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📣 Final Call for Abstract Submissions for the 8th Katipunan Conference!

Theme: Philippine Strategic Outlook 2030: Policy, Power, and Partnerships at the Business-Government Nexus

Deadline for Abstract Submission: June 30, 2026 (Tuesday)

Read more: https://t.co/RizVBMn2w2

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ASOG, through APC, in partnership with the UP CIDS Strategic Studies Program and Miriam College, with support from Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Philippines, invites scholars and researchers to submit papers for the 8th Katipunan Conference.

Read more: https://t.co/mhshUxoEO5

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When strategically funneled into public health services, tobacco tax revenues help reduce smoking and its health burdens 🚭📉 and fund our healthcare system 🏥​🤝

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#NationalNoSmokingMonth #UnmaskTheAppeal #PublicHealth #HealthFinancing

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On 26 May 2026, ASOG, through APC, led the onboarding workshop with the Quirino Provincial Government for the Local Health Financing Phase 2 Project, with support from the Unilab Center for Health Policy (UCHP).​
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🔗 Read the full article: https://t.co/68zLOrs6IR

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Today is World No Tobacco Day! 🚭

The Ateneo School of Government (ASOG), through its research and public policy unit, the Ateneo Policy Center (APC), celebrates World No Tobacco Day 2026! 🌍💪

Read more: https://t.co/z0yNDcWM6N

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The Ateneo School of Government (ASOG), through the Ateneo Policy Center, is proud to introduce John Paul Caesar R. delos Trinos, MPH, MHM, PhD as a Non-Resident Research Fellow under the Tobacco Control and Governance (TC&G) program.​

🔗 Read more: https://t.co/ojtd0S6T5s

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ASOG, through APC, in partnership with the UP CIDS Strategic Studies Program and Miriam College, with support from Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Philippines, invites scholars and researchers to submit papers for the 8th Katipunan Conference.

Read more: https://t.co/mhshUxoEO5

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On 27 April 2026, the Ateneo School of Government, through the Ateneo Policy Center, participated in an episode of SPARC: Spouses, Parents, Children, a weekly family education program aired every Monday morning on Radyo Katipunan 87.9 FM.

Read more: https://t.co/csRcZLemBf

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In March 2026, the Bangsamoro Darul-Ifta issued a fatwa declaring that forcing a woman to marry her rapist is haram. In this article, ASOG Dean Jennifer Oreta reflects on systemic injustices and how the Bangsamoro gov't works to address them.

Read more: https://t.co/uqeo5vPfy0

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Twelve years after the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro was signed, ASOG Dean Jennifer Oreta found that the Bangsamoro region’s path to political maturity has been anything but linear.

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On 19 March 2026, the Ateneo School of Government, through the Ateneo Policy Center, with support from partner institutions, held a workshop forum on Addressing Malign Foreign Influence and Interference in the Philippines in Quezon City.

Read more: https://t.co/bcHWgsp3Ok

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On 2 April 2026, ASOG Senior Research Fellow Dr. Imelda B. Deinla was interviewed in a Philippine Star article entitled “Gen Z’s support for Duterte’s ICC trial faces steep decline. Are we slowly becoming forgetful?”

Access the full opinion piece here: https://t.co/PuPrwpZaQw

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On 5 March 2026, the Ateneo School of Government through the Ateneo Policy Center participated in an episode of Nagtatanong Lang, a weekly public affairs program aired every Thursday evening on Radyo Katipunan 87.9 FM.

Read more: https://t.co/X0kfetOWiu

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How does election manipulation take shape across provinces?

Across the Philippines, political dynasties, patronage networks, and money politics continue to shape who can win, and who can even dare to run, in local elections.

Read the full ASOG WP here: https://t.co/HU8b60F0rm.

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Is local health spending still relevant in PH?​
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Despite devolution of health responsibilities to LGUs, Filipinos still pay for health out-of-pocket while LGUs struggle to fully utilize their budgets.​
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ASOG Working Paper investigates this pattern: https://t.co/oRU9kUXsy8

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How are elections manipulated in the 21st century?

In some cases, elections are just a “numbers game.” Beneath this “competitive” arena, elections are also influenced by money politics behind the scenes.

Read the full ASOG Working Paper here: https://t.co/HU8b60F0rm

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How does political competition shape ERV?

Data suggests that violence is often a calculated strategy driven by entrenched power & high-stakes competition.

ASOG WP finds provinces with more “fat dynasties” in one election see more violence in the next: https://t.co/HU8b60F0rm

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How common is election-related violence (ERV)?
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In the ASOG Working Paper “Latent Capacity, Active Triggers: The Determinants of Election-Related Violence in the Philippines,” researchers uncover trends in ERV and their links to local level dynamics: https://t.co/HU8b60F0rm.

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Organized by ASOG, in partnership with UNDP, 33 women leaders from LGUs and CSOs across the BARMM took part in the 2nd installment of the She Wins Peace Executive Leadership Training on Women, Peace, and Security.

(Photos by UNDP Philippines)

Full story: https://t.co/EXrrJPptrF

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Nearly two decades after studying rido in Mindanao, Dr. Wilfredo M. Torres, Non-Resident Research Fellow, finds the problem persists, but with new energy for resolution.

Read the full article here 👉📄 https://t.co/AMhgwAECyx

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ASOG, through APC, hosted a brown bag session titled “Sliding into Irrelevance? A Brown Bag Session on Local Health Financing in the Philippines”, held on 4 February 2026 at the Pacifico Ortiz Hall, Ateneo de Manila University, and via Zoom.

Read more: https://t.co/c8hXl7eHeI