Welcome, Prof. Dr. Julio C. Teehankee

Prof. Dr. Julio Cabral Teehankee is a public intellectual and full professor of Comparative Politics and International Development Studies at De La Salle University (DLSU). In 2013, he was appointed Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the same university. He previously served as Chair of the International Studies Department (2008-2013); and, Chair of the Political Science Department (1994-1997; 2001-2007). He is the Executive Secretary of the Asian Political and International Studies Association (APISA). It is Asia’s leading academic organization dealing with political and international studies and allied disciplines. He previously served as APISA President from 2009 to 2011. Prof. Teehankee is one of the convenors of the Peace and Human Security in Asia (PAHSA) network. PAHSA is a multi-year (2011-2015) international collaboration project among four Japanese and five Southeast Asian universities, with the student exchange program as its main component. He also serves as the Regional Manager for Northeast and Southeast Asia of the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) project. V-Dem aims to produce better Indicators of Democracy. Prof. Teehankee sat as board member of the Philippine Political Science Association and has served as its Secretary from 1995 to 1999. Currently, he is the associate editor of the Philippine Political Science Journal. He was formerly editor of the Asia Pacific Social Science Review and has recently been invited to be part of the editorial board of the Asian Journal of Comparative Politics – a new journal to be launched by SAGE publication.