PEOPLE: Academic Staff
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
- Local governance and devolution
- Health policy and politics
- Migration
- Gender
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Deputy Director, Third World Studies Center, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines-Diliman (2007-present)
- Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines-Diliman (2003-present)
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. in Political Science, Kobe University, Japan (2003)
- Post-Graduate Degree/Executive Masters (with distinction), International and European Relations, Amsterdam School of International Relations, University of Amsterdam (1998)
- B.A.-M.A. in Political Science (Honors Program), University of the Philippines-Diliman (1993)
RESEARCH INVOLVEMENT (SELECTED)
- Project leader, “Developing a Human Security Index for the Philippines,” Social Science and Philosophy Research Foundation - Third World Studies Center, funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-Philippines (2007-present)
- Research team member, "Mapping Political Reforms Project" of the Philippine Political Science Association, funded by the UNDP-Philippines (2005)
- Lead investigator, “Health Devolution Politics in the Philippines: An Analysis of the Failed Attempts to Recentralize Health Services Based on Written Documents,” Federico Aguilar Alcuaz Professorial Chair Award, University of the Philippines (2004-2005)
- Researcher, Council for Asia-Europe Cooperation’s Task Force Three: Population, Food, Energy, and Environment, Institute for Strategic and Development Studies (ISDS), funded by the Japan Center for International Exchange (1999)
- Research associate, ASEAN Labor Migration to Taiwan and the Prospects of Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region Project, ISDS, funded by Taiwan Council on Labor Affairs and co-sponsored by Cheng-chih University (1997)
- Research associate, Strengthening the Foundations of People Empowerment through Local Governance (GO-NGO Watch Project), ISDS, funded by Ford Foundation (1996)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- 2006. “Local Governments and Devolution in the Philippines.” In Noel M. Morada and Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem, eds. Philippine Politics and Governance: An Introduction. Quezon City: University of the Philippines’ Department of Political Science with the support of the Commission on Higher Education, 2006.
- 2004. “The Politics of Health Devolution in the Philippines: Experiences of Municipalities in a Devolved Set-up.” Philippine Political Science Journal 25(48): 25-54.
- 2000. “The Energy Situation in Southeast Asia: Energy Scarcity and Sustainable Policy Options for Asia and Asia-Europe Cooperation.” In Carolina G. Hernandez and Gill Wilkins, eds. Population, Food, Energy, and the Environment: Challenges to Asia-Europe Cooperation, 292-342. Tokyo and Quezon City: Council for Asia-Europe Cooperation, Japan Center for International Exchange, and ISDS, in cooperation with The Royal Institute of International Affairs.
- 2000. “Gender and Local Governance in the Philippines.” In Rose J. Lee and Cal Clark, eds. Democracy and the Status of Women in East Asia, 77-90. Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
- 1999. “The Challenges of European Integration after the Cold War.” In Vyva Victoria Aguirre, ed. European Studies: Essays by Filipino Scholars, 155-188. Quezon City: University of the Philippines’ Center for Integrative and Development Studies.
- With Jorge V. Tigno. 1998. International Labor Migration and the Prospects for Regional Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific: Southeast Asian Migrants in Taiwan. Quezon City: ISDS.
- 1998. “Gender and Security: Perspectives of Grassroots Women’s Groups in the Philippines.” In Mohamed Jawhar Hassan, ed. A Pacific Peace: Issues and Responses, 423-436. Kuala Lumpur: Institute of Strategic and International Studies.
SELECTED AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS
- Yasuhiro Nakasone Incentive Award, Institute for International Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan (2007)
- Co-winner, Young Scholar Dissertation Award, International Society for Third-Sector Research (2006)
- Federico Aguilar Alcuaz Professorial Chair Award, University of the Philippines-Diliman (2004)
- Japanese Government (Monbusho) Scholarship (2000-2003)
- Dangal ng Cuenca Awardee, Foundation Day, Municipality of Cuenca, Batangas Province (2000)
- Postgraduate Scholarship, European Studies Program-Philippines, European Commission (1997-1998)
- Outstanding Teacher Award (Instructor Level), Gawad Chanselor, University of the Philippines-Diliman (1997)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
- Women’s Studies Association of the Philippines
- Philippine Political Science Association (President, 2007-2008)
- International Political Science Association
- National Research Council of the Philippines