SES chair attends Global Summer School on Climate Change at the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand

De. Christopher Ryan Maboloc, an Associate Professor at Ateneo de Davao University and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Social Ethics Society, attended the Global Summer School on Climate Change and Human Mobility at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand, May 4-8, 2026. He is one of the 13 who were chosen out of the more than 800 applicants.

The event gathered scholars and activists from the Netherlands, India, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Philippines and Sri Lanka, to discuss climate change resilience and sustainability, migration and displacement, data driven policy analysis, indigenous peoples and urbanization in relation to the existential threat from changing climate landscapes and patterns across the globe.

The gathering included lectures, workshops, and inputs from experts. The group also did some investigative fieldwork in Ayutthaya as well as a cultural immersion in Thailand's northern region. The event is jointly hosted by Thammasat University, Chiang Mai University, and AIT. The event is organized by HOPESEA (Humanitarian Observatory for Policy and Education in Southeast Asia) and is funded by the Canadian Government.

List of Accepted Papers for Oral Presentation in the 16th SES Conference

1. Donnalen Quezon (MSU-IIT) - The Paradox of Justice: A Feminist Analysis of How the Philippine Legal System Reinforces Silence Among Rape Victims through Catharine MacKinnon’s Theory of the State 2. Najifah Macaraya & Erickson Totanes (MSU - GenSan) - Thinking Peace: A Philosophical Approach to Inner and Social Harmony 3. Francis Matay-ao Jr. (Isabela State University) - Principle-Centered Leadership: A Catalyst for Sustainable Development in Higher Education Institutions 4. Shasell Ybanez (MSU-IIT) - A Foucauldian Analysis of How Mega Influencers Reconfigure Knowledge and Desire in the Click-to-Bet Economy 5. Casey Tuazon & Shasell Ybanez (MSU-IIT) - The Ethical Implications of David Poplar’s Concept of Play Framing in the Context of Body-Shaming Humor Toward Filipino Women: A Luna Dolezal Body and Shame Analysis 6. Marlon Naiz (Southern Christian College) - Redefining Ecotourism: A Conservationist Analysis Based On Aldo Leop...

Statement of the SES expressing its opposition to the proposal to remove Ethics in the GE Curriculum

We, members of the Board of Directors of the Social Ethics Society, express our strong opposition to the proposal to remove ethics in college. Such move is bereft of merit and is ignorant as to the value and purpose of the teaching of the course, which is thoroughly rooted in the integral and critical function of higher education. The proposal to transfer it to Senior High School deprives college students of the teaching of ethics as a professional course, which is crucial in their civic engagements and the pursuit of a democratic society that can only be grounded in responsible citizenship and critical thinking. The direction of Edcom and its advisers from the technical panels of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) reduces our whole education system into a mode of creating docile workers who will constitute the labor force that will serve the whims and interests of a capital intensive and consumer driven globalized neoliberal economic order. It only breeds our subser...

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