Yogyakarta, June 16th 2023─Entering the political year in Indonesia to welcome the 2024 election, the Department of Politics and Government (DPP) of UGM together with Global Campus Asia-Pacific, and PolGov UGM held a webinar entitled “The Future of Democracy, Progressive Politics in Southeast Asia: Move Forward Party in Thailand and a comparison with Indonesia” on Friday (16/6) online via Zoom Meeting. The speakers who filled in for the activity were Napon Jatusripitak (Political Observer and Researcher at ISEAS Thailand) and Dian Septi Trisnanti (House of Representatives Legislative Candidate from the Indonesian Labor Party) moderated by Amalinda Savirani (DPP UGM Lecturer). This activity discusses the Move Forward Party which has succeeded in winning the election in 2023 and a comparison with the Indonesian Labor Party, both of which are called progressive parties. read more

Yogyakarta, June 13th 2023─The Papua Task Force of UGM, FISIPOL UGM, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia held activities to sign a cooperation agreement between the Center for Special Issues Policy Strategy and Data Analysis of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Indonesia and FISIPOL UGM, and held a focus group discussion (FGD) event with the theme “60 Years of Integration: Examining Back to the Development Approach for Peace in Papua” on Thursday (13/6). The event that was held in the Dean’s Meeting Room at the BB Building on the 2nd Floor of FISIPOL UGM, aims to discuss current issues regarding the development approach in Papua which has been carried out by the government for a long time in an effort to deal with conflicts in Papua. read more

Yogyakarta, June 5th 2023 – For some people, owning a house is a difficult thing. The economic condition shows that the growth of the property sector continues, while the younger generation, specifically millennials, is stuck with fluctuating income and economic uncertainties. The research results from Unitrend in the Department of Public Policy Management (DMKP) FISIPOL UGM showed how millennials perceive the property industry through a press release of the National Survey Result titled “Building An Inclusive and Sustainable Future of Property” through a Zoom Meeting on Tuesday (05/06). The press release invited several speakers: Ignatius Ardhana Reswara, S.IP (Manager of UniTrend), Asta Ivo BS. Meliala (Project Director of Perum Perumnas), Dr. Erda Rindrasih (Lecturer in the Department of Public Policy Management), Ratna Indriyani (General Director of Infrastructure and Housing Funding PUPR). read more

Yogyakarta, May 23rd 2023─Election Corner of FISIPOL UGM held the Future Leader Forum event entitled “IKN Damaging the World’s Lungs?” with the theme “Kalimantan Transformation as a New IKN Towards a Green Society” on Tuesday (23/5) at the Auditorium Mandiri of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of UGM. In this forum, guest speaker M.T. Nurdin and Adrian Hakim who are part of the Governor’s Team to Supervise the Acceleration of Development of East Kalimantan, representing the Governor of East Kalimantan, Isran Noor. In addition, three discussants were also presented; Dwiko Budi Permadi, a lecturer at the Faculty of Forestry of UGM; A’ak Abdullah Al Kudus, Gusdurian Care Coordinator and Green Community Activist; and Aulia Khoiriya, Head of the Corps of Political Student of FISIPOL UGM; and moderated by Desintha Dwi Asriani, Lecturer of the Department of Sociology UGM. read more

Yogyakarta, May 21st 2023─Welcoming the new students orientation of PPSMB Society 2023, a group of students held a discussion with the faculty and PPSMB organizers. The discussion which took place at Digilib FISIPOL on Monday (22/5) aims to accommodate student aspirations regarding the importance of raising the circular economy as the general theme of PPSMB Society 2023. The presentation was delivered by four students from the Department of International Relations (DIHI), namely Alexandra Sonya Ar Minta, Nadia Aulia Putri, Oki Afana Ashari, and Rei Karis Larasati. This discussion was also attended by the Vice Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, Prof. Dr. Poppy Sulistyaning Winanti; Coordinator of the PPSMB Society 2023, Elok Santi Jesica, S.Pd., M.A.; and the Chief Executive of PPSMB Society 2023, Rizky Putra. read more

Yogyakarta, May 19th 2023─The Global Engagement Office of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of Universitas Gadjah Mada (GEO FISIPOL UGM) received a visit from the Ministry of Finance of the Netherlands on Friday (19/5) at the Auditorium Mandiri of FISIPOL UGM. A total of 30 delegates with various fields of expertise from the Ministry of Finance of the Netherlands attended the event, including Maikel Joosten, Treasury Policy Advisor, Recovery, and Resilience Plan Directorate Program and Nienke Landman, Policy Advisor on Social Benefit Expenditure. Meanwhile, representatives from FISIPOL UGM also attended the discussion panel, namely Wahyudi Kumorotomo, from the Department of Public Policy and Management; and Muhammad Sulhan, from the Department of Communication Studies. read more

Yogyakarta, May 12th 2023─The high birth rate in Indonesia raises big questions about people’s upbringing. This problem arises because of an imbalance between the roles of fathers and mothers in child-rearing. Tata Sudrajat, Director of Evidence and Learning of the Save The Children Indonesia Foundation gave his response in the Social Development Talks webinar series on Friday (12/5). The event titled “Children’s Care in Indonesia” organized by the Department of Social Development and Welfare of UGM, emphasized how families in Indonesia meet the needs of children. read more

Yogyakarta, May 11th 2023─FISIPOL Corner UGM as a forum for discussion of social issues, managed by Public Policy Management undergraduate students and MAP UGM, successfully held a discussion and review of the book “Working Class and Capital in Indonesia: Preliminary Overview” on Thursday (11/05) on West Hall of FISIPOL UGM. The discussion presented four speakers, namely Andie Peci from the Secretary General of the KASBI Confederation, Muchtar Habibi as the book editor, and Amalinda Savirani Lecturer as the lecturer of the Department of Government and Politics, and student representative Bagas Damarjati. read more

Yogyakarta, May 11th 2023─In collaboration with Puskapol UI, the Election Corner of Fisipol UGM conducted a study to examine how two main issues, namely “postponement of elections” and “integrity of the election’s administrators” affect public trust in electoral democracy. This study was carried out through big data analysis research as well as analysis of discourse and actors through online media coverage and Twitter in the period from January 1st, 2022 to March 2nd, 2023. Apart from that, this joint collaboration also analyzed several electoral political events that are considered controversial, at least until mid-April 2023. read more

Yogyakarta, May 11th 2023─Approaching the political events in the upcoming 2024 election, identity politics is still a worrying issue. This is because identity politics in the midst of the diversity of Indonesian society has great potential to break up its unity. Especially now that politics has penetrated digital activities which are prone to causing misinformation to corner certain groups. In this regard, The Conversation is holding a Public Discussion with the theme “Is identity politics still relevant in the 2024 election campaign on social media?” at the Islamic University of Indonesia on Thursday (11/5). read more