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Niesya Ridhania Harahap

Niesya Ridhania Harahap

Niesya Ridhania Harahap, completed her undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Psychology, University of North Sumatra and her Masters studies at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Indonesia, Department of Social Science Psychology. 

In the world of education, she has presented several scientific papers at international and national seminars such as “Temu Ilmiah Nasional Ikatan Psikologi Sosial 2024”, “International Congress of Psychology 2020”, “International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology 2020” and “International Conference of Indigenous and Cultural Psychology 2019”.  

Apart from that, Niesya Ridhania Harahap has been the director and co-founder of the Batak traditional music group “Sanggar Seni Mataniari” since 2015. Currently she is leading the Indonesiana Fund assistance project for Sanggar Seni Mataniari, which documents the work of Batak Opera maestros. Together with the Suarasama and Mataniari groups, she perform as a singer and dancer who has appeared, at various events such as “Pekan Kebudayaan Nasional 2020”, “2018 Kongres Kebudayaan Indonesia” in Jakarta, “Frankfurt Book Fair” 2015 in Germany, the “Europalia” Festival in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany as well as touring in several cities in Spain. Apart from that, she has been invited several times as a speaker for discussion forums and podcasts related to Psychology, Arts and Culture.

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Public Speaking Experience
  1. Speaker at the “Spreading Hope: Rangkul Jiwa Teruskan Harapan”  Live Instagram @HaloJiwaIndonesia (2024) giving a talk about the suicidal prevention issues. 
  2. Speaker at the Live Instagram @PsychologyIsUs (2020) with the title “Eksistensi, Determinasi dan Rivalitas”, about existentialism, determination and rivalry with Dr. Riyanti Abriyani, Dra., M.Psi.T., M.Si., Psikolog (Social Psychology lecturer at the Universitas Pancasila).
  3. Speaker at the event “Soekarno Menurut 10 Pemuda Pemudia” as one of the 10 youth chosen to represent the importance of culture in today’s context. The event held by Historia.Id. 
  4. Guest at the podcast “SEPAK POJOK: A Happy Conversation About Football” that analyze the behavior of football fans in the psychology perspective. 
  5. Master of ceremony at the Festival Musik Tradisi Indonesia (Traditional Music of Indonesia Festival) 2021 and as a moderator at the discussion session with the Minister of Education, Culture, Research and Technology, Nadiem Makarim.
  6. Master of ceremony at the Lomba Inovasi Musik Nusantara (Traditional Music Inovation Contest 2022) that is held by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology in, Magelang, Indonesia. 
  7. Master of Ceremony at the Temu Ilmiah Nasional Ikatan Psikologi Sosial (National Seminar of Social Psychology Association 2022 in Faculty of Psychology University of Indonesia.
  8. Master of Ceremony at the Pertamina New and Renawable Energy; Energizing Future Talent in collaboration with Universitas Indonesia at Balai Sidang University Indonesia (April 2023).
Educational Background

KG : SD IKAL Kota Medan
Junior Highschool : SMP Harapan 2 Kota Medan
Senior Highschool : SMA Harapan 1 Kota Medan
Bachelor degree : Faculty of Psychology in University of North Sumatera
Master degree : Master of Science in Social Psychology (University of Indonesia)

Non-Formal
  1. English course at YPPIA in Medan.
  2. English course at British Council in Medan.
Work Experiences
  1. Director and Co-Founder of Sanggar Seni Mataniari (Mataniari Art Community). 
  2. Program Director of Rumah Musik Suarasama
  3. Social Media Committee of the International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP). Manage the development of the YouTube channel.
  4. Member of the Research Group from the Political Psychology Laboratory, University of Indonesia under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Mirra Noor Milla, S.Sos., M.Sc. and Prof. Dr. Hamdi Muluk, M.Sc.
  5. Join the “Tumbuh Institute” which was initiated by Rocky Gerung (Indonesian Political Activist), as a representative of the Regional Director in the North Sumatra Region. Grow Institute is a research institute for public issues with the themes of social justice, environmental ethics and global security.
  6. Management of the Psychology community “Psikoday.id” with Mrs. Tika Bisono, Kak Seto and fellow psychologists.
  7. Research Assistant at the Conference held by the Terrorism Prevention
Publications and Conferences
  1. Oral presentation at the International Conference of Indigenous and Cultural Psychology (ICICP, 2019) in Gajah Mada University. Titled “Instilling Religious Knowledge and Practice as A Way to Prevent Deprivation among Parmalim People as An Indigenous Religious Minority Group in Indonesia” (proceeding).
  2. Oral presentation at the International Congress of Psychology (ICP, 2020) in Czech Republic. Titled “Perceived Discrimination and Collective Self-Esteem Among Parmalim People As An Indigenous Minority” (book of abstract).
  3. Oral presentation at the International Congress of Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP, 2020) in Czech Republic. Titled “Perceived Discrimination and Collective Self-Esteem Among Parmalim People As An Indigenous Minority”.
  4. Oral Presentation at National Seminar X 2021 in Universitas Lambung Mangkurat. Titled “Travel behaviour Pesepeda di Indonesia selama Pandemi COVID-19” (proceeding).
  5. Oral presentation at national seminars (TEMILNAS IPS) 2024 di Jatinangor dan Cimahi. Titled “Pengaruh Paparan Humor Seksis Terhadap Rape Myth Acceptance Dimoderasi Hostile Sexism (The Effects of Sexist Humor On Rape Myth Acceptance Moderated by Hostile Sexism)” 
  6. Layout editor at Seminar Nasional proceeding: Hidup Harmoni dalam Kebhinekaan “National Seminar Proceeding: Living in Harmony with Diversity” (Prosiding, USU Press Publishing & Printing, 2014).
Public Speaking Experience
  1. Speaker at the “Spreading Hope: Rangkul Jiwa Teruskan Harapan”  Live Instagram @HaloJiwaIndonesia (2024) giving a talk about the suicidal prevention issues. 
  2. Speaker at the Live Instagram @PsychologyIsUs (2020) with the title “Eksistensi, Determinasi dan Rivalitas”, about existentialism, determination and rivalry with Dr. Riyanti Abriyani, Dra., M.Psi.T., M.Si., Psikolog (Social Psychology lecturer at the Universitas Pancasila).
  3. Speaker at the event “Soekarno Menurut 10 Pemuda Pemudia” as one of the 10 youth chosen to represent the importance of culture in today’s context. The event held by Historia.Id. 
  4. Guest at the podcast “SEPAK POJOK: A Happy Conversation About Football” that analyze the behavior of football fans in the psychology perspective. 
  5. Master of ceremony at the Festival Musik Tradisi Indonesia (Traditional Music of Indonesia Festival) 2021 and as a moderator at the discussion session with the Minister of Education, Culture, Research and Technology, Nadiem Makarim.
  6. Master of ceremony at the Lomba Inovasi Musik Nusantara (Traditional Music Inovation Contest 2022) that is held by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology in, Magelang, Indonesia. 
  7. Master of Ceremony at the Temu Ilmiah Nasional Ikatan Psikologi Sosial (National Seminar of Social Psychology Association 2022 in Faculty of Psychology University of Indonesia.
  8. Master of Ceremony at the Pertamina New and Renawable Energy; Energizing Future Talent in collaboration with Universitas Indonesia at Balai Sidang University Indonesia (April 2023).

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