The Indonesian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (IKAT) just published the new article written by Myrna A Safitri from the Faculty of Law Pancasila University Jakarta. This journal brings on The Prevention of Peatland Fires in Indonesia: ‘Law in Action’ to Implement the ASEAN Haze Treaty as its title. 

This journal calls attention to Indonesia that carries a vital role in the implementation of the ASEAN Haze Treaty, signed in 2002. The ASEAN Haze Treaty is expected to reduce transboundary haze pollution and improve regional environmental governance. The Indonesian government has improved its regulation and strengthened institutional aspects of peatland protection. However, few studies appointed that these policy changes have impacted fire prevention in degraded peatland ecosystems. Based on the issues, this article would examine the political factors behind the legal and institutional changes in Indonesia’s peatland governance during 2016-2020. It is known that there are six predominant factors in peatland law improvement: strong leadership, improved coordination at the national and sub-national levels, making operational directives, establishing a specialized Government institution dealing with peatland restoration, law enforcement, and the strength of civil society in doing public oversight. read more

As the global waste is expected to grow to 3.40 billion tonnes by the same year, the waste management system becomes the most concerning issue especially in Indonesia that is already struggling to deal with the current waste levels. The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CESASS) of Gadjah Mada University (UGM) on Monday (06-09-2021) held SEA CHAT #27 with the topic of “Swimming in Plastic: An Examination into Indonesia’s Waste Management System”. The discussion was conducted by Mingming Alice Sun, 2nd year BA: Political Science and International Relations & Anthropology and Sociology from the University of Western Australia. read more

Southeast Asia Conference on Media, Cinema, and Art

(SEA-MCA 2021): SEA-MCA 2021 : Rediscovering Southeast Asia Amidst Its Multi-layered Burdens

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Southeast Asian studies have been matured in Western centres and have evolved considerably in the scholarly literature on international relations which continue seeing Southeast Asia as an un(differentiated) object of study. In response, even given the fact that no other region on the globe is more diverse than Southeast Asia, against external forces, Southeast Asian member countries have agreed to establish ASEAN — the Association of Southeast-East Asian Nations — community in 1967. Hence, it encounters rough roads in realizing a greater regional integration with its own considerable staggering problems and domestic fluctuations. To name a few, Asian Economic Community (AEC) is at its critical crossroads, ASEAN also has limited success due to its own non-interference norm and has its institutional nadir in political and security environment towards Myanmar coup and Thailand Junta shaping and slipping democracy into crisis. read more

Muhadi Sugiono, from the Department of International Relations and Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies (CESASS), Universitas Gadjah Mada, was featured in the Asia Prime Dialogue: US-China Influence in Southeast Asia at the Metro Globe Network on August 26, 2021.

In the Dialogue with Mrs. Shafiyah F. Muhibat, the Head of International Relation Department of CSIS, Pak Muhadi totally agrees with the Ibu Shafiyah regarding the aim of the Vice President US, Kamala Harris visitation to Southeast Asia. He expressed that there was a hesitation towards the effectiveness of the visitation and appended 3 important points: the trustworthiness toward the US as a reliable partner in Southeast Asia is very low, the US is not able to gain Southeast Asia importance unless they show a concrete policy action as a prove to fulfill their promises, and the US really need to change their point of view to see Southeast Asia as its partner especially in the context of the confrontation with China. read more

National University of Singapore – Student Exchange Program (SEP) Application for AY2021/2022

[Self funded]

Greeting from the National University of Singapore!

NUS will once again be running Student Exchange Program (SEP) 2021/22 Semester 2.

We would like to invite you to apply for the programme!

About Student Exchange Programme (SEP) Application

The Student Exchange Programme (SEP) is the largest and most established global programme in NUS. Through the development and management on strategic and sustainable partnerships with universities globally. Under the scheme of Department Level Agreement between UGM CESASS and NUS Department of Southeast Asian Studies. UGM students both undergraduate and post-graduate with interest for Southeast Asian Studies are welcome to do exchange to NUS. read more

Abstrak

Pola relasi-relasi sosial yang tumbuh dan berkembang dalam kehidupan komunitas digital antara lain ditandai oleh kontak langsung, komunikasi yang melibatkan banyak orang (many-to-many communication), keterbukaan pandangan (ide), serta kebebasan berinteraksi. Uraian berikut memetakan perbedaan pandangan tentang dampak pola relasi-relasi tersebut terhadap inklusi sosial atau proses meningkatnya kapasitas akses komunitas pada sumber daya (resources), menguatnya partisipasi mereka dalam formulasi dan eksekusi keputusan publik, serta jalinan kerja sama di antara mereka dalam memanfaatkan dan menciptakan peluang. Di satu sisi, terdapat pandangan yang yakin (optimistic) bahwa relasi-relasi sosial tersebut memiliki dampak signifikan terhadap inklusi sosial karena mampu menghimpun perbendaharaan informasi yang dapat dipergunakan sebagai saluran akses pada sumber daya (resources), dapat dimanfaatkan sebagai pengetahuan (knowledge) untuk menciptakan dan memanfaatkan peluang, serta sebagai sarana mendorong partisipasi politik. Sementara itu, di sisi yang lain, terdapat pandangan yang justru meragukannya (skeptic) karena relasi-relasi sosial tersebut masih menghadapi kendala ketimpangan digital (digital divide) dan literasi sehingga tidak kondusif bagi upaya meningkatkan inklusi sosial. read more

An Op-Ed for Media Indonesia in Inspirasi Bulaksumur rubric just published last week (2021/07/29) written by Drs Muhadi Sugiono, MA (Department of International Relation UGM Lecturer, Institute of International Studies UGM and Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies UGM researcher). This Op-Ed calls attention to the role of Higher Education to contribute to the issue of global nuclear disarmament. Through the Institute of International Studies (IIS) research institute, UGM is actively campaigning and advocating for nuclear disarmament on the national and international levels. read more

Sabtu (24/7/21), Pusat Studi Sosial Asia Tenggara (PSSAT) UGM kembali mengadakan webinar Digital Society. Webinar yang bertajuk “From Digital Toddler to Digital Retire #2”, merupakan rangkaian kedua dari diskusi yang dilaksanakan pada bulan lalu. Pada kesempatan kali ini, PSSAT menghadirkan Prof. Ir. Bambang Hari Wibisono dari Pusat Studi Perencanaan Pembangunan Regional (PSPPR) UGM dan Bapak Eka Indarto selaku Praktisi dan Konsultan Teknologi Informasi Komunikasi- RTIK Yogyakarta sebagai pembicara. Diskusi dengan dua topik berbeda akan dielaborasi oleh Bapak Sony Setyarso dari Founder and Director of 360 Solusi Teknologi selaku moderator diskusi. read more

Pada hari Sabtu (26/6/21), Pusat Studi Sosial Asia Tenggara (PSSAT) UGM kembali mengadakan webinar Digital Society. Adapun dalam kesempatan kali ini PSSAT UGM mengundang Dr. Ir. Arif Wismadi, M.Sc selaku Director the Growth Hub. Universitas Islam Indonesia dan I Dewa Gede Karma Wisana, Ph.D dari Demographic Institute, Universitas Indonesia. Meskipun masing-masing pembicara akan membawakan topik yang berbeda, namun fokus webinar kali ini berjudul “From Digital Toddler to Digital Retire #1”. Selanjutnya, diskusi ini dimoderatori oleh Prof. Aris Ananta, Ph.D dari Universitas Indonesia. read more

Pusat Studi Sosial Asia Tenggara (PSSAT) UGM kembali mengadakan webinar “Digital Society” yang pada kesempatan kali ini merupakan discussion series yang ketujuh. Diskusi ini membahas tentang “Islam Nusantara di Era Disruptif”, sehingga PSSAT UGM menghadirkan K.H. Yahya Cholil Staquf, selaku Indonesian Islamic Scholar dan Katib AAM PBNU yang mempunyai pengalaman dan kapasitas untuk menjelaskan topik tersebut. Selanjutnya, diskusi ini dimoderatori oleh Prof. Dr. Sunyoto Usman dari Departemen Sosiologi UGM sekaligus selaku inisiator dari komunitas “Digital Society”. read more