Driving Research and Innovation to
address Regional Challenges in
Central Visayas
CVSC catalyzes research and innovation through the CREATES Agenda—supporting
interdisciplinary projects, generating actionable knowledge, and fostering partnerships that
respond to the needs of communities across the region.
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Our Latest Endeavors
International Publication Award Recipients (2026)
"Fish Diversity, Composition, Conservation Status, and Market Dynamics in Cebu City Public Markets...
Nutrient and Coliform Levels in the Surface Waters of a Protected Upland Lake in Ormoc City Philippines
Lead Researcher(s): Eugie V. Cinco; Cherryhel B. Toralde; Olga G. Corales-Ultra; Rolly G....
Sugbu Seed Archive Advances Community Platform through First Co-Creation Workshop with Global Seed Savers–Philippines Cebu Chapter (LiSu)
Photo (from left to right): Hal Atienza (Executive Director, Global Seed Savers Network...
CVSC and Columbia University Partner for “Restoring/Restorying: Sugbo Seed Archive”
The Central Visayas Studies Center (CVSC) of the University of the Philippines Cebu has forged a...
CVSC Partners with SEASREP Foundation for Project Community of Local Affiliates Studying the Past (CLASP)
The Central Visayas Studies Center (CVSC) is honored to be part of Project CLASP (Community of...
Our Recent Publications
Women, Community, and Resistance in Cebu’s Development Landscape
Lead Researcher(s): Mari Elise Gwyneth LimStatus: Published Introduction: Cebu has emerged as one of the Philippines’ fastest-growing urban and economic centers (SunStar 2024), marked by rapid modernization and largescale development projects....
Agrarian Reform as an Unfinished Conversation: Reflections from Farmers’ Associations in Cebu and Bohol
Lead Researcher(s): Alyssa SolerStatus: Published Introduction: Land reform remains a matter of national significance in the Philippines, given that nearly half of the country’s population lives in rural areas. While the term ‘land reform” is often...
Dialogues of Development: Civil Society and the Communicative Foundations of Community-Driven Development in Cebu
Lead Researcher(s): Dominic D. YasayStatus: Published Key Highlights: ◼ This paper argues that communication is not merely instrumental but constitutive of participatory and community-driven development (CDD). Drawing on Jürgen Habermas’s theory of...
Development as Deception: Aesthetics of Gentrification in the Carbon Public Market
Lead Researcher(s): Dan Ian Niño JaducanaStatus: Published Executive Summary: Carvajal (2021) described development as “equitably improving the quality of people’s lives, starting naturally with the marginalized.” He further stated that it is...