Yogyakarta, November 23rd 2021─The Department of Sociology of FISIPOL UGM held a Guest Lecture with the topic “Radicalization and Radicalism of Youth Diversity” on Tuesday (23/11). This lecture was taught by Dr. Noor Huda Ismail who is currently a Visiting Fellow of RSIS at Nanyang Technological University. The event which took place through the Zoom Meeting was attended by around 170 students. Talking about radicalization, actually joining a terrorist group is a process. Men and women experience different experiences when joined, including reasons for staying or leaving terrorism. Some want to look masculine by staying behind to defend oppressed Muslims. Some then return to their origins to open military camps and pass on their knowledge to the young people. read more

“Ideally, the pre-crisis process is about how we manage day-to-day problems by doing issue monitoring, media monitoring, and social listening. It’s a way for us to navigate our identification on when a crisis could happen,” Adita Irawati said
Adita added, other than having a navigation, system, and manual, an organization/company also needs to do a simulation. Even though a crisis doesn’t happen, simulation still needs to be done so that we can have a sense of an alert situation. 

The COVID-19 pandemic can be categorized as a non-natural disaster that was caused by a virus and is related to the society’s health problem that is potentially deadly. This became a crisis because it never happened before, a constant adjustment is needed, a cure has not been found, and it is human-transmittable.  read more

Yogyakarta, November 19th 2021─Social Entrepreneurship of UGM together with Kelas Finansialku held a webinar entitled “Planning Retirement from a Young Age” on Friday (19/11). The event, which took place via the YouTube Live of Finansialku.com, featured Gembong Suwito as speaker, the Financial Planner of Finansialku.

At the beginning of the presentation, Gembong delivered material about the importance of retirement planning. Based on data, as many as 9 out of 10 Indonesians are not ready to face retirement and 65% of Indonesians live in poverty in retirement. In addition, the life expectancy of men is shorter than women. read more

Yogyakarta, November 15th 2021─Indonesia International Relations Association (AIHII) 12th National Convention that raised the theme of “Mainstreaming the Global South: Reorienting Indonesia’s International Relations Studies” was held online by the International Relations Department of Fisipol UGM. The event was held from 15th to 16th November 2021 through Zoom meeting and was attended by lecturers and academicians of International Relations studies from all across Indonesia.The head of the AIHII National Convention 2021, Muhammad Rum, called for the solidarity of south countries and said that emancipation should be the aim of international relations studies reorientation. Rum also hoped that the knowledge production based on the perspective of countries in the south can enrich the span of our knowledge on international relations.  read more

Yogyakarta, November 13th 2021─The students of Fisipol UGM Communication Studies Department held a Webinar Afternoon Talks: Chit-Chat Comm as a part of the Laksamana UGM event. Laksamana UGM is a communication competition aimed towards high school students all across Indonesia. The webinar is meant to give insights about UGM Communication Studies as well as university life towards webinar attendees and competitors.The Afternoon Talks Webinar was divided into two sessions; the event with the main speaker and a breakout room session. Damar Rizky Nuranda, a former Personal Manager Director in Ravacana Films, was the main speaker. read more

Yogyakarta, November 12th 2021─The Corps of Political and Government Students (KOMAP) of FISIPOL UGM held a KOMAP Open Podium entitled “Where Will the KM UGM be Taken? on Friday (12/11). The event, which took place through Zoom Meeting, presented seven teams of student party representatives. Among them are the Kampus Biru Party, the Boulevard Party, the Srikandi Party, the Future Leaders Party, the Sayang Mama Party, the Gotong Royong Party, and the Bunderan Party. Mahardhika, the student of the Department of Politics and Government, led and guided the event.\KOMAP Open Podium is motivated by the political configuration of the UGM which is currently in turmoil, especially in 2021. The turmoil arose because of the student government of UGM policy which drew criticism among students. Among them was the action of the Student Organization of the Student Family of UGM (BEM KM UGM) which invited the Governor of Central Java, Ganjar Pranowo, as a speaker when the agrarian conflict in Central Java was heating up. read more

Yogyakarta, November 12th 2021─Center Digital for Society (CfDS) of FISIPOL UGM in collaboration with BEM FH Mulawarman University held Diffusion #63 entitled “Digital Transformation: Is it Inclusive for Indigenous Peoples of Indonesia?” on Friday (12/10). The event, which took place via the CfDS UGM Youtube streaming, invited speakers Irnasya Shafira, as the Research Associate of CfDS and Tody Sasmitha, as a Traditional Law Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of UGM.In the presentation session, Irnasya said that internet access is very important in digital transformation. In 2019, the highest proportion of individuals using the internet was in DKI Jakarta province at 73.46% and the lowest in Papua province at 21.70%. According to Irnasya, Papua is experiencing geographical challenges where the position of Papua itself is very extreme and diverse geographically. read more

Yogyakarta, November 11th 2021─Implementation challenges in drafting the Personal Data Protection Bill (PDP) to protect personal data in the era of big data and the digital economy are discussed in Digital Expert Talks #5. The discussion in collaboration with Facebook Indonesia presented four speakers, namely Andhityo Rizaldi, Member of Commission I of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia; Tuaman Manurung, Sub-Directorate of PDP Governance of the Ministry of Communication and Information of the Republic of Indonesia; Noudhy Valdryno, Public Policy Manager for Facebook Indonesia and Timor Leste; and Dr. Novi Kurnia, JAPELIDI Coordinator & Lecturer of the Department of Communication Science of UGM. read more

Yogyakarta, November 10th 2021─BRISOPREMA 2021 Awarding Night with the theme “Accommodating Youth Sociopreneur’s Creation in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era” was held on Wednesday (10/11) through Fisipol UGM’s channel Youtube streaming. This event closed the BRISOPREMA 2021 line of events held by Fisipol UGM, YouSure, Visitama, Kafisipolgama, and Creative Hub. The SOPREMA event has been going on for six years and this year it was held with BRI and Indonesia’s Ministry of Youth and Sport as the sponsors. The Dean of Fisipol UGM, Wawan Mas’udi, started the show with an opening statement and by saying congratulations to BRISOPREMA 2021 winners for their achievements. “You all have been a part of the social movement to foster social entrepreneurship that is one of the most important streams of socio-economic business in this country,” he said. This was followed with a remark from BRI’s President Director, Sunarso, who voiced his support for  BRISOPREMA 2021 that is in line with BRI’s goals as a national company which are to create and deliver economy and social value. read more

“Regardless of profession and career background, it’s good for us to know and have the skills to make policy briefs, because these skills can help the process of conveying ideas effectively,” Ayodha said, in the event moderated by Wigke Capri, a Lecturer of DPP UGM, and attended by 45 participant.

In this case, the webinar can facilitate training in writing strategic policy briefs and can get the attention of the intended audience.

Before writing a policy brief, there are several aspects that need to be considered, including starting the question why we write a policy brief, then how do we write down the existing ideas, and finally what is the goal we want to achieve from the policy brief. These questions can guide the writing process that starts from individual empathy and produces well-structured writing. read more