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Overview
The Youth Studies Centre (YouSure), Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada established to reduce and eliminate the gap of knowledge and lack of academic issues of youth studies in Indonesia (fill in the gap of knowledge and lack of academic issues of youth studies); conduct social advocacy and youth policies based on research and knowledge (knowledge-based youth advocacy); and encourage efforts to knit and develop the potential of youth social networks, both at the local, national and international levels (capacity building and developing youth social networks).
Vision
Become a respected research and community service institution in the field of youth and play a role in the development of science for the advancement of the nation
mission
Conduct quality research, studies, and academic publications in the field of youth.
Advocating youth policies and youth empowerment based on research and studies
Facilitating the establishment of social networks between youth in Indonesia across regions, religions, and across political affiliations for horizontal learning between youth and increasing national solidarity and unity
Disseminating alternative youth ideas and discourses to the public
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Our Staff
Our Staff

Fuji Riang Prastowo
Fuji Riang Prastowo is the Coordinator of Research and Journal Division of Youth Studies Centre (Yousure). He is one of the lecturers at the Department of Sociology UGM who completed his master's degree in Anthropology and Development Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands in 2015.

Mashita Phitaloka Fandia Purwaningtyas
Mashita Phitaloka Fandia Purwaningtyas is the Coordinator of Media and Event Division of Youth Studies Centre (Yousure). She is one of the lecturers at the Department of Communication who completed her master's degree in Kajian Budaya dan Media, Gadjah Mada University in 2018.

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Our Director
our director

oki rahadianto sutopo
Oki Rahadianto Sutopo is the Director of the Youth Studies Centre (YouSure). He is one of the lecturers at the Department of Sociology, UGM. In addition, he is also one of the lecturers at the Graduate School of Cultural and Media Studies, UGM. He got his doctoral degree from the University of Newcastle, Australia.
HIS AREA OF EXPERTISE:
- Youth Studies
- Sociology
- Social Theory
Publications and Activities(last 5 Years)
Research:
- Directorate of Research of Gadjah Mada University:“Managing the pandemic: Adaptation strategies in developing social resilience”
- Department of Youth and Sports Agency of Sleman Regency: “Strengthening the creative economy of tourist villages through the role of youth”
- Australia Indonesia Centre (AIC): “Young creative workers and their strategies during pandemic time”
Publications:
National
- Mobilitas dan Refleksivitas: Strategi Pemuda Yogyakarta di Masa transisi menuju Dunia Kerja. Jurnal Sosiologi Walisongo
- Kritik Southern Theory terhadap Hegemoni Sosiologi
Modern Amerika di Indonesia. Jurnal Reformasi
International
- Using Bourdieu to understand perpetrators in the act of
killings and the look of silence. Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies
Research:
- Department of Youth and Sports Agency of Sleman Regency: “Revision of the Sleman Youth Regional Action Plan (RAD)“
- Regional Development Planning Board of Sleman Regency: “Rising from the Pandemic: youth, digital marketing and the sustainability of local weaving businesses”
Publications:
National
- Keluarga, Agama dan Pemaknaan Subjektif Pemuda dalam Transisi Menuju Pernikahan. Jurnal Reformasi
- Kritik Southern Theory terhadap Hegemoni Sosiologi
Modern Amerika di Indonesia. Jurnal Reformasi
International
- Resist or perish! Understanding the mode of resistance among young DIY indonesian musicians. Perfect Beat: The Asia Pacific Journal of Research into Contemporary Music and Popular Culture
Research:
- FISIPOL UGM: “The socio-cultural spectrum of youth
and streetcrime“
Publications:
National
- Perdebatan perspektif transisi dalam kajian kepemudaan. Jurnal Studi Pemuda
- Musisi muda, refleksivitas diri dan karier DIY di era modernitas lanjut. Jurnal Analisa Sosiologi
- Generasi muda, kapital digital dan kesenjangan sosial di era
industri 4.0. Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Humaniora
International
- The mode of reflexive practice among young creative workers
in the time of Covid-19. Sociological Research Online
Research:
- FISIPOL UGM: “Musicians, subcultural career
sustainability and uncertainty“
Publications:
National
- Transisi kaum muda marginal dan reproduksi kelas sosial. Jurnal Analisa Sosiologi
- Praktik pertunjukan musik mandiri dalam skena metal
ekstrem. Resital: Jurnal Seni Pertunjukan
International
- From our own voices: The meaning making of subculture among extreme metal musicians in Indonesia. Metal Music Studies
Publications:
National
- Suara dari Balik Jeruji: Menggugat Wacana Kaum Muda sebagai Folk Devils Kejahatan Jalanan di Yogyakarta. Penerbit Satu Spasi
International
- The Dynamic Meaning of Subculture among DIY Indonesian Musicians. Bristol University
- Reflexive practice as a form of resistance among young Indonesian academics in neoliberal times. Journal of Applied Youth Studies
- Socius improvisus: young musicians, DIY careers and
uncertainty in Indonesia. Journal of Youth Studies