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Dr. Ian Clark Parcon is appointed as Chief Editor of the SES Journal

 



On the basis of a Board Resolution passed on July 23, 2022, Dr. Ian Clark Parcon has been appointed as Chief Editor of the SES Journal of Applied Philosophy. The Board, headed by Fr. Dexter Veloso, also unanimously moved for the reorganization of the editorial board. The journal will now have two areas of concentration - First, General Philosophy & Applied Ethics and second, Development Theory and Governance. 

Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc will return as an editor. He and Dr. Peter Elicor are co-editors for General Philosophy and Applied Ethics while Dr. Rogelio Bayod and Dr. Randy Tudy will be co-editors for Development Theory and Governance. New submissions to the journal may be sent to icrparcon@addu.edu.ph. The SES Journal of Applied Philosophy is a peer-reviewed journal listed in the Asean Citation Index.


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