Program Convenors and Co-convenors
Dina S. Ocampo, Ph.D.
Convenor
Education Research Program
Fernando DLC. Paragas, Ph.D.
Convenor
Program on Higher Education Research and Policy Reform
Marie Therese Angeline P. Bustos, Ph.D.
Convenor
Assessment, Curriculum, and Technology Research Program
Fidel R. Nemenzo, D.Sc.
Convenor
Program on Data Science for Public Policy
Jalton G. Taguibao, Ph.D.
Co-convenor
Program on Data Science for Public Policy
Karl Robert L. Jandoc, Ph.D.
Convenor
Program on Escaping the Middle-Income Trap: Chains for Change
Annette O. Pelkmans-Balaoing, Ph.D.
Co-convenor
Program on Escaping the Middle-Income Trap: Chains for Change
Antoinette R. Raquiza, Ph.D.
Convenor
Political Economy Program
Maria Dulce F. Natividad, Ph.D.
Co-convenor
Political Economy Program
Eduardo C. Tadem, Ph.D.
Convenor
Program on Alternative Development
Karl Arvin F. Hapal
Co-convenor
Program on Alternative Development
Maria Ela L. Atienza, Ph.D.
Co-convenor
Program on Social and Political Change
Jorge V. Tigno, DPA
Co-convenor
Program on Social and Political Change
Macrina A. Morados
Convenor
Islamic Studies Program
Herman Joseph S. Kraft
Convenor
Strategic Studies Program
Aries A. Arugay, Ph.D.
Co-convenor
Strategic Studies Program
Marie Aubrey J. Villaceran, Ph.D.
Convenor
Decolonial Studies Program
Frances Antoinette C. Cruz
Co-convenor
Decolonial Studies Program
Local–Regional Studies Network (LRSN)
Unit Directors and Project Leaders
Leah Enkiwe-Abayao, Ph.D.
Director and LRSN Project Leader
Cordillera Studies Center
University of the Philippines Baguio
Belinda F. Espiritu, Ph.D.
Director and LRSN Project Leader
Central Visayas Studies Center
University of the Philippines Cebu
