Policy Research Workshop: Opening Message by Dr.Marilou Nicolas

The issues and constraints in doing policy research were front and center when the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (CIDS) hosted a workshop on "Building Capacity To Do Policy Research" on May 17, 2013 at CIDS office.

The activity drew participants from UP Manila, Diliman, Baguio, Los Baños, and Open University, comprised mostly of Associate and Assistant Professors. Aiming to develop the capacity to do policy researches among young faculty-researchers of UP and to write policy papers for publication, the workshop was organized.

For the morning session, the presentations featured four panels of experts from different academic disciplines. The panel consisted of Commissioner Cynthia Bautista of CHED, President Josef Yap of PIDS and UP professors, Dr. Perry Ong of Institute of Biology and Dr. Temario Rivera of Department of Political Science.

Policy research in Social Sciences, Education & Arts, Natural Sciences, and Economics were among the topics. Presenters discussed the issues and limitations in doing policy research. They noted that "without solid basic research, policy research will be impossible to do". The important elements in writing and publishing policy research were also addressed.

At the end of the presentations, the participants partook in a workshop to discuss their expertise and ideas in doing research, in which they will submit a capsule proposal on a policy research they wish to undertake given that it must be a topic on any of the 4E framework of UP CIDS.

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