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WE’RE SEARCHING! Executive Director

Nomination Closing Date: 15 January 2025, but applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Location: Onsite – Philippine Social Science Center, Commonwealth Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City Term: The Executive Director shall serve a three-year term, from April 2025 to March 2028, renewable upon satisfactory performance evaluation to be conducted […]

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The Past, Present, and Future of the Social Sciences in the Philippines: The Second Roundtable Discussion

MANILA – The Philippine Social Science Council (PSSC) has once again brought together prominent social scientists in its second installment of roundtable discussions (RTD), held on 19 November 2024, 2-5 PM at Jose P. Laurel Hall, Lyceum of the Philippines University, entitled “The Past, Present, and Future of the Social Sciences in the Philippines: The

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“Communication that Counts: Language Practice and Ideology in Globalized Accounting” by Dr. Pia Patricia P. Tenedero | 2024 Virginia A. Miralao Excellence in Research Award

Dr. Pia Patricia P. Tenedero, the assistant director of the University of Santo Tomas Research Center for Social Sciences and Education, is named the recipient of the 2024 Virginia A. Miralao Excellence in Research Award (VAMERA) on 7 August 2024, at the University of Santo Tomas Campus, Manila City. The Virginia A. Miralao (VAM) Excellence

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Book Talk on We Chose Peace: An Insider’s Story of the Bangsamoro Peace Talks by Miriam Coronel-Ferrer

On 5 June 2024, PSSC successfully conducted a book talk featuring Prof. Miriam Coronel-Ferrer’s latest book, “We Chose Peace: An Insider’s Story of the Bangsamoro Peace Talks,” at the PSSCenter. Prof. Coronel-Ferrer is a retired faculty member of the UP Diliman Department of Political Science, and assumed the pivotal role as the chief negotiator for

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“MIND THE GAP: An Analysis of the Discontinuity Between Antenatal Care and Facility-Based Delivery Among Filipino Mothers” by Denise Hyacinth Joy B. Musni | 3rd Loretta Makasiar Sicat Prize for the Social Sciences Awards

On 25 April 2024, Denise Hyacinth Joy B. Musni of University of the Philippines Population Institute received the first prize for the 3rd Loretta Makasiar Sicat Prize for the Social Sciences with her thesis focusing on maternal and child health in the Philippines. Watch now:

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January 2024 Training Workshop on AI in Social Research

THE TRAINING WORKSHOP ON AI IN SOCIAL RESEARCH IS BACK FOR ANOTHER RUN! Want to unlock the full potential of AI as an aid in conducting research? Join us on 25-26 January 2024 in this face-to-face training workshop designed to equip researchers with the tools and knowledge needed to maximize the potential of artificial intelligence

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Call for nominations | 3rd Loretta Makasiar Sicat Prize for the Social Sciences

Nominations are live for the 3rd Loretta Makasiar Sicat Prize for the Social Sciences! The Loretta Makasiar Sicat Prize for the Social Sciences (LMS Prize) seeks to promote the social sciences and honor the legacy and contribution of Dr. Loretta Makasiar Sicat for making the Philippine Social Science Council (PSSC) the leading institution in the promotion

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Country’s social scientists, policy makers meet in largest assembly ever

The country’s leading social scientists and policy makers will meet in the Visayas in what could be the largest gathering of social science scholars, researchers, academics, policymakers and private technology companies to explore prospects, challenges, and responses to public health in the country and the rest of Asia. The 10th National Social Science Congress (NSSC)

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PSSC confers 2023 VAM Award to UGAT’s Christian A. Rosales

The Philippine Social Science Council is pleased to announce that Christian A. Rosales has been chosen as the recipient of the 2023 Virginia A. Miralao (VAM) Excellence in Research Award for his article “Pigs and ritual-hunting among the highland Tau-Buhid in Mounts Iglit-Baco natural park, Philippines”. Details for the conferment ceremony and scientific lecture will

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