As the penultimate installment of the CEM Seminar Series for 2024, the class of ECON 166: Energy Economics spearheads the forum titled “Revisiting EPIRA 23 Years Later”, tackling the developments and the situation of the national power sector after the enactment of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA), at...
UPLB-DE and AboitizPower Conducts Power 101
The Department of Economics of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (DE-UPLB) in collaboration with AboitizPower(AP) conducted Power 101 last August 12-13, 2024 at the Institute of Cooperatives and Bio-Enterprise Development (ICOPED) auditorium, UPLB. This is a series of training sessions designed to provide power sector stakeholders with valuable...
DE Holds Freshie Orientation and Kumustahan 2024
On August 19, the Department of Economics held back-to-back events to welcome the BS Economics students at the ICOPED Auditorium. The Freshie Orientation was held to introduce the degree program and the faculty members, and to give a glimpse of college life as a BS Econ student in UPLB. The...
UPLB’s CEM Delegation Excels in ASEAN University Symposium for Sustainable Food System
The College of Economics and Management (CEM) delegates from the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) showcased outstanding research and academic contributions at the recently concluded ASEAN University Symposium for Sustainable Food System. Hosted by the Faculty of Economics at Kasetsart University, Thailand, and held both in-person and online...
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...
DE Conducts Webinar on “Future of Work” 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...
UPLB-CEM and DOST-PCAARRD Conduct Benchmarking Activity in Vietnam
Last October 26 to 30, 2023, a team of researchers from the College of Economics and Management of UPLB conducted a benchmarking activity in Vietnam as part of the key activities of the DOST-PCAARRD-funded project titled, “Ex Ante Analysis of the PCAARRD Industry Strategic S&T Plans for Muscovy Duck for...
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, “The Role of Economists in the Making of Public Policies.” 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 Baños 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 – 15 September 2023 at the Obdulia F. Sison Hall, UPLB. It was attended by 20...