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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’s former outstanding senior researcher embarks new adventures
by David John F. Rodriguez
Dr. Miriam R. Nguyen, a university researcher at the Community Innovations Studies Center (CISC) of CPAf, has chosen to embark on another chapter of her life – retirement. She decided to board on her new journey officially on the 2nd of July 2021, after serving roughly 25 years in the field of research. Throughout the years, Dr. Nguyen had consistently carried out successful research and extension activities and delivered quality outputs.
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).
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