Announcements
The Age of Globalization: Anarchists and and the Anticolonial Imagination – A Public Lecture by Benedict Anderson
Benedict Anderson’s public lecture, “The Age of Globalization: Anarchists and the Anticolonial Imagination,” is drawn from his own similarly titled book. The Age of Globalization’s focus (is) on the final decades of the nineteenth century. The near simultaneity of the...
Risking Resources, Reckoning Risks
. Mass Media and the Science of Natural Disasters “Communicating Risks, Risking Miscommunication: Mass Media and the Science of Natural Disasters” is the first lecture of the 2014 UP TWSC Public Lecture Series on Natural Disasters. This lecture was held last 3...
Star Meat, Cebu Siopao, and the Anti-Muslim Ilaga: The Rat in Philippine Politics by Dr. Patricio N. Abinales
“Star Meat, Cebu Siopao, and the Anti-Muslim Ilaga: The Rat in Philippine Politics,” a public lecture by Dr. Patricio N. Abinales was held last 25 July 2014 (Friday), from 3:00 to 5:00 PM, at the Seminar Room of the GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, University of the...
Research
The TWSC undertakes research for generating knowledge and collaborates with social movements and civil society to promote actions for change.

Have We Honored the Marcoses Enough? An Inventory of the Memorials to the Marcoses and the Places Named After Them

The Socio-Economic Impact of TNCs in Developing Countries: A Preliminary Case Study of TNCs in the Food and Beverage Industries

Developing a Human Security Index for the Philippines: An Exploratory Study of Human Security in Conflict Areas

Dishonesty and Disgrace: A History of University of the Philippines’ Responses to Alleged Acts of Plagiarism Committed by Members of Its Faculty, 1908–2010

Ha Pagtindog han Bungto: Improvising Local Governance and The Actual Utilization of LDRRMFs in Yolanda-Ravaged Leyte and Eastern Samar

Developing a Human Security Index for the Philippines: An Exploratory Study of Human Security in Conflict Areas
Publications
The publications of the Center offer critical perspectives on interdisciplinary issues and concerns, notably through the journal Kasarinlan (Independence)

The Age of Globalization: Anarchists and and the Anticolonial Imagination – A Public Lecture by Benedict Anderson
Benedict Anderson’s public lecture, “The Age of Globalization: Anarchists and the Anticolonial Imagination,” is drawn from his own similarly titled book. The Age of Globalization’s focus (is) on the final decades of the nineteenth century. The near simultaneity of the...

Risking Resources, Reckoning Risks
. Mass Media and the Science of Natural Disasters “Communicating Risks, Risking Miscommunication: Mass Media and the Science of Natural Disasters” is the first lecture of the 2014 UP TWSC Public Lecture Series on Natural Disasters. This lecture was held last 3...

Star Meat, Cebu Siopao, and the Anti-Muslim Ilaga: The Rat in Philippine Politics by Dr. Patricio N. Abinales
“Star Meat, Cebu Siopao, and the Anti-Muslim Ilaga: The Rat in Philippine Politics,” a public lecture by Dr. Patricio N. Abinales was held last 25 July 2014 (Friday), from 3:00 to 5:00 PM, at the Seminar Room of the GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, University of the...
Training
The Center serves as a forum for the articulation and analyses of various issues, as well as a mechanism for dialogue and debate among scholars, governments and the larger society. TWSC-sponsored activities provide support for class instruction, especially in courses requiring discussions on contemporary social, political and economic concerns.