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.
By Menelito Mansueto (MSU-IIT) Christopher Ryan Maboloc is a Davao-based Filipino scholar known for his work in Social and Political Philosophy, Bioethics, Philippine Democracy, and the Philosophy of Technology. He is an Associate Professor at Ateneo de Davao University and a Visiting Professor at Silliman University. His body of work often engages with topics of social justice, structural inequality, and political ethics, particularly in the context of the Philippines. An Erasmus Mundus scholar, the author was trained in political party building and democratic governance at the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung in Bonn and Berlin, Germany. Dr. Maboloc is the author of two books, Radical Democracy in the Time of Duterte and The Question of Justice in Contemporary Liberal Theory. He is the editor of the two-volume Ethics in Contemporary Philippine Society, a collection of essays by Filipino scholars and academics, notably from Mindanao. He also authored several textbooks, including Et...