Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc presents papers in 10 international virtual conferences in 2020

Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc has presented papers in 10 virtual international conferences this year, particularly in the conferences hosted by the Arizona-based American University of Sovereign Nations (AUSN) in which he is a visiting professor, the Eubios Ethics Institute, and in the Universal Science Education Research Network (USERN) Congress. The research papers deal with his philosophical reflections on Covid-19 as well as the philosophy of technology, post-pandemic. "Our present situation has been a challenge but at the same time it is also an opportunity to engage with global scholars," he says.

Local academicians in Mindanao have also been active in their international engagements, which Dr. Maboloc says is important because "the universe is such a big place and there is always room for everyone to develop his or her potential." Dr. Randy Tudy, Dr. Rogelio Bayod, Fr. Urbano Pardillo Jr., Fr. Dexter Veloso, Mr. Gerry Arambala, Dr. Moises Torrentira, Mr. Aldrin Quintero, and Dr. Sherlito Sable, who are all members of the Social Ethics Society, have also presented various papers in the AUSN hosted events. "The challenge is not just to write something," Dr. Maboloc mentions, "but to create an insight that can have social impact and human importance as well."

“Indigenous Wisdom and Human Solidarity in the midst of Covid-19,” 12^th International Public Health Conference, AUSN, (December 2020)

"Technological Systems in a Post-Covid 19 World," Universal Science Education Research Network, Tehran University (November 2020)

“Some Educational Challenges of Children with Needs,” 11^th International Public Health Conference, AUSN, (November 2020)

“The Vaccine Wars: Preventing Populist & Nationalist Impediments to Global Cooperation,” 10^th International Public Health Conference, AUSN, (October 2020)

“New Normal or Post-Normal: Philosophical Implications of the Covid-19 Pandemic.” 9^th International Public Health Conference, AUSN, (August 2020)

“Figuring out how to live in a Post-pandemic World.” 7^th International Public Health Conference, AUSN, (July 2020)

“Moral Leadership in the Time of the Pandemic,” 6^th International Public Health Conference, AUSN, (June 2020)

“The COVID-19 Pandemic and Social Inequality,” 3^rd International Public Health Conference, AUSN, (May 2020)

“Who is Most Vulnerable during a Pandemic?” 2^nd International Public Health Conference, AUSN, (April 2020)

“Globalization and Consumer Culture: Social Costs and Political Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic,” International Public Health Conference, AUSN, (March 2020)

Thomas Pogge to mentor AdDU prof in ASAP Global Justice Fellowship at Yale

Professor Thomas Pogge of Yale University will be the mentor of Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc in the ASAP Global Justice Program Fellowship at Yale University. Prof. Pogge is the author of World Poverty and Human Rights. Dr. Maboloc will write his research on structural issues in Muslim Mindanao using the perspectives of Iris Marion Young and Thomas Pogge. ASAP is an acronym for Academics Stand Against Poverty. According to its website, it utilizes "scholarship to influence policy and public attitudes to poverty. Established in 2010, (ASAP) is a non-partisan, independent global organization aiming to eradicate severe poverty worldwide." It is based in New Haven, Connecticut. It is under the Global Justice Program at Yale. Fourteen scholars around the world were chosen for the ASAP Program. Pogge is the most prominent scholar on global justice. He proposed the global difference principle as a critique to John Rawls's A Theory of Justice. Rawls was Pogge's adviser at H

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