Around 250 online attendees listened to Dr. Keijiro Otsuka, distinguished honorary professor at Kobe University in Japan, deliver a lecture in a webinar held on 07 March 2025 on the topic โCase studies of development of industrial clusters in Asia.โ The webinar is part of a continuing series initiated by...
Prof. Otsuka weighs in on PH โfailureโ in UPLB-CEM seminar
Prof. Otsuka delivering his lecture.
CEM Welcomes DLSU-SOE EconSwap Participants
On May 15, thirty-five students from De La Salle University School of Economics (DLSU-SOE) visited UPLB to observe classes and interact with the students and faculty of the Department of Economics (DE) and the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics (DAAE). This activity is part of EconSwap, a one-day campus...
UPLB Department of Economics Conducts Training on the Economics of Electric Power Sector
The UPLB Department of Economics (DE), in collaboration with AboitizPower (AP) through the Rural Economic Development and Renewable Energy Policy Program, conducted a training session last 26 February 2024 at the Board of Investments (BOI), an attached agency of the Department of Trade and Industry in charge with developing industries...
UPLB Economics Students Host Insightful Online Webinar on AI Regulation
Marking an era of readiness for rapid technological advancements, the ECON 155 class from the University of the Philippines Los Baรฑos (UPLB) Department of Economics hosted an enlightening online webinar on December 2, 2023. The event, titled โOut of the Matrix: Exploring the Need for AI Regulation,โ fostered a rich...
DE Conducts Webinar on โFuture of Workโ in Honor of Assoc. Prof. Bello
Private companies speeding up digitalization in the workplace to provide better business solutions for clients participated in a webinar hosted by the UPLB Department of Economics (DE) on 20 November 2023. More than 140 students, graduates, and professionals in Economics and related fields took part in the Zoom-based webinar with...
DE Concludes Internship Program for Midyear 2023
From July to August 2023, seventy-eight BS Economics students were deployed to twenty-two Host Training Establishments for face-to-face, hybrid, or online internships in Laguna, Metro Manila, and CAR. The Department of Economics started offering Undergraduate Internship (Econ 198) to junior BS Econ students in 2021. Now in its third round...
Former DOF Exec Dr. Cielo Magno Speaks to Budding Economists at UPLB
In a thought-provoking seminar organized by the Department of Economics (DE) on 09 October 2023, more than 200 participants gathered at the REDREC Auditorium in UPLB to explore the theme, โThe Role of Economists in the Making of Public Policies.โ The guest speaker was Dr. Cielo D. Magno, former Undersecretary...
UPLB VALUES Lab conducts a training workshop on economic valuation
The University of the Philippines Los Baรฑos Valuation and Accounting of Ecosystem Services Laboratory (UPLB VALUES Lab) conducted a training workshop on the Economic Valuation of Environment, Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services on 13 โ 15 September 2023 at the Obdulia F. Sison Hall, UPLB. It was attended by 20...
DE faculty members attend a Training in Agent-Based Modelling
Last July 24 to August 10, Asst. Prof. Luisito Abueg and Asst. Prof. Veronica Castillo attended a training in Japan hosted by the International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM). This was funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) under the Project for Development of a Hybrid...