Announcements
Citizenship Vigilance from the Grassroots: The Movement for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia: A Public Lecture by Mr. Koul Panha
Organized by the Ramon Magsaysay Foundation and the Third World Studies Center and co-sponsored by the University of the Philippines (UP) Office of the Vice President for Public Affairs, the College of Arts and Letters’ Office of the Dean, the UP Department of...
The B.S. Aquino Administration: Possible Perversities, Perverted Possibilities
Of Churlish Churches and a Sanctimonious State: Will There Ever Be a State of Grace? This is the first forum of the 2011 UP Third World Studies Center (TWSC) Public Forum Series “The B.S. Aquino Administration – Possible Perversities, Perverted Possibilities”...
Defining the Baselines of the Philippines
Held last May 13, 2011 at the Pulungang Claro M. Recto, Faculty Center, UP Diliman and brought to you by the Center for Political and Democratic Reform, Inc., the UP Diliman Department of Political Science, and the UP Third World Studies Center, this symposium...
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)

Citizenship Vigilance from the Grassroots: The Movement for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia: A Public Lecture by Mr. Koul Panha
Organized by the Ramon Magsaysay Foundation and the Third World Studies Center and co-sponsored by the University of the Philippines (UP) Office of the Vice President for Public Affairs, the College of Arts and Letters’ Office of the Dean, the UP Department of...

The B.S. Aquino Administration: Possible Perversities, Perverted Possibilities
Of Churlish Churches and a Sanctimonious State: Will There Ever Be a State of Grace? This is the first forum of the 2011 UP Third World Studies Center (TWSC) Public Forum Series “The B.S. Aquino Administration – Possible Perversities, Perverted Possibilities”...

Defining the Baselines of the Philippines
Held last May 13, 2011 at the Pulungang Claro M. Recto, Faculty Center, UP Diliman and brought to you by the Center for Political and Democratic Reform, Inc., the UP Diliman Department of Political Science, and the UP Third World Studies Center, this symposium...
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.