In the Spring of 2023, I embarked on a transformative journey through the exchange program between UPPI (University of the Philippines Population Institute) and UNamur (University of Namur) in Belgium.
Academics
Advancing Climate Hazard Vulnerability Assessment for Filipinos: My UPPI and UNamur Exchange Program Experience
3 UPPI grads pursue PhD in Europe
Research
Two decades of aging studies in the Philippines provide better understanding of older Filipinos
As the Philippines transitions to an aging society, research on older Filipinos has become increasingly relevant.
From 1996 to 2018, the University of the Philippines Population Institute and the Demographic Research and Development Foundation, Inc. have conducted three landmark nationally representative studies on older Filipinos: 1996 Philippine Elderly Survey, 2007 Philippine Study on Aging, and the 2018 Longitudinal Study of Ageing and Health in the Philippines.
YAFS5 key findings generate discussions on the state of today’s youth
Presenters respond to questions from the audience during the YAFS5 national dissemination forum.
The UPPI, in collaboration with the Department of Health (DOH), presented the key findings of the 2021 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study (YAFS5) during a public forum held on 14 October 2022 in Quezon City.
News & Activities
UPPI-DRDF present papers at the 2023 PPA Scientific Conference
Faculty members, researchers and students of the UP Population Institute presented their research at the recently concluded 2023 Philippine Population Association Scientific Conference held on April 27 and 28 at the Smallville 21 Hotel in Iloilo City. With the theme, Population Dynamics in the Philippines: Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Development, this year’s conference is the first face-to-face event of the PPA since the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Position Paper of Faculty Members of the University of the Philippines Population Institute on the proposed “Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act of 2022”
The UP Population Institute thank the Senate Committees on Women, Children, Family Relations & Gender Equality, Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development, Health and Demography, and Finance, for the invitation to comment on the bills that seek to address the problem of teenage or adolescent pregnancy in the country.
UPPI shares in the multi-sectoral efforts to address this issue, and we are happy that the data being generated by our research, as well as the analyses based on other data sources that we are doing in the Institute, are being used as inputs for policies and programs that will promote the well-being and development of Filipino young people.