Dr. Kevin Hr Villanueva
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DR. KEVIN HR VILLANUEVA Nationality : Filipino and Spanish International Mobile: +37 281 502 590 Philippine Mobile : +63 9165958191 E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected] Academic Expertise and Public Engagement : My areas of expertise and public engagement have been on the international human rights regime and processes of ASEAN regional integration. The theoretical thrust of my work comes from constructivism in IR and the power of institutions in the English School tradition. In 2012, I was a member of the Philippine Delegation in the drafting of the ASEAN Human Rights Delegation and I continue to work on several projects with the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs. This experience interweaves with interest on the communicative dynamics of diplomatic negotiations through the analytical lens of sociology and linguistics. Recent interests have brought me to studying humanitarianism in the development of regional mechanisms (East Asia/ASEAN) on disaster management and search and rescue. In the context of K+12 National Curricular Reform, I participate in key committees at the University of the Philippines both in terms of policy formulation and substantive course content design, monitoring and evaluation. I am a USAID -Stride Independent Expert for the Philippine Commission on Higher Education (CHED). EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS PhD in INTERNATIONAL POLITICS (2010 – 8th September 2014) University Research Scholarship Doctoral Thesis nominated to the BISA - British International Studies Association 2015 Michael Nicholson Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MSc in INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (2001 – 1st November 2002) POLITICAL SCIENCE – LSE European Human Rights Foundation Scholarship UNIVERSIDAD DE SALAMANCA Master in LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (1998 – 5th September 2000) Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional (AECI) Scholarship INSTITUT D’ETUDES POLITIQUES – DIPLÔME, ASIA-EUROPE PROGRAMME (30th July 1999) Sciences Po - Paris Ile-de-Cité Scholarship ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY Bachelor of Arts in HUMANITIES (1988 – 28th March 1992) Major in Literature and Philosophy (Law and Management included) Gerry Roxas Scholarship for Leadership and Academic Distinction POLICY-MAKING AND INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION Commission on Higher Independent Expert and Consultant Education Member of the Official Philippine Delegation to the APEC Preparatory Meetings for the 2016 APEC Manila, Philippines Summit (Lima, Peru). July 2016 to the present Consultant for planning and policy on higher education, research and internationalization. 1 | Kevin H.R.Villanueva ARiSE –The ASEAN Research Founder and Director Institute for Strategic Studies It is the first and the leading independent and national think-tank in providing strategic policy and Enterprise perspectives that will guide and support the Philippines in responding to the opportunities and challenges of ASEAN regional integration from 2015 and onwards. Iloilo, Philippines Arise is a partnership between business and academia, a dynamic and forward-looking community of 2013 to the present scholars and analysts committed and engaged in action-oriented research agitating for national development. ASEAN – Association of Member, Southeast Asian Nations Philippine Delegation (with Ambassador Rosario Manalo) to the drafting of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, The AHRD is the first ”bill of rights” to come out from the Asian region. It was adopted and signed by the Indonesia 10 ASEAN Member States (18 November 2012) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The arduous drafting January 2012 to March 2013 process undertook 10 official meetings around the capital cities of Southeast Asia, including consultations with civil society organisations, ASEAN sectorial bodies and the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM). University of Deusto Special Assistant to the Rector and Vice Rector for International Relations Aristos Campus Mundus 2015 – Campus of International Excellence Bilbao, Spain Provided strategic communications support, liaising and campaigning personally with deans and 2003 to 2015 presidents of Fordham University, Georgetown University and Boston College to lay the groundwork for the negotiation of joints undergraduate and graduate programmes; Drafted letters and proposals in preparation for the visit of the Vice Rector for International Relations to the United States, including the high-level meeting with the two Spanish university partners: Universitat Ramon Llull and Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Programme Manager, Humanitariannet (EU Socrates Thematic Network financed by the European Commission) Created, managed, and developed multi-national and multicultural working groups in the area of human rights, peace and conflict, migration, poverty and development, and European identity and external relations. The project budget is 841.207 EUR. Please see details under “Collaborative Research and International Project Management”. International Alert Research Associate, Security and Peacebuilding and Editorial Assistant, MISAC (Monitoring the Implementation of Small Arms Controls) Project London, UK Singlehandedly and successfully conceptualised, coordinated, and implemented, single-handedly, the 2002 - 2003 Weapons Awareness Project; overseeing the smooth and orderly implementation of the project’s objectives by liaising partners. European Commission Assistant and Trainee to the Head of Unit Human Rights and Democratisation Brussels, Belgium European Aid Cooperation Office (External Relations DG) 2001 Drafted and developed the first ever human rights information package and training material for EU officials in delegations worldwide; Trained in: Project Cycle Management; Project Evaluation; Management Evaluation; Economic and Financial Analysis. UNESCO Assistant and Trainee to the Head of Division Culture of Peace Division Paris, France Monitored interior and exterior policies and strategies of the Culture of Peace Programme within the 2000 Bureau of Strategic Planning and in relation to the UNESCO system as a whole. Philippine Embassy Assistant to the General Consul and the Cultural Attaché Efficiently assisted the Minister and the Consul General and the attaches of the various sections Madrid, Spain (Consular, Political, Trade and Cultural) in the following: analysis of the relevance of various political 1999 events to the Philippines in the context of the international system; analysis and summary of bilateral projects between Spain and the Philippines; Executed consular as well as related employment needs of expatriates. 2 | Kevin H.R.Villanueva TEACHING AND RESEARCH Institution Position Held Audience UNIVERSITY OF THE Associate Professor (Rank 5) in International I teach a variety of graduate courses on international PHILIPPINES Politics and Governance politics, sociology, human rights and education. This Foreign-Trained Balik-Scientist Programme includes the pilot of a new graduate programme – the Iloilo City Campus, Philippines (February 1, Master of Science in Sustainability and an innovative 2016 to the present) Senior High School core subject called – I-Reap (Integrated Research Apprenticeship Programme), which synthesizes knowledge, skills and competencies through new digital platforms across all strands. This work in progress has led to engagements with a variety of networks and institutions looking to train teachers in the new curriculum. EUROPEAN INTER- Lecturer and Regional Expert European Masters in Human Rights and UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR Venice, Italy (September 2008 to the present) Democratisation HUMAN RIGHTS AND § Students and graduates work with human rights DEMOCRATISATION Course Title: Human Rights and “ Asian organisations (governmental and non-governmental, Values”: Re-imagining the Debate international and national) both at their headquarters The course aims to provide the theoretical and in field missions (electoral observation, human framework for understanding transformations rights monitoring, international cooperation in the structure of the international system – projects). § with an emphasis on transnational actors and Graduates are also involved in human rights-related activities with their home Ministries of Foreign Affairs on cultural-regional debates - as possible or are seconded by them to work for international explanations for the emergence of a human institutions. rights mechanism in the ASEAN region. § Some graduates pursue further academic studies and research. § 25% of the students come with prior practical experience. § A majority of the students come from Europe and the United States, with a fair representation of Africa and Latin America. UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS Visiting Research Fellow, School of Politics Master of Arts Asia Pacific Studies and International Studies (POLIS) Master of Arts East Asian Regional Development Leeds, United Kingdom (February 2015 to the Bachelor of Arts Asia Pacific Studies present) § Students and graduates belong to the field of politics, journalism, and academia. Teaching Assistant, East Asian Studies § Students come from as well as continue on with Department, employment in non-governmental organisations School of Languages, Cultures and Societies (NGOs), the civil service, the European Commission, (SLCS) the UN and other regional and international Leeds, UK (October 2011 to December 2011) organisations. § Students come from all over the world. PHILIPPINE WOMEN’S Senior Research Advisor and Lecturer, HZB Master of Arts in Foreign Service (MAFS) UNIVERSITY