Yogyakarta, October 27, 2025—The Academic Innovation unit of Fisipol UGM has initiated a new course titled “Forest Carbon Literacy 2025” on the FOCUS platform. The launching ceremony for the new course invited three speakers, as well as a module writer from the Forest Carbon Literacy 2025 course, that is Wahyu Yun Santoso (Lecturer at Fakultas of Law UGM), Budi Mulyana (Lecturer at Faculty of Forestry UGM), and Sarah Wibisono (Sustainability Consultant).

This year, the course is created with the intent to focus on the management of forest on the international level, emphasizing through cross-border comparison in understanding the best practices, as well as failures management of forests in other areas. In the making of this course, Fisipol UGM, through the Academic Innovation Unit, collaborated with UGM’s Faculty of Forestry, Faculty of Law, Chakra Giri Energi Indonesia, and Oxfam.  read more

One of the lecturers from the Department of International Relations (DIHI), Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIPOL) UGM, Suci Lestari Yuana, Ph.D., has once again achieved international academic recognition. Together with her collaborators, she has recently published a scholarly article in the prestigious journal Annual Review of Environment and Resources, titled “Transformative Innovation Policy: An Analytical Review of Key Methods and Challenges.”

The article discusses Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP), a new generation of innovation policy designed to address increasingly complex social and environmental challenges—from energy and food crises to mobility systems that remain entrenched in unsustainable modes of production and consumption. The authors emphasize that merely improving technologies or financial instruments is no longer sufficient. Systemic innovations and transformative policies are needed to enable just transitions, ensuring both social justice and planetary health. read more

The Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIPOL) at Universitas Gadjah Mada, through the Institute of International Studies (IIS), in collaboration with the University of Essex, United Kingdom, is hosting the Networking Conference on Climate Geopolitics and Sustainable Mining Governance on Wednesday (3/9) at the FISIPOL Dean’s Meeting Room.

The two-day international conference, held on September 3–4, 2025, brings together around 12 academics and practitioners from various countries, including the United Kingdom, Australia, and South Africa. The participants engage in intensive discussions on sustainable mining governance amid the dynamics of global climate geopolitics. read more

Latest article from Megashift FISIPOL UGM
“Energy Transition from the Fields: Agrivoltaics Meets Agroforestry”
By: Fikri Danang Himawan

This article explores the concept of agrivoltaics — the integration of solar panels and agriculture on the same land — and how this system can be combined with agroforestry, a land management practice that integrates trees, food crops, and/or livestock. The combination of these two approaches offers a solution to address the challenges of renewable energy, food sustainability, land-use efficiency, and climate change adaptation. read more

Are you passionate about writing and interested in issues related to digital transformation? We invite you to contribute your ideas and submit your articles to be published on the Megashift FISIPOL UGM website! ☺️

Important Notes:

Detailed submission guidelines and suggested subtopics are clearly outlined in the official poster.

This call for articles is open year-round, with no submission deadline.

Articles should be no longer than 1,000 words, including references.

Submissions must include citations from publications, journals, or books written by FISIPOL UGM lecturers or researchers. read more

Yogyakarta, 21st of March, 2025—UGM’s Faculty of Social and Political Science supports the government efforts at carrying out a nation-wide energy transition scheme towards clean energy. Through intense cooperation with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia and the British Embassy in Jakarta, the MENTARI Initiation was organized on Friday (21/3) at Fisipol UGM.

Indonesia has strengthened its commitment towards Zero Emission by updating its National Energy Policy. It is stated that in 2023, as much as 23 percent of the total primary energy supply comes from sustainable energy.In the year 2050, it is targeted to  be as high as 31 percent. Unfortunately, the progress towards  the development of clean energy for Indonesia’s primary energy supply is stagnant, stuck at somewhere around 12 percent. This urgency requires various parties to collaborate with each other and create breakthrough innovations, so that it can endorse the utilization of clean renewable energy that is both stable and capable to accommodate the energy needs of the people.

Nurhadi, S.Sos., M.Si., Ph.D.,  as Vice Dean of Finance, Asset, and Human Resources Affairs of Fisipol UGM, mentioned that climate change has become one of the research umbrella for the faculty that oversees various important agendas. “Everywhere we go we can feel clean rooms, or clean air. However, where does it all come from? As a country, our energy still relies on coal. Fulfilling clean energy becomes a challenge towards resource exploitation to be controlled,” Nurhadi mentioned.  read more

“Through the roadshow, we want to “kulanuwun”, greeting friends from various university in Indonesia and introducing the Ajisaka Festival as a collaborative space for creative folks in expressing their care and concern towards the issue that we have raised,” Adelia Christi mentioned in the interview, as the Leader of Ajisaka Festival .

The Ajisaka Roadshow started on the 20th of February at Universitas Teknologi Yogyakarta and UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta. The roadshow program is planned to be organized frequently until the 24th of March. The roadshow agenda is done offline in campuses at Yogyakarta and Solo, while it will be done online at the other campuses. The roadshow consists of information sharing in regards to the competition categories, janamejaya video screening, and icebreaking activities. read more

Yogyakarta, March 1st 2025─Festival Ajisaka, an annual event initiated by the Department of Communication Science students, is back with a theme that carries the spirit of sustainability. This year, the Festival Ajisaka raises the issue of green economy with the title “Gaman Kamulyan: Echoing the Hope of Sustainability”. This theme was chosen as a form of concern for the importance of environmentally sound economic development, especially in the midst of an increasingly worrying environmental crisis. read more

Yogyakarta, February 25th 2025─The Department of the Public Policy and Management held a Studium Generale entitled “Integrated Hydro – Irrigation – Restoration Systems”. This theme is a response to overcome various challenges, especially in water resources.

The event presented Prof. Edward P. Weber, professor of Public Policy of the Oregon State University, USA. He saw that problems regarding the management of our food, water and energy are still seen as partial problems. This perspective makes food, water and energy management inefficient and unsustainable. read more

Yogyakarta, 25 February 2025–DPP Fisipol UGM held a seminar entitled “The Politics of Energy Transition: Coal Phase-Out and the Future of Renewable Energy Financing” to encourage an equitable energy transition. The seminar looked at the challenges and strategies of renewable energy holistically, from economic to infrastructure development planning. The discussion was enriched from various perspectives, namely Nanang Indra Kurniawan (Lecturer of DPP UGM), Rezki Syahrir (Co-Founder of Non-Governmental Organization Indonesian Initiative for Sustainable Mining/IISM), and moderated by Primi Suharmadhi Putri (PhD Candidate Oulu University). read more