Yogyakarta, February 14th 2025─The public lecture titled “Holding the State Accountable: Human Right Commitments and Institutional Responsibility” discussed the role of the state and its institutions in ensuring the protection of human rights. Through discussions with human rights practitioners, the lecture looked at the state’s commitment and institutional accountability in ensuring human rights in Indonesia.

Human rights cannot be implemented when there is no mechanism, or when the mechanism for implementing human rights is weak. Although human rights mechanisms have been regulated at the international level such as the Paris Principles, every time there is a human rights violation at the domestic level, the resolution takes precedence over national mechanisms. Meanwhile, national human rights protection institutions vary from the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI), National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan), to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Komisi Kebenaran dan Rekonsiliasi). For this reason, the seminar organized by the study program of the Department of Politics and Government at Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of UGM aims to examine the standards of work carried out by human rights protection institutions in Indonesia. read more

Yogyakarta, 13 February 2025–Knowledge is one of the most important aspects of sustainable development in the academic sector. The Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (Fisipol), Universitas Gadjah Mada realizes this urgency and is committed to channeling the contribution of knowledge to society. To achieve this goal, Fisipol UGM inaugurated the Fisipol Knowledge Channel on Thursday (13/2) at the 2nd Floor Auditorium, Fisipol UGM.

The Knowledge Channel is a special page that contains lecture materials for each study program, community education, and research dissemination. This page also provides access to other knowledge channels that have been owned by each department. The public can access the content on the page freely, either free or paid. Dean of Faculty of Social and Political Sciences UGM, Wawan Mas’udi, S.IP., M.P.A., Ph.D. explained that each department has actually pioneered efforts to publish knowledge since 2015. read more

Yogyakarta, February 7th 2025─Since it was first launched, the LPDP scholarship program has attracted many students. Now the government makes it easy to get educational scholarships both domestically and abroad. Along with increasing interest, policy changes and rule adjustments are also made. Career Development Center (CDC) of Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of Universitas Gadjah Mada held a talk show with LPDP and LPDP Awardees on Friday (7/2) with the title “LPDP Scholarship Sharing Webinar: Registration Process and Essay Writing Tips”. read more

Yogyakarta, January 15th 2025 ─ Looking at the movement of labor organizations in Indonesia, Fisipol Corner of Universitas Gadjah Mada held a book review session of Labor and the State in Indonesia and Labor Writes 3: Split, Move on Wednesday (15/1). Both books contain reflections on labor experiences that are packaged in history so as to produce a picture of the political economy situation from time to time.

Vedi R. Hadiz, author of Labor and the State in Indonesia, states that the cultural condition of the current government’s fundamental system is not much different from the New Order. Starting from the question of why the voice of workers is still weak, even though democratization has been running after the reformation, Vedi thinks that this condition is due to the complex situation of the government. “Even though during the new order, the institutions and the government were destroyed, the power relations are still running until now,” explained Vedi. read more

Yogyakarta, January 22, 2025─The Department of International Relations (IR) of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada (FISIPOL UGM) received a benchmarking visit from the International Relations Study Program, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Mulawarman University on Wednesday (22/1). The agenda of this visit was to discuss the plan of the International Relations Study Program, FISIP, Mulawarman University, which wants to develop an International Class Program. Several things discussed included the history of the establishment of the IR UGM International Undergraduate Program (IUP), the advantages of the IUP IR UGM, and the challenges and opportunities for establishing an international class program. read more

Yogyakarta, January 20, 2025–In a significant effort to improve the research ecosystem, culture, tradition, and cooperation, The Research, Publication and Community Service Unit (UP3M) of Fisipol UGM has announced funding programs for new research projects. This initiative was introduced in an online event titled “Hibah Talks Fisipol 2025,” which was held on January 20, 2025.This program is intended to provide various amounts of funding for the civitas academia of Fisipol UGM, by emphasizing on the importance of quality research for sustainable education. read more

Yogyakarta, January 17, 2025─The Department of International Relations (IR) of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada received a visit from H.E. Juan-Pablo Valdes, Political Counselor of the Canadian Embassy in Indonesia. The visit, which took place in the Common Room of DIHI UGM, aimed to explore the social and political dynamics of Indonesia as the host country.

“Our duty is to understand the political and social dynamics of host countries,” said Mr. Valdes.

The visit was welcomed by the ranks of IR UGM lecturers led by Prof. Dr. Nur Rachmat Yuliantoro, Head of IR UGM, and attended by Drs. Muhadi Sugiono, MA., Dr. Titik Firawati, Dr. Suci Lestari Yuana, and Dr. Muhammad Rum. read more

Yogyakarta, April 2nd 2024—The Ajisaka Festival 2024 was again successfully held on 23-24 March 2024. This annual competition for national students throughout Indonesia, organized by the Department of Communication Sciences, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (Fisipol) UGM, raises environmental issues as a main theme. Were 392 participants recorded as members of 151 teams from 38 national universities.

Entering a decade, the 2024 UGM Ajisaka Festival has the theme “Samarthya Bhumi” which means the earth and its strength. In the last 10 years, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) report states that the earth’s temperature has experienced a significant increase in temperature of 1.02 degrees Celsius. Various experts also stated that this increase was caused by many factors, especially climate change. The trigger also comes from various human activities which tend to trap carbon gas in the atmosphere. The impact of rising earth temperatures also threatens the habitats of humans, animals and plants. This issue was deliberately raised to illustrate how the world of communication can become a medium for raising issues that society does not pay enough attention to. read more