Dr. Moestopo University. This discussion also invited Muhadi Sugiono, M.A., the book editor as a speaker and Firstyarinda Valentina Indrawati, S. Sos., M.Si., from Brawijaya University as a moderator.The event was held online through Zoom and the committee distributed ten free books for attendees. The discussion was opened with an opening speech from Dr. Poppy Sulistyaning Winanti, M.P.P, M.Sc. as a Vice Dean of Cooperation, Alumni, and Research FISIPOL UGM. In her speech, Poppy said that DIGILIB FISIPOL is a testimony of Fisipol commitment to develop education through the use of technology. One of them is through creating an online discussion. “This morning’s activity is also a way for DIGILIB Fisipol not only to provide information but also to be a virtual discussion forum,” said the International Relations lecturer. Muhadi as the book editor talked about the long process they went through until the book was published. At first  he said that the main idea of the book is a textbook that can be introduced for Indonesia university students who are interested in European Union. He said that the drive to create the book is stronger as the European Union delve deeper into many crises. “These crises are added by the severity of Brexit, which creates a sceptical view towards the EU, or people seeing that Europe is a failure,” Muhadi said.

The discussion was then followed by comments from three other speakers about the different parts of the book that consist of fourteen chapters. Hafid commented on the first chapter which is about the history of the development of European Union and the second chapter about the institutions in European Union. Different from Hafid, Ningrum talked about politics and the political process in the EU. There are four different points that Ningrum talked about which are coordination and coherence, Europeanization, democracy and representation, as well as interest groups and lobbying in the EU. read more