Yogyakarta, 22nd of March 2025 — Once again, Fisipol UGM’s Career Development Center (CDC) opens the Essential Skills : Intensive Writing and Speaking Classes Batch V Program. This program is opened in collaboration with the University of Melbourne in attempting to accommodate the student needs for English language learning, which is identified as an essential skill by the faculty for study and career preparation. At the same time, this program is also aimed to train self-confidence through verbal and written communication in English.
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SDGs 9: Innovation and Infrastructure
Yogyakarta, 6 March 2024–Adapting to digital innovation is not easy and is full of challenges. However, Indonesia’s internet access and artificial intelligence (AI) technology have great potential for being utilised in the public sector. This is important to increase productivity and work efficiency by simplifying procedures and bureaucracy. Through an event titled “AI in the Public Sector: Between Adoption and Discretion,” CfDS opened an interactive discussion on AI strategies for the public sector.
The Indonesian government initiated the implementation of AI in the public sector by issuing the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (Menkominfo) No. 9 of 2023 on the ethics of artificial intelligence. However, according to Hossea Immanuel, research assistant at CfDS UGM, the initiative still faces some challenges due to inadequate digital infrastructure.
“There are still problems regarding AI implementation in Indonesia, such as the ransomware attack on the national data center last year. Of course, this contradicts the purpose of implementing AI,” said Hossea in his presentation.
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.
Yogyakarta, 24 January 2025–CfDS Fisipol UGM held another discussion session at the DigiTalk event, “Examining Social Cyber Security: Indonesia’s New Digital Threat?”. The discourse examined the problems developing amid increasingly massive digital transformation and the rise of online misinformation. Therefore, cybersecurity becomes crucial for integrating technological protection with socio-cultural awareness through effective regulation.
“Social cybersecurity focuses on manipulating and influencing individual humans, groups, or communities that impact social, cultural, and political behaviour. Both use technology, but the technology is not to steal credentials or take over an electronic system. But it is used to influence the mindset of the target, community, or group,” said Dhoni Kurniawan, Policy Analyst of the Indonesian National Cyber and Crypto Agency.