Yogyakarta, August 26th 2024─Faculty of Social and Political Sciences UGM reopened the Essential Skills program: Intensive Writing and Speaking Classes Batch IV. This program offers assistance to develop students’ abilities in argumentative writing and academic presentation. It is hoped that this program can improve the skills and confidence of undergraduate students of Fisipol UGM in improving, conveying, and discussing their ideas in English. 

This program is a collaboration between Fisipol UGM and the School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne. This collaboration program was first implemented in April 2023. Since the first batch was opened, this program routinely opens a new batch every semester until now entering the 4th batch. The 4th batch will start in the second week of September and finish in early November 2024. read more

Yogyakarta, August, 26th 2024─The Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada presented a guest lecture with the theme “Failure in Social Life: Perspectives From Sociology, Policy Studies, and Critical Urban Theory”. The lecture, which was held online through the zoom platform on Monday (26/08), was the first in a series of lectures that explored the discourse on failure in social science. This lecture presented Adriana Mica, Ph.D from the University of Warsaw and Dr. Muhammad Supraja from Universitas Gadjah Mada. read more

Yogyakarta, 26 August 2024–Universities and educational institutions have an essential and strategic role in safeguarding democracy in Indonesia. This cannot be separated from the function of universities to educate the nation’s children. The Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada (Fisipol UGM), which also plays a role in this matter, upholds the principles and values ​​of democracy and is committed to pushing democracy towards a better direction. As a manifestation of this commitment, Fisipol UGM facilitated the Bocor Alus Politik Goes to Campus activity with the title “Balking the Constitution for Democracy”, which was held on Monday (26/8) at the Mandiri Auditorium of the Fisipol UGM. read more

Yogyakarta, 19 August 2024─In line with the agenda for reducing the climate crisis and sustainable development, the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Gadjah Mada University (UGM), in collaboration with Chakra Giri Energi Indonesia (CGEI) and the Faculty of Forestry UGM launched a Forest Carbon Literacy Course. This course, along with a panel discussion entitled “Synergizing Carbon Sequestration with Social Strategies in Forest Management,” held on Monday (19/08) at the Mandiri Auditorium, 4th Floor, Fisipol UGM, is a beacon of hope. It aims to increase our capacity and understanding of sustainable forest carbon management, to face the challenges of global climate change, and to support the reduction of carbon emissions in Indonesia. read more

Kulon Progo, 17th of August 2024—Students of Fisipol UGM alongside Sarayu Samigaluh, the KKN-PPM Team of the 2nd Period of 2024, carried out group organizing activities and the creation of a management board for MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) in the village of Banjarsari, Samigaluh District, Kulon Progo Regency. This activity is a collaboration between MSME, the local government of the village of Banjarsari, Kulon Progo Regency Department of Trade and Industry (Disdagin), and Sarayu Samigaluh.  read more

Yogyakarta, August 16, 2024─On August 16, 2024, the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada (DIHI FISIPOL UGM) held an event titled “Rumah HI” to welcome new students of the 2024 batch. This event took place in the East Seminar Room of FISIPOL UGM. It aimed to provide important information and equip new students with various topics, including curriculum, anti-plagiarism, communication ethics, anti-sexual violence, and mental health. read more

Yogyakarta, 15 August 2024─The Sansiro Fair was held again to welcome the Gadjah Mada Muda (Gamada) class of 2024. This annual event of the Fisipol Student Council (Dewan Mahasiswa/ Dema) Fisipol, Student Internal Development division involves institutions, organizations, student activity units, and supporting units at the level of the Fisipol.

This year, the Sansiro Fair carries the tagline, “Know Your Sansiro”. As the tagline suggests, this year’s Sansiro Fair is intended for Gamada to learn more about Fisipol. read more

Yogyakarta, 9th of August 2024—The Department of Politics and Government of Fisipol UGM, through the Collaborative Hub for Politics and Policy on Sustainability (CoPPS), have organized the first Bulaksumur Roundtable Forum with the title of “Managing the Dilemma of Decentralization and Sustainability” on Friday (9/8) at UGM’s Balai Senat. This forum will feature academics, government officials, as well as business actors to dialogue on discussing both the issues of sustainability and evaluating the practices of local autonomies and local politics. Furthermore, this forum is also expected to be able to produce policy recommendations and strategic steps on promoting a new direction for further decentralization, which  will have more emphasis on multi sector collaboration. read more

Yogyakarta, 7th of August 2024—The government of Indonesia is currently facing a dilemma regarding the issue of both the environment and the economy. Before, attempts made by the government to solve these problems often backfired and contradicted each other. On one hand, the government has committed to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, which of course is one of the main causes of climate change. This move by the government is directly based on Indonesia’s Enhanced Nationally Determined Contribution (ENDC). On the other hand, the Indonesian government is also committed to increase economic growth, so that it does not fall into the middle income trap. read more

Yogyakarta, August 7, 2024─The Department of Communication Sciences (DIKOM) Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIPOL) Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) held a friendly event for new students entitled “New Student Friendly Event and Curriculum Presentation” on Wednesday (7/8). This event took place at Seminar Timur Room and marked the start of the Odd Semester lectures of the 2024/2025 Academic Year.

In addition to having the main objective of providing important information and understanding related to the curriculum that will be taken by new students, this event also functions as a forum for new students to interact and get to know lecturers, education staff, and fellow students. In addition, this interaction is very important in building a supportive academic environment, which is in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to quality education and education in the context of developing countries. read more