Specialization and Research Interests:
Political Philosophy, Contemporary Philosophy, Japanese Philosophy, Cosmopolitanism and Universal Norms, Migration Issues
Recent Publications:
- 12/14/2022. βBeyond Language – Reassessing Deliberative Democracy Amid the Challenge of Immigration .β THE 1ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INNOVATIVE PHILOSOPHY AND LAW (IPL 2022) βRethinking Life and Normative Order in a World of Conflicting Values: Transdisciplinary Perspectives from Asia.β UEH, Ho Chi Mihn, Vietnam: UEH Publishing House.
- 9/23/2022. βA Cosmopolitan Perspective of the Right to Move: Thoughts on the Sustainability of Internal and External Migration.β International Workshop Series: Topic 1- Sustainable Development in Rural Areas. UEH, Vihn Long Campus, Vietnam: UEH Publishing House.
- 2022. β“Layered Frameworks: Thoughts on Japanese-ness and the Cosmopolitanism of Haruki Murakami”.β In Statu Nascendi: Journal of Political Philosophy and International Relations (Special Issue: The Work of Haruki Murakami), 5, 1, Pp. 194-202.Β layered_frameworks-_cosmopolitanism_of_haruki_murakami_by_kc_abalosorendain.pdf
- 12/30/2021. βMaruyama Masao in the Philippine context: Subjectivity as a key concept in processing World War II.β Social Science Diliman, 17, 2, Pp. 89-109.Β ssd_maruyama_masao_in_the_philippine_context.pdf
- 12/1/2021. βA Gendered Analysis of Habermas and the Underrepresented Narratives of Domestic Migrant Claims.β CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY VOL. 7, 2021: SELECTED PAPERS FROM THE 2020 CSSPE/SCEEA (CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF PRACTICAL ETHICS/SOCIΓTΓ CANADIENNE POUR LβΓTUDE DE LβΓTHIQUE APPLIQUΓD) CONFERENCE, 7.Β a_gendered_analysis_of_habermas_and_the_underrepresented_narrativ.pdf
- 12/2020. βCreative conceptions of citizenship: a cosmopolitan account from the perspective of migrants.β Creativity Journal, 3, 2, Pp. 113-135.Β Publisher’s VersionΒ Abstract
Brief Bio
ππ«. πππ«ππ§ ππ¨π§π§π’π ππππ₯π¨π¬-ππ«ππ§πππ’π§ finished her undergraduate degree in Philosophy from the University of the Philippines. Her undergraduate thesis topic is on Journalism Ethics as viewed in the Philippine setting. Afterwards, she immediately started teaching in her home university as an Instructor, where she served for seven years before she became a writer for a local entertainment channel. She then became a writer and editor for various websites and magazines.
In 2012, she received the Monbukagakusho Β or the Japanese Government Scholarship enabling her to finish her graduate and doctoral studies in Kobe University. Her thesis and dissertation focused on an analysis of cosmopolitan norms and the rights of migrant workers. In 2018, she returned to the University of the Philippines, Diliman where she teaches Socio-Political Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Comparative and Japanese Philosophy as well as Contemporary Philosophy.
She is an Associate Editor for several journals including: Social Science Diliman, Lumina, and Philippine Social Sciences Review. In 2021 & 2022 she was awarded the UP Diliman Centennial Faculty Grant and also a recipient of the ONE UP Professorial Chair Award in Applied Ethics for Outstanding Teaching and Public Service (2022-2024). From 2021-2023, she served as the Chair of the Department of Philosophy.