Talks

Overseas

  •  2023. Invited speaker. “Mapping and Mitigating Digital Harassment Against Human Rights Defenders in Thailand.” Chulalongkorn University, Embassy of Switzerland in Thailand, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and UN Development Programme (Bangkok, Thailand).
  • 2023. Panel speaker. “How online manipulation influences election outcomes: Lessons from the Philippines to Thailand.” Center for Humanitarian Dialogue, CoFACT Thailand, and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Southeast and East Asia (Bangkok, Thailand).
  • 2023. Guest lecture. “Combatting disinformation in Southeast Asia and beyond: Evidence and challenges.” Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands).
  • 2022. Panel speaker. “The future of the Philippines under a Marcos-Duterte presidency.” Institute for Policy Studies, Foreign Policy in Focus, Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University, Sulo: Philippine Studies Initiative at New York University, Global Philippine Studies Forum, Center for Southeast Asia Studies at University of California Berkeley, and New York Southeast Asia Network (New York, USA).
  • 2022. Guest lecture. “Triumph of the Counter-Revolution in the 2022 Philippine Elections: The Marcos-Duterte Leviathan.” Music, Memory, Politics Study Lab at the University of Cologne (Germany).
  • 2022. Panel speaker. “Philippine Politics: Assessments and Projections.” Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore (Singapore).
  •   2022. Panel speaker. “The Next Digital Decade in Asia.” Digital Asia Hub and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (Singapore).
  •  2022. Invited speaker. “HSBC Local Macro Insights Series: 2022 Philippine Elections.” HSBC (HongKong).
  • 2019. Plenary speaker. “Is youth really wasted on the young? Emerging politics of digital citizenship among young Southeast Asians.” Keynote speaker at the Fourth Annual Conference of Network Society, Institute of Network Society, China Academy of Art (Hangzhou, China).
  • 2017. Panel speaker. “An Illiberal Project? Nation-Building in Duterte’s Philippines.” Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore (Singapore).    
  • 2017. Guest lecture. “Philippine Democracy In Between Crisis and Transformation: The Rise of Rodrigo Roa Duterte.” Berlin Philippine Studies Lecture Series, Institute for Asian and African Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany).

Philippines

  • 2022. Plenary speaker. “Media system reforms vs disinformation in Southeast Asia.” 14thGeneral Assembly of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats.
  • 2022. Invited speaker. “Research methods in political science: Trends and challenges.” Department of Political Science, Ateneo De Manila University.
  • 2022. Invited speaker. “Patronage politics in the Philippines.” MINT College.
  • 2022. Invited speaker. “Research training for social scientists.” Mindanao State University- Maguindanao.
  •  2022. Invited speaker. “Autocratizing Philippines: Crisis, decay, and transformation.” 2022 Philippine Civil Society National Consolidation Workshop of the Asia Democracy Network and International Center for Innovation, Transformation, and Excellence in Governance.
  •  2022. Invited speaker. “From TikTok to the voting booth: Gen Zs and the 2022 elections.” Akademyang Filipino and Manila House.
  •  2022. Plenary speaker. “Bringing Philippine electoral politics to the digital age.” End-Term Assembly 2022, Philippine Councilors League and the Department of Interior and Local Government.
  •  2022. Plenary speaker. “Opposing populism in power: Anti-populist coups in third wave democracies.” 2022 College of International Relations Research Colloquium, Lyceum of the Philippines University.
  • 2021. Invited speaker. “Politicode: Deciphering the language in electoral campaigns.”University of the Philippines Debate Society.
  • 2021. Invited speaker: “POLITRICKS: Deciphering a political campaign.” College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology Student Council, University of the Philippines Los Baños.
  •  2021. Panel speaker. “Developments and Shifts of Democratic Practices Post COVID-19.” Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.
  • 2021. Panel speaker. “Handang Lasalyano Para sa Bayan.” University Student Government, De La Salle University.
  • 2021. Invited speaker. “Making Gen Z voters: From Tiktok to the voting booths.” A Voter’s Education Convention, AISEC, University of the Philippines Diliman.
  • 2021. Panel speaker. “How political is the social? Political sociology and the 2022 elections.” Socio-Caravan, Philippine Sociological Society.
  • 2018. Invited speaker. “Analyzing qualitative data: Traditions and innovations.” Qualitative Research Workshop Series. Treston International College.
  • 2018. Guest lecture. “Millennials abandoning politics and agriculture? Perspectives from young Filipinos in urban and rural spaces.” Sociology Program, Bukidnon State University.
  • 2018. Guest lecture. “Is youth wasted on millennials? Personalized politics of young Filipinos.” Department of Behavioral Science, Central Mindanao University.
  • 2018. Keynote speaker. “We Are Rodrigo Duterte: The Philippine populist publics.”National Consultation on Populism, International Center for Innovation, Transformation, and Excellence in Governance.
  • 2018. Keynote speaker. “Dissecting populism: The rising trend of populism on a global scale.” Philippine Summit on European Studies, University of the Philippines Euro-Filipino Understanding and Relations Organization.
  • 2018. Invited speaker. “Looking at research ethics in evaluating research proposals.” National Research Management Conference, Department of Education.
  • 2018. Guest lecture. “The Politics of Remembering and Forgetting: The Battle for EDSA Revolution Memory under Duterte’s administration.” UPLB Reimagining Philippine Politics Lecture Series, Department of Social Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños.
  • 2018. Invited speaker. “Fundamentals of Research.” School of Information and Knowledge Management, Philippine Normal University.
  • 2018. Keynote speaker. “Talastasan sa Kasaysayan: Memories of People Power.” Department of History and Department of Broadcast Communication, University of the Philippines Diliman.
  • 2016. Panel speaker. “Politics and Memory: Remembering (and Forgetting) EDSA People Power.” Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines Diliman 
  • 2016. Keynote speaker. “Continuities and Discontinuities in Philippine Politics.” PCC Research Festival, Philippine Cultural College.
  • 2015. Guest lecture. “Dissecting Post-Color Revolutions West Asia: Lessons on authoritarian resilience and democracy prevention”. Department of Asian Studies, University of Santo Tomas.
  • 2014. Guest lecture. “Redefining the Selfie Generation: Is the youth really wasted on the young?”. Department of Social Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños.