“The Empowerment of Women in Contemporary Indonesia: Progress and Challenges” international conference was held under a cooperation between the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the Indonesia Women Alliance (IWA). This conference was held on 8-9 February 2019, at the 314 Royce Hall, UCLA, and was attended by 16 presenters worldwide that presented their papers regarding gender issues in Indonesia. This conference highlighted the research surrounding socioeconomic changes, religion and politics that have advanced or inhibited women empowerment in Indonesia in the past decades. There were five panels at this conference, which were: read more

Monday, 25 February 2019 – In order to develop the soft skills of the faculty members of Fisipol, Career Development Center (CDC) Fisipol UGM held “Soft skill Mastering Series: IELTS Simulation” on Monday (25/2). This simulation was held due to the high demand and necessity of speaking English, in which often fluency in English is obligatory in order to be accepted to scholarship programs or job vacancies. The event, which took place in Room 204, was held under a cooperation with Realia Language and Culture Center. This event provided various tips and tricks in answering the test questions for the participants. This event was divided into four sessions, which consisted of listening, reading, writing and speaking sessions. read more

“Industry 4.0 is currently creating changes in various sectors in Indonesia, such as the workforce, trade, education, agriculture, financial services, transportation, culinary, health and fundraising activities. Everything is changing because of this digital revolution, and it’s expected to make everything more efficient for the public,” Rudiantara stated.

This digital revolution can be seen in the creation of several digital startups, such as Go-Jek, Kitabisa, Zenius and others. This industry can help the nation to increase economic productivity through the opening of new jobs. read more

Furthermore, CfDS once more was nominated for the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Prize 2019, an annual award held by the International Telecommunication Union, an organization affiliated to the United Nations.

For the WSIS Prize 2019, CfDS was nominated for Multi Approach Digital Literacy Program and Digital Intelligence Lab. In 2018, CfDS received one nomination.

CfDS itself has established a cooperation with the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of Indonesia and SiBerkreasi through the launch of digital literacy series, Netizen Fair and #FIRAL (Digital Literacy Festival). read more

Therefore, on Thursday, February 21, 2019, the FISIPOL Sharing Session was held at the Digilib Cafe Fisipol UGM at 3:30 p.m. On this occasion there were two alumni startup Creative Hub Fisipol batch 1, Ailesh Power and Gifood, and moderator Muhammad Rilo Nugroho, a startup innovator who created the Lomba Mahasiswa startup, which is an information and funding platform for student competitions.

At this event Rilo as a representative of the Talent Creative Hub Fisipol Batch 2 stated that “startups become innovations that play a role in encouraging the progress of the nation, especially through creative ideas and solutions that answer the needs of the community”. Creative Hub as a forum for creative ideas of social entrepreneurship innovators becomes the right tool for Lomba Mahasiswa and other social startups to develop and bring a positive impact on the surrounding environment, and play a role in answering the challenges of the era in the Industrial Revolution 4.0 era. read more

The Tim Kampanye Nasional (TKN) of Joko Widodo and Ma’ruf Amin was represented by Johnny Plate and Satya Widya Yudha. Meanwhile, for the Badan Pemenangan Nasional (BPN) of Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno, Sudirman Said and M. Said Didu attended as representatives. Fisipol UGM has also provided a team of experts, which was consisted of Prof. Ali Agus (Faculty of Animal Science), Dr. Subejo (Faculty of Agriculture), Prof. Eni Harmayani (Faculty of Agricultural Technology), Dr. Deendalianto (Faculty of Engineering) and Dr. Nanang Indra Kurniawan (Faculty of Social and Political Sciences). read more

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, along with Fisipol UGM, held a seminar regarding the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Five competent speakers were present at the seminar on Friday (08/02) in the Auditorium of Fisipol UGM.

The treaty, which was launched on September 2017, is an international legal framework that comprehensively administers regarding the ban of the use, development, production, transfer and acquisition of nuclear weapons. At the moment, 122 states have approved, 1 state have refused and 1 state abstained on this treaty. Most states that have approved this treaty are states that do not possess nuclear weapons. read more

Since December 2018, Indonesia is officially a non-permanent member of the UNSC. This is Indonesia’s fourth term as a non-permanent member of the UNSC, after the 1973-1974, 1995-1996 and 2007-2008 periods. Other states that serve alongside Indonesia today are Belgium and Germany (Western Europe), Dominican Republic (Latin America and the Caribbean) and South Africa (Africa).

In this event, Dr. Riza Noer Arfani, as the Director of IIS, congratulated the ministry for Indonesia’s membership as a non-permanent member of the UNSC. He also stated the need for public support to Indonesian diplomats. read more

“Yogyakarta’s strength lies in its creativity, and this creativity is the driving force of the development of startup companies,” as stated by Arief Hidayat, the Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), on The Asia Entrepreneurship Training Programme on Monday (7/2).

Attended by tens of CEOs of startup companies from all over Indonesia, this event was held under the cooperation between Fisipol Creative Hub and UMG Idealab. Located in the Auditorium at the 4^th floor of Fisipol UGM, this programme featured Max Weber (AETP Programme Manager), Kiwi Aliwarga (CEO and Founder of UMG Group), Aditya Nugraha (Operation Manager of IDX Incubator) and Neil El Himam (Infrastructure Director for Information and Communications Technology of the Indonesian Agency for Creative Economy) as guest speakers. read more

Yogyakarta, 30 January 2019 – Welcoming the political year of 2019, the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (Fisipol) UGM, in cooperation with Jaringan Demokrasi Indonesia (JaDI) held a talk show on Tuesday (30/1). The event took place in the Mandiri Library Auditorium, on the 4th floor of the Fisipol UGM building. This talk show was attended by the representatives of the campaign teams of both candidates of the 2019 Presidential Election, the Tim Kampanye Nasional (TKN) of Joko Widodo and Ma’ruf Amin and the Badan Pemenangan Nasional (BPN) of Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno, with two representatives from each side. “Many unsubstantial activities the social media have occurred due to the upcoming 2019 elections. Fisipol wishes to provide an alternative platform for a substantial and open discussion to discuss the programs and issues concerning Indonesia’s future in a more elaborate manner. Thus, to provide a substantive discussion, we conduct it in the academic field,” as stated by Dr. Erwan Agus Purwanto, M. Si, the Dean of Fisipol UGM in his opening speech.Arsul Sani and Trimedya Panjaitan represented the TKN, while the BPN was represented by Bambang Widjajanto and Surya Imam. This talk show was also attended by three panellists with various backgrounds. Professor Agus Pramusinto, Muh. Najib and Hifdzil Alim, from JaDI, were the panellists on this talk show. The three panellists represented the neutral academic community. read more