Czarina Saloma-Akpedonu

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Czarina Saloma-Akpedonu, PhD

Professor, Department and Sociology and Anthropology | Dean, School of Social Sciences

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3674-9876
20022026

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Czarina Saloma-Akpedonu is Professor at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and Dean of the School of Social Sciences of the Ateneo de Manila University. She obtained her doctoral degree in Sociology from Universitaet Bielefeld in Germany, her M.A. in Population Science from Peking University in the People’s Republic of China, and her B.A. in Sociology from the University of the Philippines in Diliman. 

As an experienced scholar working across academic and applied contexts, her research on knowledge mobilization in social development, the built environment, and responsible consumption and production aims at promoting a problem-solving mode in social science engagement and the intelligent popularization of social issues. 

Her professional responsibilities included being Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Director of the  Institute of Philippine Culture, President of the Philippine Sociological Society, President of the Women’s Studies Association of the Philippines, Vice President of the Research Committee on the Sociology of Science and Technology of the International Sociological Association, and Chair of the Technical Panel for the Social Sciences and Communication of the Philippine Commission on Higher Education.

External positions

Dean, School of Social Sciences

Jan 1 2021 → …

Research Interests

  • Knowledge mobilization in relation to social development/built environments/sustainable consumption, Problem-solving mode in the social sciences

Disciplines

  • Sociology

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
    SDG 2 Zero Hunger
  2. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  3. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  4. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  5. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  6. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  7. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action

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