Yogyakarta, April 15^th 2020—Exposure Talks is a digital discussion held by the Global Engagement Office (GEO) of Gadjah Mada University’s Faculty of Social and Political Science. Exposure Talk aims to open a dialog about student exchange and international exposure. The first Exposure Talks meeting was titled “Life in Japan” with E. Aradipka Haninda P. or Dipka as the speaker. Dipka is an alumni of International Relations study that did an exchange program to Japan, specifically at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS) for a year. read more

Yogyakarta, April 14^th, 2020—Discussion series held by Faculty of Social and Political Sciences UGM (Fisipol UGM) has been occurring over the past two weeks. On Tuesday (4/14) the 5^th series of the discussions took place with the theme “Rescuing Marginalized Groups from the Attack of COVID-19”. This discussion presented Dr. Suzanna Eddyono, Dr. Hendrie Adjie Kusworo, and Dr. Hempri Suyatna from the Department of Social Development and Welfare as the speakers, also Randy Nandyatama as the moderator. Held online via Webex and YouTube Fisipol UGM channel, this discussion was attended by approximately 60 participants and from 10.00 to 11.30 WIB. read more

Yogyakarta, April 13^th 2020—In the fourth session of the Gadjah Mada University’s Faculty of Social and Political Science discussion series about the covid-19 management, the topic was about “The Rise of Social Solidarity in the Midst of Covid-19”. The speakers were Dr. Arie Sudjito and Mrs. Fina Itriyati M.A. As usual, this discussion series can be accessed by everyone, even those outside Gadjah Mada University. The enthusiasm was apparent through how interactive and full of questions the discussion was, even if it was held online. read more

Yogyakarta, April 9^th, 2020—COVID-19 pandemic is widely known as a problem throughout the world, including Indonesia. With the number of patients and deaths increasing, all parties are working together to inhibit the rate of spread of this virus. The rise of hoaxes amidst this crucial situation is inevitable. Along with the cause of panic in society, hoaxes also made people apply “health” tips that have not been scientifically proven. Hence, Center for Digital Society (CfDS) of Faculty of Social and Political Science UGM (Fisipol UGM) invited Smart People to recognize and fight the COVID-19 hoaxes in Digital Discussion #16: “Countering Hoax COVID-19”. read more

Yogyakarta, April 8^th 2020—Gadjah Mada University’s Faculty of Social and Political Science gave several goods to help students of the faculty that still stays in Yogyakarta amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. The aid was in the form of frying oil, noodles, rice, milk, and other basic necessities. Through the Student Board of Faculty of Social and Political Science (FISIPOL), the aid was distributed since April 1^st 2020.

Before getting the aid, university students have to register themselves through a form shared by the Fisipol Student Board. In that form, university students are asked to give a description about where they are staying and what they currently need. Other than that, university students can also report when they feel symptoms such as a sore throat, cough, shortness of breath, or high fever. The fisipol student board will then give several directions to further treat those symptoms. read more

Yogyakarta, 3rd April 2020—”Coordination is really important because we are facing an extraordinary crisis phase. In the normal situation, the highest risks of no coordination are inefficiency or corruption. But in this crisis situation, the risks are our family lives, our brothers and sisters lives, and humanity,” Cornelis Lay said in the Discussion Series Fisipol UGM on the last Friday (3/4).

It presented two professors from the Department of Politics and Government, Purwo Santoso and Cornelis Lay brought an issue about state’s coordination crisis towards COVID-19 in the Covid-19 Crisis Management Discussion Series that held online through Zoom and YouTube Live. According to Cornelis Lay, as known as Conny, coordination needs clear direction of communication. “We do not have equal informations, do not have a clear direction of communication towards each other, and it makes tremendous confusion on the public level, it makes public wonder what the government is really doing, distrust also emerged from the public,” Conny said. read more

Yogyakarta, 2 April 2020—Plagiarism seems to be a topic that is close to the students because every assignments that they do should be free from plagiarism. It becomes more relevant because the midterm exam season has begun—which means the students should do a series of assignments as the substitute of midterm exam, therefore the issue of plagiarism becomes really important to be discussed. Because of that, Center for Digital Society (CfDS) Fisipol UGM brought the topic of plagiarism in the Digital Discussion #15 with the title ‘Plagiarism, No More!’ that held through the WhatsApp platform. read more

Yogyakarta, April 1^st 2020—On dealing with an unprecedented crisis that could trigger a fundamental social, political, and economic change worldwide, the Faculty of Social Science and Politics of Gadjah Mada University held a discussion series titled “COVID-19 Crisis Management”. These discussion series are held in order to understand the dynamics and management of response of the Covid-19 pandemic. The discussion is also held to give feedbacks to various stakeholders.

The discussion about Covid-19 crisis management will be divided into six series in which all of them will be held through video conference platform called Cisco WebEx. The first series of discussion titled “Policy Dynamics of COVID-19 Crisis” was held on Wednesday, April 1^st 2020 on 01.00 pm. This discussion, which was attended by 211 people, had Prof. Dr. Erwan Agus Purwanto, Prof. Dr. Wahyudi Kumorotomo, and Dr. Ambar Widaningrum as the speakers. The moderator of this discussion was Ms. Azifah R. Astrina, SIP, M.A. read more

Yogyakarta, March 30^th 2020 – It has already been two weeks since the online learning process starts. The learning process which used to be held with a “face to face” method, is now held through online platforms such as Webex, Zoom, Google Classroom, or Whatsapp Groups (WAG). Gadjah Mada University’s instruction for all scholars to use online platforms was issued to minimalize the spread of Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia. The term social distancing is familiar in the midst of this global pandemic. A term that asks people to minimize social contact for the time being. This policy creates some pros and cons in the society because of several effects that the policy made, especially in the aspect of economy. read more

Yogyakarta, 27th March 2020 — Youth Studies Center or YouSure Fisipol held another Bincang Muda (The Youth Talk) discussion. YouSure’s online Bincang Muda discussion’s topic was ‘Reflection of Family Resilience Bill from the Youths and Women’s Perspectives’, it was held online through WhatsApp Group. The participants that joined in this Bincang Muda discussion already signed up through the link that uploaded on YouSure FISIPOL’s Instagram account. The discussion was started at 06.00 p.m. and a few hours before the discussion started, the participants were contacted to join into WhatsApp Group that had been provided. read more