We are always faced with the choice of a large salary or prioritizing passion when choosing a job. The reason is, it’s not uncommon for us to find professions that match our passion but don’t make much money, and vice versa. When we prioritize passion, emotionally we will be more enthusiastic to work and be involved in all tasks at work. However, materially we will be short of money to meet the needs of life because the salary is not too big. Meanwhile, if we pursue a profession that makes a lot of money but does not match our passion, materially we will live well and have good career prospects. However, emotionally we are not enthusiastic about work and always feel unhappy at work. read more

Yogyakarta, June 16th 2021━To welcome the MBKM program, Fisipol UGM held a MBKM Socialization on Monday and Wednesday, 14th and 16th June 2021 through a Zoom meeting. The socialization was meant for active students of FISIPOL UGM who want to be a part of the MBKM program so that they know the program comprehensively. There are 8 arenas of the MBKM that were covered in the socialization; Student Exchange, Independent Study, Humanity Project, Community Empowerment Project, Intern, Research, Social Entrepreneurship, and Teaching Project.  read more

Yogyakarta, June 16th 2021━Center for Digital Society (CfDS), Faculty of Social and Political Science (Fisipol), Gadjah Mada University sent a researcher in a collaborative research that digs into the mechanism of Regulatory Sandbox in Indonesia’s health sector. CfDS Fisipol also organized an event titled “Supporting Health Regulatory Sandbox and Analysis of the E-Malaria Regulatory Sandbox Guidance Book ” in the Karaton 1 meeting room at Hotel Royal Ambarukmo to spread the information about the research. read more

Luqman Nul Hakim, a lecturer from the Department of International Relations UGM, as a moderator asked several questions to each speaker according to their expertise. Siti Mutiah Setiawati with the topic of “Zionism, Violence, and the Palestine Problem” said that there are several key points in the 2021 Israel-Palestine crisis which are the increasing military strength of Hamas and the increasing support for Palestine. With the topic of “Solidarity and Non-Violence Global Action for Palestine,” Diah Kusumaningrum reiterated Siti’s answer, that support towards Palestine is widening. Additionally, the quality and quantity of nonviolent action done by Palestinians and the global community is also increasing.  read more

Yogyakarta, June 11th 2021━In an effort to support innovation and creation in the field of research, the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (Fisipol) of UGM held a 3 Minute Thesis The Art of Showcasing Ideas Competition. This competition is specifically for Fisipol UGM students and is divided into two categories: undergraduate and postgraduate. On this occasion, the event was held online at 02.00 p.m. to 04.00 p.m. and was attended by 10 finalists who were divided into two categories. In addition to the participants, this competition was also attended by 5 judges from the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of UGM, and attended by spectators who also enlivened the event. read more

DNVB was born after Nurist managed to identify the definition of success for her. From this definition, Nurist finds that the only way to achieve this success is to become an entrepreneur. However, Nurist;s journey has not always been smooth. She and her initial team failed repeatedly while executing their first business plan, until the opportunity to set up DNVB was unexpectedly born. Seeing the opportunity from this opportunity, Nurist and her team finally tried to execute the DNVB initial plan better. From there, DNVB was formed. read more

Yogyakarta, June 10th 2021━Fisipol Crisis Center (FCC) held a Webinar Series #2 titled as ‘Alerta OBGV: Smart Ways to Maintain Privacy in the Digital Space’ on Thursday (10/6). The speakers in this event were Sri Handayani Nasution (Project Officer of CfDS UGM) and Ellen Kusuma (Digital At-Risks of SAFEnet). This event was held on Zoom from 01.00 p.m. to 03.00 p.m.

Online Gender Based Violence (OGBV) is violence that occurs on the basis of gender power relations between victims and perpetrators in the online spaces or using digital technology as a medium, not limited to those transmitted via the internet. OGBV is an extension of gender-based violence in physical spaces and often the two violences occur simultaneously. read more

The opening speech was delivered by Dr. Suharko, M.Si. as the Head of the Sociology Department from 2021 to 2026. Suharko talked about his impressions of Soeprapto as a lecturer that is always available and ready to contribute in all kinds of community work. A speech was also delivered by Dr. Wawan Mas’udi as Fisipol UGM Dean that talked about the numerous knowledge and inspirations given by Soeprapto to Fisipol UGM. Wawan also talked about his experience as Soeprapto’s student who was given the choice to choose the final exam method. Soeprapto himself is known to exempt students from taking the final test if they can submit an additional task. “Through that method, it can be seen that Pak Prapto have put into motion the independent learning method  for a long time, meanwhile the MBKM program has just been implemented recently. It’s a great innovation to let the students choose,” Wawan said. read more

In his session, Peter Franklin conveyed the intricacies of working abroad. According to Franklin, cultural complexity is one of the things that needs to be considered when we want to work in a place with different rules. Things such as norms, practices, and behavior must be considered so that we can cooperate in working abroad. We also need to pay attention to the foreign language skills we have, so that we can easily be dynamic when working. Responding to the many things that must be mastered, Franklin stated, “Working abroad is very challenging.” read more

Yogyakarta, June 4th 2021━Social Entrepreneurship of UGM together with Finansialku.com held a class entitled “Why is it Difficult for the Sandwich Generation to Buy property?” on Friday (4/6). The speaker at this event was Shierly, S.E., MBA., CFP, as the Financial Planner of Finansialku. The event took place on the YouTube channel of Finansialku.com at 02.00 p.m. to 03.30 p.m.

Sandwich generation is a generation of adults who are squeezed and have to bear the financial burden of a generation of parents and children (Dorothy Miller, 1981). The term sandwich generation is used to refer to the people who not only bear their own lives, but also bear the life of the generations below them and or above them. read more