Pusat Studi Agama dan Demokrasi
Yayasan Wakaf Paramadina

 

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PUSAD Paramadina

Pusat Studi Agama & Demokrasi (PUSAD) Paramadina

Pusat Studi Agama & Demokrasi (PUSAD) Paramadina adalah lembaga otonom di bawah Yayasan Wakaf Paramadina yang melakukan riset dan advokasi dalam bidang sosial, politik, dan keagamaan.

Kami Melakukan riset dan advokasi dengan tema-tema antara lain: Pluralisme; Demokrasi; agama dan demokrasi (sekularisme); kebebasan beragama; Perdamaian; perempuan dan perdamaian; deradikalisasi.

IN CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY, PUSAD PARAMADINA ADHERES TO THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES
  1. Utilizing the latest theories and approaches in the social sciences to look at certain problems in Indonesia.
  2. See variations in the cases studied. With it, lessons can be drawn from cases where improving the quality of democracy is found.
  3. Research and advocacy are interrelated. Strong advocacy can only be done based on research results that can be accounted for by method and data.
  4. Research and advocacy must rely on social media whose role is increasingly important.
PUSAD PARAMADINA ACTIVITIES INCLUDE RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY WITH THEMES INCLUDING:
  1. Pluralism (Islamic contributions and religions; tolerance).
  2. Democracy: democratic education (LVE and others); religion and democracy (secularism); religious freedom.
  3. Peace: religion and peace; peace education; women and peace; deradicalization.
  4. Religion and Violence: Policing religious conflicts; radicalism in Indonesia; and others.
PUSAD PARAMADINA HAS A VISION “TOWARDS A PEACEFUL INTERACTION BETWEEN RELIGION AND DEMOCRACY IN INDONESIA.” TO ACHIEVE THIS VISION, PUSAD PARAMADINA HAS A MISSION:
  • Develop ideas and best practices for peaceful interaction between religion and democracy in Indonesia.
  • Develop the capacity of religious actors, civil society and the state in solving social and political problems democratically and fairly.
  • Spreading religious messages that support peace and democracy through a variety of academic and cultural activities, public education and policy advocacy.
  • Being a young research laboratory enhances capacity in conducting innovative and problem-solving social research.

Books Publication

Mengelola Konflik, Memajukan Kebebasan Beragama: Ketegangan dalam Ragam Pendekatan Advokasi bagi Kelompok Terpinggirkan
Laporan Konferensi Refleksi Advokasi Kebebasan Beragama atau Berkeyakinan (KBB) di Indonesia 2023
Keluar dari Kemelut: 50 Tahun Lembaga Dakwah Islam Indonesia
Toolkit Melawan Hasutan Kebencian dan Hoaks