Center for Indigenous and Cultural Psychology

What Center for Indigenous and Cultural Psychology does

The Center for Indigenous and Cultural Psychology (CICP) is a university research center operating under the Faculty of Psychology at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Established in January 2010 after evolving from a 2009 World Class Research University (WRCU) project, CICP conducts and disseminates research on Indonesian psychological dynamics using indigenous psychology and constructive realism frameworks — explicitly rejecting direct transplantation of Western psychological theory into Indonesian contexts. Its core methodological stack combines qualitative approaches (discourse analysis, meta-ethnography, grounded theory, thematic analysis) with quantitative cross-tabulation methods, organized into research clusters spanning National Identity, Stereotype Prejudice in Intergroup Relations (SPRINT), Political Psychology, Memory and Identity, COVID-19 social perception, and Policy Brief development.

CICP's "product" surface is academic rather than commercial: research publications (26+ articles, 13 Working Paper Series volumes, 5 books), structured training programs (School of Researcher, Theory Building Training, Publication Workshop), community discussion forums (Angkringan, Jumatan), annual International Summer Course, internal/external research internships, and organization of international conferences including ICICP, AAICP, AASP, and ARUPS. Distribution is purely via academic and event channels — the official website (cicp.psikologi.ugm.ac.id) and Instagram (@cicp.ugm), plus conferences and publications — with internships and educational programs offered free of charge.

The entity has no independent commercial revenue stream: it is funded through UGM institutional allocations, government research grants, and international academic collaboration budgets. Pricing is non-existent because no commercial products or services are sold. Its customer base is structurally narrow — Indonesian psychology researchers and students (S1, S2, S3) within UGM, plus international academic partners — and the center's strategic value flows from reputational, methodological, and ecosystem assets rather than commercial scaling.

Name

Center for Indigenous and Cultural Psychology

Legal name

Center for Indigenous and Cultural Psychology

Website

https://cicp.psikologi.ugm.ac.id

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Center for Indigenous and Cultural Psychology (CICP) is a Universitas Gadjah Mada research center that conducts and disseminates indigenous and cultural psychology research, trains psychology students, and runs international conferences and summer courses for academic and policy audiences in Indonesia and abroad.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Sleman

HQ country

Indonesia

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. University Research Funding: Research center under Universitas Gadjah Mada Faculty of Psychology, funded through university allocations, government research grants, and international academic collaborations

Go-to-market motion1 record

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Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Center for Indigenous and Cultural Psychology (CICP) at Universitas Gadjah Mada conducts and facilitates academic research in indigenous and cultural psychology, organized around research clusters covering national identity, intergroup relations, political psychology, memory, and mental health. It delivers structured training programs (School of Researcher, Theory Building Training, Publication Workshop), hosts international conferences and summer courses, runs research internships, and disseminates findings through journal articles, working paper series, books, and policy briefs.

Product overview

The Center for Indigenous and Cultural Psychology (CICP) at Universitas Gadjah Mada operates as a research center offering a portfolio of interconnected programs and publications focused on indigenous and cultural psychology. The core offering consists of organized research programs and clusters covering topics like national identity, prejudice, social relations, and mental health. These research activities are supported by educational programs including the School of Researcher (research training), Publication Workshop (manuscript development), and Theory Building Training. Community engagement is facilitated through Angkringan discussion series and Jumatan activities. The center also organizes international conferences, summer courses, and internship programs. Publication services include journal articles, Working Paper Series (13 volumes), book publications, and Policy Briefs translating research into policy recommendations. The programs work together to develop indigenous psychology research capacity in Indonesia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Research Programs and Clusters
• School of Researcher
• CICP Publication Workshop
• Theory Building Training (TBT)
• Angkringan Discussion Series
• Jumatan CICP
• International Conference Organization
• International Summer Course
• Internal and External Internship Programs
• Journal Publications
• Working Paper Series
• Book Publications
• Policy Brief CICP

Quantifiable outcome

• First International Conference of Indigenous and Cultural Psychology (2010) attracted 306 participants successfully
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Universitá Giustino Fortunato (Italy)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020International research collaboration on COVID-19 social perception and risk diffusion research as part of a global consortium studying pandemic responses across multiple countries.
• University of Oslo (Norway)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020International research collaboration on COVID-19 social perception and risk diffusion research.
• Universitá di Salerno (Italy)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020International research collaboration on COVID-19 social perception and risk diffusion research.
• Federal University of Bahia (Brazil)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020International research collaboration on COVID-19 social perception and risk diffusion research.
• University of Tallin (Estonia)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020International research collaboration on COVID-19 social perception and risk diffusion research.
• Ritsumeikan University (Japan)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020International research collaboration on COVID-19 social perception and risk diffusion research.
• University of Sydney (Australia)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020International research collaboration on COVID-19 social perception and risk diffusion research.
• University of Aix-Marseille (France)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020International research collaboration on COVID-19 social perception and risk diffusion research.
• Sigmund Freud Privat Universität (Austria)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020International research collaboration on COVID-19 social perception and risk diffusion research.
• University of LuxembourgcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020International research collaboration on COVID-19 social perception and risk diffusion research.
• East China Normal University (China)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020International research collaboration on COVID-19 social perception and risk diffusion research.
• Konsorsium Psikokultural Indonesia (KPI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019National research collaboration on psycho-cultural issues in Indonesia. KPI collaborates with CICP on research clusters including National Identity research.
• Yale-NUS College (Singapore)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHosted international research intern Joanna Chue for Mental Health and Culture research cluster in 2017.
• Humboldt University (Germany)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerExchange program with Sara Kuru in 2016-2017 covering psychogerontology, psychology and culture, and transpersonal psychology.
• National University of Singapore (NUS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHosted research intern Khoo Yi Feng for Mental Health research cluster in 2015.
• University of Niš (Serbia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHosted international research intern Sonja Nesic for cross-cultural research on color preferences and motivation of achievement in 2018.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Asian Association of Social Psychology (AASP): Regional academic association for social psychology research in Asia. Comparable as an ecosystem organization that CICP engages with for conferences and academic exchange.
• International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP): Global academic association organizing conferences and publications in cross-cultural psychology. Comparable as an institutional umbrella for the cross-cultural psychology community that CICP participates in through conferences and collaborations.
• Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology: European research institute studying social and cultural phenomena through anthropological methods. Comparable as an academic research institution applying rigorous qualitative and ethnographic methods to cultural inquiry.
• ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language (CoEDL): Australian Research Council-funded center for language and cultural research. Comparable as an academic research consortium with multi-institutional collaboration model and applied cultural research outputs.

Direct peers

• Department of Psychology, University of Delhi: Indian university psychology department with cross-cultural and indigenous psychology research programs. Comparable as an academic psychology research unit, connected to CICP via advisory board member Prof. Girshwar Misra.
• Konsorsium Psikokultural Indonesia (KPI): National Indonesian research consortium on psycho-cultural issues that collaborates with CICP on research clusters. Directly comparable as a national research collective focused on Indonesian cultural psychology.
• Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS), Bangalore: Indian research center studying culture, society, and social change through interdisciplinary methods. Comparable as an academic research center focused on cultural inquiry in a non-Western context, with similar methodology mix of qualitative and quantitative approaches.

Regional players

• KITLV - Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies: Dutch research institute focused on Southeast Asian studies with deep Indonesian expertise. Comparable as a regional academic institution with a sustained focus on Indonesian cultural and societal research.
• Centre for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University: Japanese academic center dedicated to Southeast Asian studies with significant Indonesia focus. Comparable as a regional academic research center conducting area studies and cultural inquiry with strong Indonesian connections.
• Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of Singapore: Regional research institute at NUS focused on social sciences and humanities in Asia. Comparable as an academic hub producing regional research outputs and hosting international scholars, with a broader geographic mandate than CICP.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/cicp.ugm
• Facebookfacebook.com/CICP.UGM
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/center-for-indigenous-and-cultural-psychology

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Profiles13 records

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