Research at De La Salle University
Forward-looking research addresses the need for timely and appropriate knowledge and applications. It provides insights into critical issues, and positions all people and instruments needed in the proper perspective. It refines existing theories, techniques and equipment to address the need for expertise in providing solutions to the country’s developmental and educational concerns. Over time, research provides the leverage that transforms into intellectual leadership.
At De La Salle University, all colleges are encouraged to identify their own research objectives towards its goal of being a world-class institution. These are in line with the University’s research priority areas: 1) women, children, and family; 2) food, nutrition, and health; 3) learners and learning innovations; 4) living culture and contemporary societies; and 5) sustainability, environment, and energy.
The University also coordinates activities and disseminates pertinent information to institutionally-based externally-funded research objectives. These research projects are awarded by organizations or institutions that provide funds to DLSU. In turn, the faculty is provided mechanisms that aid them in research activities.
DLSU RESEARCH EXHIBIT
What’s a smart way to detect toxicity in food products?
There are certain molds that can cause genetic mutations and cancer. Two types of these, Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus, produce aflatoxins—carcinogens and mutagens that grow in soil, causing the decay of vegetation, hay, and grains. A group of researchers …
What is happening at our community quarantine checkpoints?
At the onset of the community quarantine in Luzon and in other major cities across the country, a team of De La Salle University professors embarked on a study that brings to light the need to develop effective measures to …
What can we learn from a history of plagues?
The Philippines is locked in an enduring deadly dance with plagues. Long before written history, our ancestors have sung songs and told tales about scourges that caused hunger, sickness, and death. Every colonial regime henceforth brought with it diseases that …
How do organizations communicate migrant health?
Discussions on migration health are now more relevant than ever, as the novel coronavirus continues to be a serious threat to global public health. While research on the importance of organizations in mobilizing collective actions for migrants are readily available, …
How can we improve alternative learning in the Philippines?
In the Philippines, out-of-school youths, non-readers, working Filipinos, and even senior citizens who have never had the opportunity to earn their high school diploma before can now do so, through the Department of Education’s Alternative Learning System (ALS). DepEd describes …
How can we boost Philippine research?
An educational visionary and a pillar of linguistics in the Philippines, the late Academician Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC advocated the development of a research university in the country. From the late 70s to the 90s, serving as president of De …
How can global economies survive the next pandemic?
The COVID-19 outbreak has altered the world as we know it, redirecting the future of all aspects of society from culture to education, from government to industry. As of early May, there are more than 3.6 million infections in 187 …
Can modern technology keep an indigenous language and culture alive?
De La Salle University Associate Professor and Department of English and Applied Languages Chair Dr. Rochelle Irene Lucas says: “If you allow a language to die, a culture and its traditional beliefs and indigenous knowledge go with it.” For the …
Are global supply chains ready once COVID-19 vaccines and antivirals become available?
With the ongoing global health crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists are racing to produce both antivirals and vaccines for it. The market is expected to create a massive demand for such antiviral and treatment products. It is in …
Is there reason to hope?
In their website, it was with this quote from Australian novelist Tim Winton that the scholars of HopeLab@DLSU introduced their work: “There is an assumption that hope is a feeling, but I see it as a discipline... If there is …