Jalton Taguibao
Jalton Garces Taguibao is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Department of the Political Science, College of Social Sciences, University of the Philippines-Diliman.
Background
Jalton Taguibao graduated Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of the Philippines-Diliman and Masters in Public Management from the University of the Philippines Manila. He served as Teaching Associate at the Department of Political Science in UP Diliman before working as a Full time faculty member at the University of Asia and the Pacific from 2002-2004. In 2005, he joined the Department of Social Science at the University of the Philippines-Manila as a Full time faculty member. In 2010, he returned to the Department of Political Science, UP Diliman as Assistant Professor.
Apart from his engagements in the academe, Prof. Jalton Taguibao is a Research and Project Manager at the Affiliated Network for Social Accountability-East Asia and the Pacific. He also serves as policy consultant, lecturer, and trainer at the Development Academy of the Philippines, the National Commission for Culture and Arts and the National Defense College of the Philippines.
Prof. Taguibao is currently a PhD Candidate in Political Science completing his dissertation research on Renewable Energy Policy. He has also previously completed postgraduate courses at the University of Sao Paolo in Brazil, and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.
Courses handled
POLSC 11 (Introduction to Political Science)
POLSC 110 (Political Analysis)
POLSC 150 (Philippine National and Local Administration)
POLSC 160 (Society, Politics and Government)
Social Science II (Western Social, Political and Economic Thought)
Publications
Taguibao, Jalton G. 2001. 'Philippine Economic Policy and the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis', Global Jurnal Politik International, Vol. 1, No. 7, pp. 25-30.
Taguibao, Jalton G. 2010. 'Renewable Energy (RE) Sector Development in the Philippines Based on the Perspectives of Selected Industry Managers', Asia-Pacific Social Science Review, Vol 10, No. 2, pp. 67-82. (http://www.philjol.info/philjol/index.php/APSSR/article/view/1903)
Taguibao, Jalton G. 2012. 'Responses and Issues on Renewable Energy Development in the Philippines: A Study on the Renewable Energy Act of 2008'. Pandiwa, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 20-33.
(http://cas.upm.edu.ph/journals/index.php/pandiwa/article/view/19)
Awards and Recognitions
University of the Philippines Centennial Artist Award, University of the Philippines-Manila, 2008