A FACULTY member of the Silliman University Senior High School presented his research paper in the Governing Complex Disaster in Southeast Asia International Seminar-Workshop.

Assistant Professor Joshua Soldivillo’s work was titled “A Journey from Theory to Practice: An Autoethnography of Teaching Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction among Senior High School Students.”

The study aims to gain deeper insights into students’ perspectives and the impact of teaching strategies on their learning experiences.

“Soldivillo used an autoethnographic approach to examine his experiences in teaching SHS students about theoretical and practical aspects of disaster readiness and risk reduction,” SU said.

The hybrid event gathered around 80 in-person and 100 online participants, comprising academics, community leaders, humanitarian workers, civil society organization actors, private sector stakeholders, and government representatives from 133 institutions worldwide.

With the goal of exploring strategies to achieve a more inclusive and sustainable disaster response in Southeast Asia, the event focused on the governance of complex disasters, including the challenges posed by the Covid19 pandemic and environmentally related hazards.

It was organized by the University of Santo Tomas-Research Center for Social Sciences and Education, Deakin University-Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalization, Brown University-Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies, Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation, Curiosity Design Research, and Sweden Alumni Network-Philippines, with support from the Swedish Institute.