Ateneo School of Government

Twelve years after the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro was signed, ASOG Dean Jennifer Oreta found that the Bangsamoro region’s path to political maturity has been anything but linear. Read more: facebook.com/share/p/17UgPA… Access the full article: access-bangsamoro.ph/posts/think-pi…

On 19 March 2026, the Ateneo School of Government, through the Ateneo Policy Center, with support from partner institutions, held a workshop forum on Addressing Malign Foreign Influence and Interference in the Philippines in Quezon City. Read more: ateneo.edu/news/2026/04/a…

On 2 April 2026, ASOG Senior Research Fellow Dr. Imelda B. Deinla was interviewed in a Philippine Star article entitled “Gen Z’s support for Duterte’s ICC trial faces steep decline. Are we slowly becoming forgetful?” Access the full opinion piece here: philstarlife.com/news-and-views…

On 5 March 2026, the Ateneo School of Government through the Ateneo Policy Center participated in an episode of Nagtatanong Lang, a weekly public affairs program aired every Thursday evening on Radyo Katipunan 87.9 FM. Read more: facebook.com/share/p/1Adr3L…

How does election manipulation take shape across provinces? Across the Philippines, political dynasties, patronage networks, and money politics continue to shape who can win, and who can even dare to run, in local elections. Read the full ASOG WP here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf….

Is local health spending still relevant in PH?​ ​ Despite devolution of health responsibilities to LGUs, Filipinos still pay for health out-of-pocket while LGUs struggle to fully utilize their budgets.​ ​ ASOG Working Paper investigates this pattern: ssrn.com/abstract=62013…

How are elections manipulated in the 21st century? In some cases, elections are just a “numbers game.” Beneath this “competitive” arena, elections are also influenced by money politics behind the scenes. Read the full ASOG Working Paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

How does political competition shape ERV? Data suggests that violence is often a calculated strategy driven by entrenched power & high-stakes competition. ASOG WP finds provinces with more “fat dynasties” in one election see more violence in the next: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

How common is election-related violence (ERV)? ​ In the ASOG Working Paper “Latent Capacity, Active Triggers: The Determinants of Election-Related Violence in the Philippines,” researchers uncover trends in ERV and their links to local level dynamics: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf….

Organized by ASOG, in partnership with UNDP, 33 women leaders from LGUs and CSOs across the BARMM took part in the 2nd installment of the She Wins Peace Executive Leadership Training on Women, Peace, and Security. (Photos by UNDP Philippines) Full story: ateneo.edu/news/2026/02/a…

Nearly two decades after studying rido in Mindanao, Dr. Wilfredo M. Torres, Non-Resident Research Fellow, finds the problem persists, but with new energy for resolution. Read the full article here 👉📄 tinyurl.com/59mj6m3v

ASOG, through APC, hosted a brown bag session titled “Sliding into Irrelevance? A Brown Bag Session on Local Health Financing in the Philippines”, held on 4 February 2026 at the Pacifico Ortiz Hall, Ateneo de Manila University, and via Zoom. Read more: ateneo.edu/news/2026/02/s…

New ASOG policy report entitled “Online Overseas Voting: Key Insights from the 2025 Philippine Mid-Term Elections” was recently published by International IDEA, an intergovernmental organization that supports sustainable democracy worldwide. Read it here: tinyurl.com/mrk9kmse

The UNDP and ASOG, with the Embassy of Canada & the Ministry of the Interior and Local Government-BARMM, will hold the 2nd installment of She Wins Peace: Executive Leadership Training on Women, Peace, and Security in BARMM on Jan 29-Feb 1, 2026 Read more: tinyurl.com/y5xfdwp7

A chapter on the Philippines was featured in the book “Local Government and Fiscal Transfers.” It examines how fiscal transfers affect local governments in their ability to deliver services, raise revenues, and exercise policy discretion. Access it here: link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…

The research paper “Navigating Geopolitics and Geoeconomics: Challenges and Opportunities for the Philippines” was recently featured in the Asia Pacific Issues, a policy-oriented publication series produced by the East-West Center. Access the article here:tinyurl.com/5bbdx2m7

Is local government sliding into irrelevance? The policy note examines health spending across LGUs—revealing both invisibility and inefficiency rooted in structural fragmentation that prevents optimal use of health resources. Access the policy note here: bit.ly/LocalHealthFin…

On Oct. 27, 2025, APC Senior Research Fellow Dr. Maria Eufemia Yap presented findings from a local health financing study, “Beyond Fiscal Space: Lessons from Local Health Spending in the Philippines” at the DBM Fiscal Policy Conference 2025. Read more: facebook.com/share/p/1CacwB…

The Ateneo School of Government, through the Ateneo Policy Center, is proud to introduce its newest Non-Resident Research Fellow under the Ateneo Bangsamoro Initiative: Dr. Wilfredo M. Torres. Read more: facebook.com/share/p/1Qh4yP…

Success of Bangsamoro autonomy rests on effective IGR bodies. Strengthening them is crucial to sustaining peace, cooperation, and meaningful autonomy in BARMM. This piece explores how national–Bangsamoro cooperation can be enhanced: access-bangsamoro.ph/posts/think-pi…