On Friday (22/07), the Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies Universitas Gadjah Mada (CESASS UGM) received a visit from the Korean Institute of ASEAN Studies – Busan University of Foreign Studies (KIAS – BUFS), South Korea. The meeting was held at CESASS UGM and the participants from BUFS were Prof. Kim Dong-Yeob (Director of Korea Institute for ASEAN Studies), Prof. Gu Bokyung (Research Professor, Korea Institute for ASEAN Studies), Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat (Research Professor, Korea Institute for ASEAN Studies), Moon Sun Park (Research Assistant, Korea Institute for ASEAN Studies), while from CESASS UGM are Prof. Dr. Phil. Hermin Indah Wahyuni (Acting Director of CESASS UGM), Drs. Muhadi Sugiono, M.A. (Head of Research Division of CESASS UGM and lecturer of Fisipol UGM), Dr. phil. Vissia Ita Yulianto (Head of Program and Publication of CESASS UGM), Lidwina Mutia Sadasri, S.I.P., M.A. (Lecturer at the Department of Communication Studies), and Desintha Dwi Asriani, S.Sos., M.A. (Lecturer from the Department of Sociology).
The purpose of this visit and meeting is to introduce each other between CESASS UGM and KIAS-BUFS which includes profiles, research focus, and what activities are carried out by CESASS UGM. In addition, the two organizations also agreed to sign an MoA (Memorandum of Agreement) between CESASS UGM and KIAS-BUFS which explained that in the future, KIAS-BUFS hopes to cooperate with CESASS UGM in research on collecting or measuring data for the SDGs, especially in topics related to gender, migration, and international bilaterals between South Korea, Indonesia, and Southeast Asian countries.
The expected collaboration between CESASS UGM and KIAS-BUFS is in terms of exchange of researchers and students for research and education purposes, exchange of information and data between South Korea, Indonesia, and Southeast Asia, holding and participating in joint research programs and conferences, and being able to mutually collaborate for the improvement of other research.
Author: Muhammad Naufal Rizky