For purposes of consideration of papers for
presentation, please submit through email an abstract of not more than 300
words to Peter Paul Elicor at peterelicor@gmail.com not later than August 15, 2016. The theme for this year's conference is “Technology, Education, and Governance: Prospects and Perspectives.” Attach a separate title page that includes the
paper’s title, the author’s name, institutional affiliation, and email
address. Abstracts will be reviewed
blindly by a scientific committee. Notification of acceptance will be sent via
email. Full papers should not exceed 5,000 words. Papers may discuss contemporary theories of education,
prospects and perspectives in the reform of Philippine education, modern
technology and its influence to culture and society, theories and perspectives
in democratic equality, governance and citizenship, including global justice
issues.
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...