Matthew Manuelito S. Miranda
Assistant Professor
BA-MA Honors (Political Science) Coordinator
Room 217, Bulwagang Silangang Palma
Africa Street
University of Philippines Diliman, Quezon City
msmiranda1@up.edu.ph
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Matthew Manuelito S. Miranda serves as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines (UP), Diliman. He is also a Consulting and Book Editor of the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies for the Interdisciplinary Development Perspectives on Public Policy Book Series. He is working on a volume regarding an Introduction to Philippine Politics.
In 2021, he also served as one of the project directors for the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies’ (UP CIDS) Policy Studies for Political and Administrative Reform. As a policy director, he researched on the Philippine bureaucracy’s capacities on implementing, coordinating, monitoring, and reporting about the country’s commitment and compliance to the UN Sustainable Development Goals especially on making peaceful institutions and global partnerships for sustainable development.
Since 2022, he has also served as member of the Department’s Quality Assurance (QA) Committee. He contributed writing and organizing efforts for the Department’s 2023 ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) Assessment. He also attended and participated in the 12th Self-Assessment Report (SAR) Writing Workshop in December 2022.
Assistant Professor M.M.S. Miranda obtained his Bachelor of Arts – Honors (magna cum laude) and Master of Arts – Honors degrees in 2017 and 2018 respectively, both in Political Science, from the University of the Philippines, Diliman. He accomplished his Bachelor’s thesis wherein he conducted an exploratory research on the formulation and discursive politics behind the enactment of the 2014 Gender-Fair Ordinance of Quezon City (QCGFO). He then finished his Master’s thesis on a comparative discourse analysis of anti-discrimination ordinances in two Philippine localities: the 2014 QCGFO and the 2017 Anti-Discrimination Ordinance of the City of Baguio.
He had presented his works related to his theses and anti-discrimination policies in local and international conferences. These conferences include the following: the 2017 Sizihwan International Conference in Asia Pacific Studies, the 2018 Human Rights Youth Camp of Amnesty International, the 2019, 2023, and 2024 Philippine Political Science Association International Conferences, the 2020 Philippine Social Science Congress, the 2021 and 2023 World Congresses of Political Science of the International Political Science Association, 2022 Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration Conference, and the 2024 5th SEASIA Biennial International Conference.
He had taken courses as well to improve and enhance his teaching and research on human rights. For example, he participated in the 2019 Lecturer Workshop on Teaching Human Rights in Mahidol University, Thailand. He also accomplished a Summer School course on Politics, Religion, and Gender in 21st Century Europe in the University of Turin last 2022.
He teaches social, economic, and political thought of key classical thinkers from ancient to contemporary eras to develop critical and creative thinking. He also teaches introductory political theory. In addtion, he also facilitated a civic welfare training service class regarding volunteering in an orphanage.
His research interests involve the history, politics, and discourse of human rights, the intersectionality of identity, gender studies, and social constructivist research. He is also compiling a dataset regarding the content and formulation of various policies related to human rights and anti-discrimination endeavors. Through his research, he seeks to understand socially oppressed sectors to help them gain better representation and influence in society.
Education
- Master of Arts (Honors) Political Science, University of the Philippines-Diliman, 2018
- Bachelor of Arts (Honors) Political Science, University of the Philippines-Diliman, 2017
Research Interests
Human Rights and Related Socio-Political Policies, Intersectionality and Identity Politics, Gender and Sexual Diversity Studies, Political Philosophy of Social Constructivism, Discourse Analysis and Mixed Method Research
Recent Publications
- Rebullida, Maria Lourdes G., and Matthew Manuelito S. Miranda. 2023. “Sustaining and Enhancing the Monitoring of Development Goals: Policy Coherence and Multi-Level Governance.” University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS) Program for Social and Political Change (PSPAR) Discussion Paper Series. Quezon City, Philippines.
- Miranda, Matthew Manuelito S. 2021. “Policy Framing and Comparative Discourse Analysis: The 2014 Quezon City Gender-Fair Ordinance and the 2017 Anti-Discrimination Ordinance of the City of Baguio.” Philippine Political Science Journal 42 (3): 208-237. DOI:10.1163/2165025X-bja10024
Courses Taught
- Social Science 2: Social, Economic, and Political Thought
- Political Science 120: Introduction to Political Theory
- National Training Service Program (Civic Welfare Training Service)