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Free Downloads. Happy Holidays: Download All UP CIDS Policy Papers In 2024 (And More)

We’ve gathered many of our downloadables for 2024 in this web page. Scroll down to access policy papers, podcast episodes, journal articles, book reviews, and webinar recordings.

13 Proceedings 

  1. Southeast Asia Grassroots Practices towards an Alternative Peoples’ Regionalism: Convergence Space on Alternative Regionalism
  2. The Katipunan Dialogue 2022 (Episode 7 to 17)
  3. The Katipunan Dialogue 2023 (Episode 18 to 23)
  4. Defending Southeast Asian Peoples Civic Space, Democracy, and Human Rights (ACSC/APF 2022)
  5. 4th Conference on Alternatives in Southeast Asia Advancing Alternative Regionalism From Below: People and Planet First
  6. Mental Health: Self-Care and Healing Session 
  7. Reality Check: Assessing President Marcos Jr.’s First Year in Office
  8. Beyond the Shadow of Duterte: Understanding the Enduring Violence of the Philippine Drug War – “Revisiting the War on Drugs Public Lecture” 
  9. Trickster Politics in the Philippines: Understanding Duterte Through the Book The Sovereign Trickster
  10. After Duterte’s War on Drugs: A Discussion on Rehabilitation, Treatment, and Drug Policy Reform in the Philippines
  11. Literature, Labor Movements and Nationalism in Indonesia: The World Experts Lecture Series Featuring Max Lane
  12. Ravaged: The Struggle Against Open-Pit Mining in Tampakan, South Cotabato, Mindanao
  13. The U.S. Empire: Beginning of the End? Implications for the Philippines and Asia

12 Discussion Papers

  1. Tarasul hal Sambahayang: Prayer and Sufi Spirituality in Sulu
  2. “Pendulum Swings” in the Philippines’ South China Sea Approach? Policy Continuities from the Ramos to Duterte Administrations
  3. When the Young’s Problem is an Old Problem: Problem Dimensions and Policy Options to Curb Adolescent Pregnancy in the Philippines
  4. Frameworks that Inquire, Describe, and Explain: Using frames and tools to enhance project assessment with a multipurpose cooperative as illustrative example
  5. The Jobs Challenge for the BARMM
  6. Philippine Identities and Digital Humanities in the Age of Machines, Social Media, and Artificial Intelligence
  7. Remote Data Collection: It’s Time to Give It a Try
  8. Examining the PUVMP through a Just Transition Lens
  9. Fostering the Engagement of Smallholder Farmers and Fishers in the Policy Process: The Case of the UNDFF and the ARDKPP in the Philippines
  10.  People-Centered Development in the Face of a Neoliberal Housing Regime: The Community Development Plan of KADAMAY in the Sitio San Roque Slum
  11. Understanding Pakikipagkapwa Through Analytics: Exploring Filipino Relational Communication in Online Spaces
  12. Rizal’s Geopolitical Analysis and its Implications for the National Struggle

9 Podcast Episodes 

Katipunan Dialogue Podcast (Season 4) 

  1. Episode 1 – Navigating the Tides: Anchoring Sovereignty through the Maritime Zones Act
  2. Episode 2 – Defensive Measures: Building the Philippines’ Self-Reliant Defense Posture
  3. Episode 3 – The United Nations: Examining How International Governance Structures Function (or Falter)
  4. Episode 4 – Between Giants: Southeast Asia’s Strategic Path amid the US-China Geopolitical Rivalry
  5. Episode 5 – From Vulnerability to Strength: Analyzing Foreign Interference in the Philippines

Banyuhay Podcast: Change, One Conversation at a Time

  1. Episode 1 – Constitutionalism and Charter Change
  2. Episode 2 – BARMM and Charter Change
  3. Episode 3 – The Political Economy of Charter Change: Unpacking the Economic Implications
  4. Episode 4 – Assessing the Impact of Charter Change on Local Governance

9 Policy Briefs

  1. Regionalism in the Time of Systemic Risk: Potential and Pitfalls in ASEAN’s Approach
  2. Advancing the Local Production and Commercialization of Single Cylinder Engines for Agricultural and Fisheries Sector Mechanization 
  3. Integrating Multiliteracies into Philippine Education for a More Informed Society
  4. Defending the West Philippine Sea: Japan’s Crucial Role in Countering Gray Zone Operations in the Maritime Domain
  5. Academia: Serving the People or the Legislature? A Bibliometric Analysis and Rethinking the University of the Philippines’ Role in the Legislative Policymaking Process
  6. Rethinking the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012: Strengthening Philippine Sovereignty in the Digital Age 
  7. Unveiling Charter Change Initiatives: Sifting Economic Aspirations from Political Realities 
  8. Artificial Intelligence and Marine Litter Monitoring and Tracking: Investing in AI Technologies in the Philippines
  9. Lessons from Pakikipagkapwa: Strengthening Philippine Anti-Discrimination Efforts for a More Inclusive Society

10 PEJA Policy Papers

  1. Understanding Labor Market Outcomes of Graduates in the Informal Economy
  2. Kakayanin Natin: Empowering Citizens to Participate in Improving Education Governance in the Philippines
  3. Innovations and their Enablers and Barriers in Philippine Basic Education: Policy and Governance Implications
  4. Using Artificial Intelligence to Support Basic Education Teachers in Under-resourced Contexts
  5. Navigating the Generative Artificial Intelligence Era: Charting the Course for Curricular Reform in Higher Education in the Philippines
  6. Developing Regional Economic Complexity through Product Specialization
  7. Strengthening Higher Agriculture Educational Institutions and Vocational-Technical Training Programs on Entrepreneurship for Greater Contribution Towards Agriculture and Fisheries Productivity
  8. Governance Cultures, Perspectives, and Practices in Philippine Basic Education Settings: Focus on Teacher In-Service Training and Development
  9. From Pixels to Policies: GIS Analysis of Educational Pipeline Access Points and Disparities
  10. Enabling Young Filipinos to Dream Big and Achieve Bigger: Centering Youth Aspirations in Education Reform
  11. Ten more coming in 2025

3 Monographs 

  1. Informal Settlement on UP Diliman: A Preliminary Study of Spatial Conditions and Possibilities
  2. On Muslim Theology and Spirituality: The Writings of Cesar Adib Majul 
  3. Walang Plastikan: Measuring the Employment Impact and Workers’ Perceptions of the Proposed National Single-Use Plastic Ban
  4. Class, Economy and Politics in Southeast Asia (forthcoming December 2024)

3 New Programs 

  1. Conservation and Biodiversity 
  2. Food Security 
  3. Urban Studies

2 Journal Articles 

  1. Are Female Workers in the Informal Sector Benefiting from the Expanded Maternity Leave Law?: A Preliminary Investigation
  2. The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) as an International Agricultural Research Center (IARC): From the Cold War to One CGIAR 

1 PJPP Book Review

  1. Conflict’s Long Game: A Decade of Violence in the Bangsamoro

1 Policy Essay

  1. What Good Books Could Do

In addition, UP CIDS this was able to enter into three (3) Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs).