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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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Saliksik Kasaysayan

Saliksik Kasaysayan is a fellowship program to develop a compendium of Philippine history. It was a ten-month program that aimed to take stock of and secure the articles, materials, and references on the different periods in Philippine history. Dates of Implementation/Duration:  2022 – 2023 Partner Institutions: REX Education, Philippine Historical Association, and Philippine National Historical

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PCPD Graduate Fellowship and Research Grant Program

The PCPD Graduate Fellowship and Research Grant Program sought to provide funding support to young Filipino scholars interested in pursuing a graduate degree at a local institution or undertake research in the field of population and development. Dates of Implementation/Duration:  2007 – 2013 Partner Institutions: Philippine Center for Population and Development (PCPD) Objective: To support

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International Fellowships Program (IFP)

The International Fellowships Program (IFP) is Ford Foundation’s largest-ever grant activity for graduate students. PSSC was among some 20 international partner organizations of the Ford Foundation in administering the program in 21 countries around the world. This international partnership assigned PSSC the responsibility of promoting the program in the Philippines, recruiting applicants from the program’s

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ASIA Fellowships Awards (AFA)

The ASIA Fellows Awards sought to develop regional expertise, establish a multilateral network of Asian specialists from many disciplines, professional fields and countries, stimulate interdisciplinary research and inter-societal comparison, and contribute to new developments within existing area studies communities. Dates of Implementation/Duration:  2002 – 2010 Partner Institutions: Asian Scholarship Foundation Objectives: Target Beneficiaries: Young mid-career Asian scholars

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International Program on the Elimination of Child Labour

The International Program on the Elimination of Child Labour is a research fund program providing generous support to four graduate students who are undertaking theses or dissertations centered on the alarming issue of child labor within the country. Dates of Implementation/Duration:  1999 – 2001 Partner Institutions: International Labour Organization Objective: To provide financial support for comprehensive research

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Asian Fellowship Program

The Asian Fellowship Program is an effort to provide financial support to Asian graduate students in the Philippines pursuing studies in the social sciences, agriculture, and rural development. Dates of Implementation/Duration:   Early 1980s Partner Institutions: Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Washington State University Objectives Target Beneficiaries: Graduate students taking up studies in the field of social sciences,

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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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