Yogyakarta, July 3rd 2024─The Department of International Relations, Gadjah Mada University (DIHI UGM) is developing international exposure opportunities for master’s (S-2) students through a double degree program with the University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Italy. The formal initiation of this collaboration was marked by the process of signing an agreement by the Dean of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Gadjah Mada University, Dr. Wawan Mas’udi, and Chancellor of the University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Prof. Roberto Tottoli on Wednesday (3/7) at 10.00 WIB in the Meeting Room of the Dean of Fisipol UGM. read more

At the Second Commission of the House of Representatives, the students were given an overview of the legislative processes and the role of the commission in creating national policies. The discussion was focused towards the importance of accountable institutions in ensuring good governance. The students were given a chance to ask questions and get insights on the challenges and opportunities that are faced by state legislators. Meanwhile, the visit to the Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency gave a much comprehensive understanding of national development and its planning. This session also highlighted the importance of Sustainable Development Goals in creating long term development strategies for Indonesia. The students learnt about the various programmes and its initiatives that are aimed at accomplishing those objectives, which includes capacity building and education.  read more

Yogyakarta, July 2nd 2024─Indonesia’s democratic transition has received global attention for its success in promoting constitutional change without national disintegration. However, over time, the democratic tools that were originally running in accordance with the corridors of the constitution began to face major challenges. The People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) as an institution that has produced fundamental changes to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia (UUD NRI 1945) tries to move to overcome this. The Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIPOL) of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) as one of the academic actors fully supports this effort by organizing a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) on Tuesday (2/7), at the Merapi Room of Kimaya Hotel. read more

Yogyakarta, July 2nd 2024─Leadership training for State Civil Apparatus is essential in anticipating and facing increasingly complex future challenges. While shifting world issues and rapid demographic growth, ASN must have strong leadership and analytical skills to understand and respond effectively to emerging problems. In response to this, the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIPOL) UGM together with Lembaga Administrasi Negara Republik Indonesia (LAN RI) held Anticipatory Leadership Training on Tuesday (2/7) in Room BA 201 FISIPOL UGM. This training is part of the Benchmarking National Leadership Training for ASN Level I Batch 60. read more

“Finally, from there, we provided 20 laptops,” said Ika Wulandari Widyaningrum, M.B.A., as Coordinator of Academic and Student Affairs.

Initially, the GPL Program was only targeted to reach the students who were undertaking their final assignments. However, the success of this program, which was initially set as a temporary one, has become the attraction of FISIPOL UGM and the reason to continue implementing the GPL program to this day. This program is also a good implementation of the 4th point of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), namely Quality Education. read more

Yogyakarta, 27th June 2024─The Global Engagement Office (GEO) and the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIPOL), Universitas Gadjah Mada, in collaboration with the Institute of International Studies, Department of International Relations, Universitas Gadjah Mada (IIS UGM), hosted a discussion with the Asia New Zealand Foundation. The discussion was held in the Dean’s courtroom, 2nd floor of the BB building, FISIPOL, and included several series of activities in a hybrid scheme. It aimed to talk about the main theme of Contesting Loss for Indonesia Communities in Climate-Crisis.  read more

Yogyakarta, 27th of June 2024─The Department of Politics and Governance (PolGov) of UGM has worked together with UGM’s Unit of Research, Community Service and Publication (UP3M) in organizing a workshop with the topic of “Anti-Colonial Methodologies in Environmental Studies: An Intersectional Ecofeminist Perspective.” This topic in particular was chosen in order to dive deep into environmental studies by using the combinations of two perspectives, mainly anti-colonial and ecofeminist. This workshop was held offline in the  Fisipol Auditorium, 4th floor of the Fisipol UGM building and online through a livestream from the YouTube channel of UGM’s Department of Politics and Governance on Thursday (27/06). The event’s presenters include source person Dr. Elena Burgos Martinez, an Assistant Professor at Leiden University Institute for Arena Studies, and facilitator Hasrul Hanif, as Lecturer from the Department of Politics and Governance.  read more

Yogyakarta, June 25th 2024─The commitment of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of Universitas Gadjah Mada (FISIPOL UGM) continues to be proven by various efforts to support the Tridharma of Higher Education. One of them is by establishing partnerships with various world-leading universities, specifically in the aspects of quality education, research, and community service.

Facilitated by the Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan (LPDP), FISIPOL UGM takes part in the Double Degree/Joint Degree Program for Masters and Doctoral levels, in collaboration with several partner universities. The existence of this program allows students to obtain two academic glasses at once in one period of study. The academic degree is obtained from FISIPOL UGM together with the partner university. read more

Harlas Buana from the Batam Business Agency (BP Batam) said that the initial cause of the conflict was misinformation. “There is a lot of misinformation as if we are going to carry out a forces takeover, then we improve communication to be more humane, if there is still unrest then that is dynamic,” he said.

On the other hand, WALHI Representative, Even Sembiring, conveyed facts on the ground which showed that there were evictions and repression. He even called the eviction process a systematic crime committed by the state. This is because there has been confiscation of land rights, incomplete outreach, and information, as well as repression both directly by the force of the authorities and indirectly by cutting off various access to community needs. read more

Yogyakarta, June 20th, 2024–To support students during the Final Semester Exam, Fisipol UGM is providing 50 to 150 portions of free breakfast from 20 to 27 June 2024. The Fisipol Free Breakfast agenda is provided, starting at 07.15 WIB at Selasar Timur Fisipol UGM and is available according to the student’s morning exam schedule. The menu varies, from rawon, fried chicken, nasi rames, katsu, and others. Meanwhile, the drink menu includes milk with various flavors. Students are required to make attendance first before taking their breakfast according to the menu available that day. read more