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
Panagtapok A Public Forum on the Perspectives of Community-Driven Development (CDD) in the Province of Cebu
Alyssa G. Soler Paper Writer, UPCIDS - Local Regional Studies Network CebuProceedings 2025-10About...
KALAHI-CIDDS in Siquijor Mainstreaming Community-Driven Development
Dan Ian Niño B. Jaducana Instructor, High School DepartmentUniversity of the Philippines Cebu...
Community-Driven Development (CDD) within and beyond the KALAHI-CIDSS
Regletto Aldrich Imbong Associate Professor of PhilosophyUniversity of the Philippines Cebu...
CVSC hosted the UP Cebu Research Forum themed “Strengthening Research and Teaching through Institutional Support, Collaboration, and Innovation”
Five dynamic speakers inspired the UP Cebu community to reflect, innovate, and strengthen their...
SCALING FOREST HABITAT SUITABILITY USING AN ENDANGEREDSPECIES AS BIOINDICATOR
Isabella Pauline L. Quijano (1), Chito L. Patino (1), Mary Joyce L. Flores (1)(2) ABSTRACT Despite...
Our Recent Publications
Militant Politics and the Shrinking of Civic Spaces among Peasant Communities in Cebu and Bohol
Lead Researcher(s): Regletto Aldrich D. ImbongStatus: Published Executive Summary: Development and development work in the Philippines took a sharp yet unfortunate turn during the administration of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. As...
Haunting Philippine Literature: Gothic Traces in Philippine Komiks and Graphic Novels
Lead Researcher(s): Marie Rose B. ArongStatus: Published Introduction: The gothic in Philippine literature is rarely, if at all, critically examined. Part of this absence has to do with the inherent difficulty of defining the gothic and locating it...
The Context Latency Gap: Diagnosing the Causal Link between Communication Friction and Process Bottlenecks in Distributed Agile Projects
Lead Researcher(s): Fernand BernardezStatus: Published Abstract/summary: The rapid shift to distributed development mandates a diagnostic framework that moves beyond measuring performance to understanding its root cause. This study introduces the...
Democracy under Threat: Post-Truth Politics and Democracy in the Philippines
Lead Researcher(s): Noe John Joeph E. SacramentoStatus: Published Abstract/summary: Today, the political landscape where boundaries between fact and fiction have been blurred have extended to reach the regions of the Global South, like the...