Social Ethics Society

  Dr. Nima Rezaei of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences will deliver the Keynote Address (in-person) in the Mindanao Conference on Public Health that will be hosted by the Social Ethics Society and North Valley College this coming August 3, 2026 at North Valley College in Kidapawan City. The theme of the conference is Bridging Science and Society: Mindanao and the Future of Public Health. The event hopes to gather academics, researchers, students, and medical practitioners to discuss and engage on important topics and issues concerning the role of science in public health policy. Dr. Nima Rezaei is the founder of the Universal Science Education Research Network. He has published more than 1,000 Scopus-indexed papers and has been cited more than 140,000 times. His research is on immunology. He holds a doctorate degree in the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom.

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  Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc,  author of The Harshest Things You'll Ever Learn about Love, is a contemporary Filipino political philosopher. Recognized as the top-ranked researcher for philosophy in the Philippines by the Alper-Doger (AD) Scientific Index from 2023-25, he is an Associate Professor at the Ateneo de Davao University where he is primarily based and a Visiting Professor at Silliman University. He was awarded the Public Intellectual Prize by the Philosophical Association of the Philippines (PAP) in 2020. He was a fellow of the ASAP Yale Global Justice Program and was mentored by the renowned philosopher Thomas Pogge. Trained in political party building and democratic governance in Bonn and Berlin, Germany by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Maboloc’s philosophical work is uniquely anchored in the geopolitical and cultural realities of the southern Philippines, specifically Mindanao. Rather than simply echoing Western thought, his philosophy seeks to deconstruct elit...

The Davao School of Radical Democracy: Southern Voices Reimagining Philippine Politics, a volume edited by Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc and Dr. Mansoor Limba, has been released. The book is published by ElziStyle Publishing. About the Book “The Davao School of Radical Democracy is a compelling and provocative academic volume that examines the contested terrain of democracy, power, and political identity from the perspective of the Global South. This book challenges dominant liberal and Western-centric narratives of democracy by foregrounding conflict, affect, and historical marginalization as constitutive elements of political life.” ––Rakhmat Hidayat, PhD, Professor of Sociology, State University of Jakarta “This volume is an excellent introduction to contemporary Filipino political and philosophical mind. It examines liberal versus radical democratic theory through the prism of Philippine political experience, especially the challenges of the rise of Rodrigo Duterte and the re-emerge...

  A workshop on Building Institutional Well Being through Core Values and Critical Thinking was successfully held at Benguet State University - Bokod Campus. Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc delivered a talk on the Philosophy of Education, Critical Thinking, and Institutional Core Values to the faculty.  Dr. Maboloc also discussed the issues pertaining to the proposed reframing of the General Education Curriculum, establishing a research culture, publishing and writing in Scopus-indexed journals, Philippine politics and its implications to education, sustainability and human wellbeing. The participants engaged the speaker on the above topics. Dr. Maboloc also shared his experience on the value of collaborating with other academics and researchers, both local and international. Dr. Gleemoore Makie, school administrator, delivered the opening remarks while Dr. Shakira Herman introduced the speaker

RATIONALE            The 2nd SES-PUP International Ethics Conference at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan is a joint undertaking between the Social Ethics Society (SES) and the Center for Philosophy and the Humanities of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, in cooperation with the Center for International Education at Waseda University. The event will be held on September 9-11, 2026 at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. The theme for this year’s conference is “A New World Order: Peace, Democracy, Global Security, and a Sustainable Future.” This gathering expects to bring together scholars and researchers from the Philippines and Japan to discuss and engage on ethical questions and socio-political issues of global relevance,           After the success of the pioneering event that was held last year, the organizers deemed it important that a follow-up should be held to continue the important dialogue between researchers and s...