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On May 5, 2016, members of the research team of the study “Sow the Seeds of Change: Local Best Practices in Disaster Risk Reduction Efforts” met for a workshop at the DLSU University Fellows Room, 2nd Floor, Yuchengco Building. Three …

Ten research fellows led by Social Development Research Center Director Dr. Maria Caridad Tarroja, seven research associates and assistants, and eight research staff members participated in a writeshop held on August 5 and 6, 2016 to reconstruct a manual for …

“I am the Psychologist that I am today because of so many people I have met and those who have inspired me to simply do good Psychology.” These were the words of thanks relayed by SDRC Director Dr. Maria Caridad …

Two years after taking part in the Reims Experience as an introduction to the Lasallian Formation Series, members of the SDRC Staff led by its director Dr. Maria Caridad Tarroja embarked on a follow-up activity on September 28, 2016 in …

In a world that is increasingly volatile and unpredictable, research universities allow us to think resiliently. This was one of the many take-aways provided by SDRC research fellow and past director Dr. Ma. Elena Chiong-Javier in her talk on “The …

Welcoming member-institution representatives to the 4th SERP-P Network Biennial Meeting, Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) on December 6, 2016, President Dr. Gilberto Llanto pointed out that the group’s efforts would be exerted in “the era of post-truth,” at once …

Twice as many boys as girls have been found to drop out of high school in the Philippines in recent years. Family problems, the need to work, illness, financial difficulties, and loss of interest are what feed this condition, diminishing …

Two years after the brutal surge of Typhoon Haiyan (known locally as Yolanda), the Visayan region continues to recover from the damages wrought. The most striking of these, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (February 2014), …