The UGM Faculty of Social and Political Sciences has released a book titled “Ilmu Sosial Politik Masa Depan: Menjawab Megashift” (The Future of Social and Political Sciences: Responding to Megashift), which discusses how disruption has changed perspectives, especially in the context of digital transformation and climate change.
The book highlights the role of social politics in addressing disruption and the need for higher education institutions to make direct contributions through cross-sector and interdisciplinary collaboration.
“We see how technological development and innovation become the root of digital transformation. All of this is what we know as disruption,” said Professor Poppy Sulistyaning Winanti, who edited the book with the social faculty dean, Dr. Wawan Mas’udi.
“Considering the effects, implications, and broad scope, we refer to this disruption as Megashift. The process of this disruption is related to how social and political sciences can adapt.”
Dr. Mas’udi added that disruption has significantly changed how people examine power governance.
“Three aspects have changed enormously: first, related to the sources and arenas of power. Second, disruption has created winners and losers in the context of the new power governance,” the dean said.
“Third, disruption has given birth to new ways of exercising power. Electoral-based power is not enough.”
This book presents the debate on how the political world should respond to the problems caused by disruption. Several UGM scholars wrote articles that offer ideas and innovations based on research studies.
UGM International Relations lecturer Marwa highlighted the importance of social politics in various issues.
“For example, the government is changing regulations to set carbon emission limits. These limits will certainly affect specific sectors, so the hope is that the policy can encourage investors to support low-emission technologies and businesses,” Marwa said.
Directly, the social-political sector is one of the main determinants that can provide direction for these goals.
The lengthy process of compiling this book began before September 2023. It required precision and lengthy discussions to produce research innovations as a reference for the academic world.
Higher education institutions’ future role is no longer limited to solving academic problems. Direct contributions through cross-sector and interdisciplinary collaboration need to be considered.
With the release of this book, the UGM Faculty of Social and Political Sciences can provide political considerations to address the challenges of disruption.
Author: Tasya
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