Ateneo hosts workshop on scholarly writing on international development

Emerging Southeast Asian scholars gathered on 8 March 2024 at the Loyola Campus of Ateneo de Manila University for a workshop on scholarly writing. Ateneo's Development Studies Program of the School of Social Sciences, in partnership with the Japan Society for International Development (JASID) Global Engagement Committee, hosted a one-day workshop on scholarly writing particularly in the field of international development in Southeast Asia.

The Dean of the School of Social Sciences, Dr Czarina Saloma-Akpedonu, and a representative from Japan Embassy's Japan Information and Culture Center, Mr Rintaro Shigeyoshi, welcomed JASID and its participants. After Dr Yuto Kitamura, Executive Director for JASID, and Dr Leslie Lopez, Director for Development Studies Program, introduced the workshop, participants from Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia and the Philippines presented their scholarly works for review and feedback. 

Providing inputs in scholarly writing as readers were Dr Cynthia Bautista, Dr Diana Veloso and Dr Rath Sethik, while members of the editorial board, Dr Takayo Ogisu, Dr Soyeun Kim and Dr Yu Maemura guided them in fine-tuning their work for the Journal of International Development Studies. To culminate the activity, Dr Filomeno Aguilar gave a comprehensive and inspiring synthesis of the process of scholarly writing and publication.