A joint initiative with the Department of Foreign Affairs and the UST Department of Political Science, along with The Political Science Forum. ASEAN ROADSHOW: Byaheng España to Southeast Asia highlighted the current participation of the Philippines to various Association of Southeast Asian Nation’s (ASEAN) activities. The discussion proper focused on awareness on ASEAN, its history, and accomplishments. The talk also tackled the complex tasks of ASEAN and its counterparts within the Philippine government. It also addressed the issues faced by ASEAN member states right now such as the West Philippine Sea, the coup in Myanmar, and security in the region, among others. The event is the launch of the Roadshow initiated by the Department of Foreign Affairs that will traverse the Philippines. Read the full article here!

Former UST Department of Political Science Chair and now UST Faculty of Arts and Letters Secretary, Asst. Prof. Louie Benedict R. Ignacio, PhD, posing with the speakers, attendees, and staff of the ASEAN Roadshow: Byaheng España to Southeast Asia

The event featured messages and lectures from:

Resource Speakers with members of the organizing Committee of DFA and UST

H.E. Agus Widjojo

Indonesian Ambassador to the Philippines

H.E. Sonexay Vannaxay

Lao Ambassador to the Philippines

Deputy Director Prince Philip Nagpala II

DFA-ASEAN External Relations Division

Assistant Secretary Daniel R. Espiritu

Director General of the ASEAN Philippines National Secretariat

Department of Foreign Affairs - Office of ASEAN Affairs

Director Mr. Jahzeel Abihail G. Cruz

Division 2, DFA-Office of Asean Affairs

Deputy Director Lyn Gutierrez

Division 4, DFA-Office of ASEAN Affairs

IGNITE:

The Route of Spartans to Familiarity

October 28, 2023

General assemblies are held to welcome the students onto a new academic year. With this year's title, IGNITE: The Route of Spartans to Familiarity, the Forum aimed to describe the igniting passion of the first-year students as they embark on their journey in the department and with the Spartans returning to the face-to-face class set-up they are familiar with, hence, the route to familiarity.

In this year's assembly, the Forum invited two inspiring alumni who shared their experiences as a Political Science student and their life after college. The assembly included games that allowed the participants to win amazing prizes from the sponsors. Oathtaking of the newly elected officers of the Forum also took place in the event and was followed by the introduction of the projects and plans for the Forum.

UST Political Science Freshmen with their seniors along with some alumni

The event featured messages from:

Mr. Francis Gabriel O. Santos

The Political Science Forum Alumni & Former UST Central Student Council President

Mr. Nathan Raphael D.L. Agustin The Political Science Forum Alumni & Former UST Central Student Council President

The event is proudly sponsored by:

Homeroom

Co-Working Space

Outside The Box

Co-Working Cafe

Manila Cafe

Wingfinity - Torre Central

Cozy Zola

The Political Science Forum assembled its mightiest Spartans to represent the political science society at the Athena’s Cup 2024 wherein they emerged victorious.

APAano: REVAMPED

Turn Your Advocacies Into Reality

February 7, 2024

APAANO Revamped was held in its original face-to-face style of discussions, it invited resource speakers who would entice the audience with their acquired knowledge and experiences towards writing a Research Paper. The talk also delved on the pre-writing process, on how one determines what topic one should pursue and write about. The event was open for all, not only just limited to Political Science students, who wish to learn about how to write their thesis and what techniques to apply. There will be a workshop in this seminar to be able to have a taste of the application process of what they have learned in the talk and also be critiqued for development.

The event was successfully held at the Thomas Aquinas Research Complex (TARC) Auditorium on February 7, 2024 having the attendance of mostly second and third year political science students. The audience had a positive feedback with their reactions to the talk by the

speakers, having the points of how to be intentional, research technicalities and research application. This has made the students reflect about their ongoing research activities and future thesis writing, especially with whom they want to take their research journey with, or who their final research partner would be.

Attendees, speakers, and staffs of the APAano REVAMPED; most of which coming from the second (batch 2026) and third (batch 2025) year levels of the UST - Department of Political Science

The event featured lectures from:

Mr. Jazztin Jairum P. Manalo

Faculty Member and Thesis Coordinator, UST Department of Political Science &

Assistant Professorial Lecturer,

De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde

Ms. Jeshamar C. Villasis

Faculty Member, UST Department of Political Science; Former President, The Political Science Forum, & Project Manager, WeSolve Foundation, Inc.

Mr. Ian Ralph C. Uytico

The Political Science Forum Alumni & Former AB Debate Parliament Deputy Bursar

Ms. Aubrey Jestine T. Matitu

The Political Science Forum Alumni & UST Law Debate and Moot Society Member

The event is proudly joined by:

UST Asian

Studies Society

UST Industrial

Engineering Circle

UST History Society

UST Sociological Society

UST Legal

Management Society

UST Literary Society

UST Scarlet AB

Lingkod Linangan:

The Political Science Forum Annual Public Lecture

February 21, 2024

The Annual Public Lecture, as one of the staple initiatives of The Political Science Forum, makes its long awaited return last February 21, 2024, and first time to be held onsite for nearly half a decade. After two years since its last edition, the public lecture series is recalibrated and redefined to what is renowned to be “Lingkod Linangan: The Political Science Forum Annual Public Lecture.” Unlike its previous editions which tackled contemporary issues broadly like the territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea, transportation crisis in Metro Manila, and the COVID-19 Pandemic and its impacts on the youth, this year’s lecture was centralized under one unifying theme, which was human rights that ever remain relevant but are often marginalized in mainstream media. At its goal of cultivating a space for dialogue while simultaneously pushing for awareness of the organization’s advocacies, The Political Science Forum is successful in setting a precedent for a student-led lecture that is held onsite and open for the public.

The event featured lectures from:

Mr Teddy Baguilat

Former Congressman and Ifugao Provincial Governor; President, Global Indigenous Community Conserved Areas (ICCA) Consortium

Mr Juanito Anot

Doctor of Philosophy in Philippine Studies - Language, Culture, Media;

Chair, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies-Far Eastern University (2017-2020)

Ms Karmina Constantino

2022 Marshall Mcluhan Fellow for Excellence in Journalism;

Senior Anchor and lead, ABS-CBN News Channel

Mr Paul Nicholas Soriano

Secretary-General, National Union of Journalists of the Philippines Metro Manila Chapter;

Project Manager, Thibi Data Consultancy

Mr Danilo Arao

Managing Editor of Philippine Journalism Review, Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility

Member of Board of Editors, Bulatlat.com

The event featured solidarity messages from:

Senator Loren Legarda

Journalist, Advocate, and Senate President Pro Tempore of the 19th Congress of the Philippines

Atty Chel Diokno

Human Rights Lawyer and Founding Dean of the De La Salle University

College of Law