Science Field: Social Science

Samantha Julia Eala is a lecturer at Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines, research officer at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (MSPGH), University of Melbourne and a project manager at the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health (ASMPH). She examines how climate change affects women and children, and how this can shape health system policies and programs.

Ara Joy Pacoma is a Science and Technology (S&T) Fellow at the Department of Science and Technology and a soon-to-be PhD graduate from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand for Environment, Development, and Sustainability. She is currently working on the Community Empowerment Thru Science & Technology Program and the Smart and Sustainable Communities Program.

Cathy Manalo is an NGO worker focused on countermapping and human rights. She believes in employing participatory methods and collective work to further scientific knowledge and in using science to advance human rights.

Jason Paolo Telles is a PhD candidate and Assistant Lecturer at the School of Media, Films and Journalism in Monash University, Australia. His Master’s thesis on the Cultures of the People of the Cordillera in Radio Broadcasting was awarded the Most Outstanding Thesis in Media Studies in 2018.

Ralph Chan is a PhD student in sociology at the University of Vienna. He is currently working on his doctoral thesis on school-to-work and youth-to-adulthood transition from a sociological perspective.