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From its creation in 1998, the then-College of Public Affairs (CPAf) has made its mark in the field of development and governance studies. Through the years, CPAf has produced a significant number of graduates and a body of knowledge along institutional, policy and governance issues in the rural sector, in general, and in the agriculture and natural resources sectors, in particular.
Under a new name and a strong, dynamic “one-faculty-one-college” structure that helps strengthen and sustain its established innovations, the College of Public Affairs and Development now aims to offer more relevant academic programs on development and governance studies.
CPAf research project featured in DZLB Online’s Galing UPLB! program
by Ruth Anne T. Ruelos
Prof. Nelson Jose Vincent B. Querijero and AProf. Rhea L. Gumasing appeared in the 17th episode of DZLB Online’s Galing UPLB! program last June 11, 2021. They discussed their research project titled “Assessment of Policy Constraints to the Effective and Efficient Conduct of Public R&D in the Philippines,” which is funded by the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD).
Towards Sustainable Shared Growth Policy Briefs (A Challenge Earnestly Accepted)
by Ferdinand C. Maquito
“Do we care about the Societal Impact of our research?” was the title of a 2019 editorial of the Information Systems Journal archived in the Wiley Online Library. Not only did it unabashedly confirm a growing literature critical of what it calls as the “tyranny of the H-indices (or more familiarly, journal impact factors), but it also issued a clarion call to the barricade led by V or Value-indices (or what I would call as social impact factors) that sought to channel research in the academe towards its non-academic stakeholders. In this veritable rebellion against a well-entrenched tradition, I found vindication of my drive to greatly renew efforts to produce policy briefs, starting with myself and then with my graduate students in Strategic Planning Theory and Methods (SPPS 201).
New Head for KMO
by Stella Concepcion R. Britanico
Ms. Samantha Geraldine G. De los Santos now heads the Knowledge Management Office (KMO) of CPAf starting May 1, 2021.
As KMO Head, Ms. De los Santos will lead the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of all activities pertaining to the KM program agenda of CPAf. At present, KMO manages the college library; computer laboratory; college publications (i.e., refereed journal, newsletter, and magazine); and college database.
Ms. De los Santos, recipient of CPAf's Outstanding Junior Researcher Award in 2018, is a University Researcher at the Community Innovations Studies Center of CPAf. For 10 years now, she has been involved in research proposal writing, data gathering, data processing and analysis, and report writing and presentation. She led projects on organizational assessment as well as studies on business development services and gender and development. She was also involved in research projects related to climate change, environment and natural resource economics, and supply chain analysis.
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