The Social Ethics Society, in cooperation with Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology and Waseda University, will hold the Peace and Conflict Studies Webinar Series with Prof. Juichiro Tanabe as the Main Lecturer, together with local academics as invited speakers. The webinar series will be done via Zoom. The first event will be held on September 30, 2023. Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc of Ateneo de Davao University and Prof. Gerry Arambala of MSU GenSan will discuss topics such as terrorism and global poverty. The speakers in forthcoming events include Prof. Ruben Balotol of STI College, Ormoc, Dr. Rogelio Bayod of Cor Jesu College, and Dr. Ian Clark Parcon of Ateneo de Davao University. Prof. Migs Mansueto is the moderator and organizer. Registration is free. For more information, please email the organizer at migs_mansueto@yahoo.com.
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...