The UP Population Institute is pleased to share the good news that Ms. Denise Hyacinth Musni (MA Demography 2022) is this year’s winner of the prestigious Loretta Makasiar-Sicat (LMS) Prize for the Social Sciences. The LMS Prize recognizes excellence in research in the social science by Filipino graduate students.
The UPPI recently conducted a Best Practice Benchmarking activity from September 26 to 27, 2024 with universities in Thailand that offer graduate degree programs in Demography and Population Studies. The academic visit was attended by seven faculty members and four research and administrative staff, led by Dr. Elma P. Laguna, UPPI Director, and Prof. Maria Paz N. Marquez, UPPI Quality Assurance Officer.
The Institute is pleased to announce that the research proposal entitled, "Studying the understudied phenomenon: Levels, trends, and correlates of under-15 fertility in the Philippines," by Assoc. Prof. Maria Paz N. Marquez and Prof. Maria Midea M. Kabamalan has been selected for the 2024 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Mentored Papers Program.
In the 2022 Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Data Dissemination Forum conducted by the Philippines Statistics Authority last February 29, Prof. Maria Paz Marquez posed this question: How does the latest birth statistics impact our lives, or what does it tell us about the kind of society that we have now?
The Institute showed full support for the 2024 National Conference on Family Planning, held on November 20-21, 2024, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Pasig City. The Scientific and Program Committee for this two-day event was chaired by UPPI Faculty Dr. Grace T. Cruz. UPPI University Researcher Klarriness P. Tanalgo and Assistant Professor Mark Ryan B. Paguirigan also helped in the conference preparations.
The UPPI celebrated six decades of pioneering research in demography and population studies in the Philippines on 8 November 2024, at the Atencio-Libunao Hall, University of the Philippines Diliman. With the theme “From counting people to making people count,” the event commemorated the milestones of the Institute and honored individuals instrumental in its growth.
