Yogyakarta, March 25th 2022─The Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (Fisipol) of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) held a meeting between the Indonesian Employers’ Association (Apindo) and all faculty and vocational school leaders at UGM to discuss preparations for the implementation of the “Cooperation Internship with Apindo”. Dozens of people consisting of the dean, deputy dean, and representatives from Apindo attended the meeting which was held at the Auditorium of FISIPOL.

Executive Director of Apindo, Danang Girindrawardana, explained that the absorption of university graduates in the world of work is still very low, only around 11 percent. Therefore, drastic changes are needed for the pattern of absorption of undergraduates people so that there is no spike in educated unemployment. Danang said that one of the concerns of the business world was to support the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia and to support the Independent Learning Campus Independent Program (MBKM) program of the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia. In this case, Apindo wants a more formal and systematic internship process. read more

Yogyakarta, March 18th 2022─The Center for Digital Society (CfDS) collaborated with the Ministry of Communication and Information of the Republic of Indonesia, and the National Digital Literacy Movement SIBERKREASI launched the 2022 Digital Intelligence Class course. The event was officially opened on (18/03) with several speakers, namely Dedy Permadi, a representative from the Ministry of Communication and Information, Tasya Kamila, and Fiki Naki as a representative of Indonesia’s digital talent. This continues to grow and in its development will provide considerable economic opportunities in Indonesia. “Therefore, the need for technology-savvy talents is urgently needed in this era, and this class facilitates capacity building and knowledge for this,” said Dedy as the opening remarks for this afternoon’s event.The Digital Intelligence Class will discuss several things including critical thinking, design thinking, privacy and data protection, digital communication, digital ethics, and digital governance.

Guiding the course of the event, Anisa Pratita as the moderator gave some discussion questions. Starting from Kominfo, Anisa tries to find out what breakthroughs have been made by Kominfo, and about what homework needs to be done together.

Responding to this, Dedy said that Digital Intelligence Classes have been held since 2020 and in collaboration with 120 community institutions and institutions in Indonesia. Considering that this class requires cooperation from various parties, together with public figures, content creators, activists on women’s issues, children’s issues, and others, the Ministry of Communication and Information seeks to implement inclusive and collaborative digital literacy. Basically, there is still a lot of homework, but the point is that every individual must be responsible for using existing digital developments. In this case, young people must always be positive, creative, and productive. read more

Yogyakarta, March 17th 2022─Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (Fisipol) Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), the Alumni Family of Fisipol UGM  (Kafispolgama), and Institute of International Studies (IIS) of the Department of International Relations (HI) Fisipol UGM held a seminar “Recover Together, Recover Stronger: G20 and the Indonesian Strategic Agenda” at the Senate Hall of UGM.The opening seminar of the series of events entitled “G20 Indonesian Presidency: Leadership for a Just and Sustainable World Order” was officially opened by the Rector of UGM, Professor Panut Mulyono. In his speech, Prof. Panut hopes that this series of activities, which will be held from March 10 to September 19, 2022, can provide space for comprehensive studies and discussions about Indonesia’s leadership at the G20 of 2022. The Dean of Fisipol UGM, Wawan Mas’udi, and the Deputy General Chair of the Kafispolgama Partnership, Danang Girindrawardana, also gave remarks at this hybrid event.  Wawan said that the output of this series of events consisted of policy papers, policy briefs, and a complete compilation book related to the presidency of the G20 Indonesia. read more

Yogyakarta, March 16th 2022─This year, Indonesia is participating in the G20 forum with the slogan “Recover Together, Recover Stronger”. In order to enrich G20’s strategic agenda, the Faculty of Social and Political Science of Gadjah Mada University held a couple of seminars. Titled “Indonesia’s G20 Presidency: Leadership towards a Just and Sustainable Global Order”, the event started on March 10th and will continue until September 19th, 2022. The press conference attended by Wawan Masudi, Luqman Hakim, and a couple of media partners opened the event last Wednesday (16/3). read more

Yogyakarta, March 11th 2022─Fisipol Crisis Center (FCC) in collaboration with KAFISPOLGAMA held an online webinar with the title “Going Beyond Women in The So ‘Called’ Men’s Working Field” in commemoration of International Women’s Day. On this occasion, the speakers of the webinar were attended by Amalia S. Prabowo and Sri Astutik. Both are women who work in fields that are dominated by men, namely as Manager Director of Export Hub Ecosystem and Member of PK4L Center of UGM.

Starting the discussion session, the starter question was guided by Marwa, a lecturer of the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, UGM. In line with the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day, ‘Break the Bias’, the questions were raised discussing the dynamics of the two speakers at work. read more

Yogyakarta, March 10th 2022─Professor Ana Nadhya Abrar, a professor from the Department of Communication Studies (Dikom), Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (Fisipol), Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) was inaugurated as Professor of Journalism at the Senate Hall of UGM.

In the inauguration event, which was held offline and online, Prof. Abrar delivered a speech entitled “Drawing the Boundaries of Journalism in Biographical Writing”. Prof. Abrar describes four limits that form the technical basis of journalism in writing biographies. First, the right limit of journalism is the prioritization of human values. Second, the left limit of journalism is shaping narrative tastes. Third, the upper limit of journalism is to increase the intellectuality of the audience. Finally, the lower limit, namely utilizing investigative journalism. read more

Yogyakarta, March 8th 2022─The UGM Update Series that is routinely held by UGM Yogyakarta is back with the Postgraduate Talk series that talked about three favorite magisters in the social humanities cluster. One of the magisters is the Communication Studies Magister from the Faculty of Social and Political Science. In this session, Drs. I Gusti Ngurah Putra, M.A. as the Secretary of Communication Studies was chosen as the speaker. According to him, the communication studies department is still relatively young. However, it has been able to launch graduates who now work in multiple sectors, starting from the corporate sectors, to communication manager, organizations, and media. read more

=&0=&After holding three webinar sessions some time ago, the Internship Preparation Series #2 organized by CDC Fisipol UGM was officially closed. The closing was carried out in the implementation of a webinar entitled “The Power of Teamwork and Leadership Skills for Workplace” with Mohamad Sholeh Sucianto, a Psychologist from the CDC of Faculty of Social and Political Sciences UGM as a speaker. The webinar session was opened with interactive communication from the speaker who briefly explained the definition of a team, that is, “A team is a group of two or more people who interact, influence each other, and are responsible for achieving a common goal,” Sholeh explained.In his presentation, Sholeh said that there are at least four requirements that are elements in forming a team, which include identity, goals, responsibility, and trust. These four elements are also the characteristics of how teamwork works.

“Teamwork means that there is an individual’s ability to cooperate well in achieving common goals and that its members are able to participate with the characteristics of having a purpose, trusting each other, supporting and being responsible for the task,” Sholeh explained.

In addition to mentioning teamwork issues, Sholeh also explained his explanation regarding leadership. This concept becomes important in seeing that leadership is the ability of an individual to influence and guide other members. In addition, Sholeh also mentioned several leadership skills that at least a prospective leader must possess, namely the ability to communicate, be creative, be able to motivate, delegate, provide feedback, and be responsible. read more

Yogyakarta, March 2nd 2022─The Department of Politics and Government (DPP) Fisipol UGM collaborated with Citizen Engagement, Transparency & Transnational Natural Resource Governance (CitRes) to hold a public lecture with the title “The Politics of Energy Transition and the Ukrainian Crisis”. The speakers, which consisted of lecturers from DPP Fisipol UGM and researchers from CItRes, talked about the political side of the EU’s effort in transitioning their energy which affects the EU’s stance towards Russia’s invasion in Ukraine that started last February until now. Nanang Indra Kurniawan, a DPP lecturer, explained that the effort to lower carbon emission under the Net Zero 2050 vision means that the EU needs gas supplies from Russia and Norway to fulfill their energy needs. Both of those countries play an important role in sustaining the EU’s energy transition. On the other hand, EU citizens’ energy consumption also increased during the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, even though renewable energy is already developed in Europe, that energy is still unable to sustain the energy consumption needs in the region. read more

=&0=&The Institute of International Studies (IIS) Fisipol UGM addresses the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in the IIS Commentaries program entitled “Russian-Ukrainian Conflict: Negotiating the Best Solution”. A senior researcher from the Institute of International Studies (IIS) as well as an expert in European studies, Muhadi Sugiono, was the speaker in this session.Russia’s military attack on Ukraine on Thursday (24/2/2022) is a consequence of Russia’s concerns over NATO’s expansion into Ukraine. Muhadi evaluated that this conflict was rooted in Russia’s anxiety about Ukraine joining NATO. Russia’s aggressive moves not only have the potential to result in a humanitarian crisis but also become a gateway for major wars—including the potential use of nuclear weapons.

Russian President, Vladimir Putin, views the expansion of membership as a signal of the ‘betrayal’ of the countries that won the Cold War against Russia, which does not want the expansion of NATO post-Cold War.

“Currently, NATO’s actions to expand its membership to the east threatens Ukraine’s position as the ‘last fortress’ for Russia. If Ukraine joins NATO, the borders between Russia and NATO will coincide,” Muhadi explained.

Muhadi suspects that Russia is currently experiencing anxiety over the prospect of losing buffer zones that can support its security, especially Ukraine. Today, Russia is demanding something that has long been ‘on its claim’. “The Ukraine issue has even become a ‘life and death’ for Russia’s security and geopolitics. And in desperation, it is feared that Russia could make nuclear weapons an option, whether forced or not.” Muhadi said. read more