Rizalino Noble Malabed

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, 605 William Hall, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Ave, Manila 1004, Telefax (632) 524-4611 loc. 570                                

PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Florida, 234 Anderson Hall, Gainesville, Fl 32611-7325, Tel. (352) 3920262 Fax (352) 3928127

Email: malabedr@dlsu.edu.ph, jongm@ufl.edu

Education

PhD Candidate, Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Florida, expected Spring 2008. Political Theory, International Relations, History.

Master of Arts, International Relations, Graduate School of International  Relations, International University of Japan, 2000.

Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, University of the Philippines, 1996; with MA Philosophy course credits completed except for Thesis.

Dissertation

Entangling past and present: a (historical and spatial) search for the Filipino and the Filipino nation

Supervisors: Leslie Paul Thiele, Margaret Kohn, Aida Hozic, Benjamin Smith, Malini Johar Schueller

Teaching Experience

Asst. Professor, Department of Political Science, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines. January 2007 – Present.

Asst. Professorial Lecturer, Department of Political Science, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines. Theories of the State, and Theories of Development for MA students. May – December 2006.

Asst. Professorial Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines. International Relations Theory for MA Students, Introduction to Political Theory for undergraduate students. June – November 2006.

Instructor, Department of Political Science, University of Florida.  Introduction to Political Theory, POT 3001. Fall 2005.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Florida.  Introduction to International Relations. American Government and Politics.  Fall 2002, 2003.

Instructor, Department of Philosophy, University of  the Philippines. Introduction to Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy. 1997-1998.

Professional Experience

Research Assistant, United Nations University - Global Environment Information Center, Tokyo, Japan. 2000 -2002.

Intern/ Volunteer, United Nations University - Global Environment Information Center, Tokyo, Japan. 1999-2000.

Research Consultant, Legislative Researcher, Congress of the Republic of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines. 1992-1998.

Researcher/Writer, Philippine Peasant Institute, Quezon City, Philippines.  1989-1992.

Research and Teaching Interests

Political Theory, Theories of the State and Revolution, International Relations Theory, International Security and International Political Economy, International Environmental Politics, Postcolonial Theory, Philippine Politics, History and Culture, Continental Philosophy, Theories of Development

Publications

“In between colonialisms: representing self and other in the Philippine anti-colonial revolution of 1898” in Constructing Images of the Self, Hubert Laszkiewicz (ed.), Lublin, Poland: University Maria Sklodowska-Curie Press. Forthcoming 2007.

"Inter-linkages in Financing Sustainable Development," with Jerry Velasquez. United Nations University. 2002.

"Inter-Linkages between the Ozone and Climate Change Conventions," with Jerry Velasquez and Rajendra Shende. United Nations University, United Nations Environment Programme and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Policy Brief, 2002.

"Ecosystem Approach and Inter-Linkages: A Socio-Ecological Approach to  Natural and Human Ecosystems," United Nations University - Global Environment  Information Centre, Working Paper, 2001.

"Civil society and Environment in the Internet: Integrating the marginalized into the information society through IT-assisted communicative action," United Nations University - Global Environment Information Centre, Working Paper, 2001.

"The Poverty-Environment Nexus: Policy Implications and Grassroots Alternative for Sub-Saharan Africa," United Nations University - Global  Environment Information Centre, Working Paper, 2001.

Conference Presentations

“the last Pinoy messiah: on representation, FPJ, and the end of political salvation,” Rethinking Representation, Philippine Political Science Association Conference, Makati City, 2-3 April 2007.

“Global civil society or empire: Rethinking NGO influence in the UNCED process,” Alternatives, Philippine Political Science Association Conference, Zamboanga City, September 27-30, 2006.

"Beyond representation: reinterpreting the Filipino of the 1898 anti-colonial revolution in literature and history," Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies 2004, Henry M. Jackson School  of International Studies, University of Washington, 30 September-2  October 2004.

"Beyond state and revolution: the privileging of multiplicity and contentiousness," Catastrophe Now: The Wreckage of Utopia, University of Florida, 25-27 March 2004.

"Colonialism after colonialism in the Philippines: representing self and other in the threshold year of 1898," Constructing Images of the Self, Duke University, 20-22 February 2004.

"Ecosystem Approach and Interlinkages: A Socio-Ecological Approach to Natural and Human Ecosystems," Interlinkages Conference: Synergies  and Coordination Between MEAs, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 26-27 February  2001.

Invited Lectures

“of elephants, borders, friendster and being filipino: postmodernist political theory in practice,” University of Makati, Makati City, 23 March 2007.

“for we are animals or for we know not what we do (although we know): theorizing our complicity with the state,” Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, 14 March 2007.

Awards, Honors and Grants

UF Alumni Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Florida. 2001-2005.

Distinction, Thesis:  Global Civil Society and the Environmental Discourse, The Influence of Global NGOs and Environmental Discourse Perspectives in the UNCED’s  Declaration of Principles and Agenda 21, International University of  Japan, 2001. Supervisor: Kenneth M. Stokes, International University of Japan. External Examiner: John Dryzek, Australian National University.

Monbusho Scholar, International University of Japan, 1998-2001.

Presidential Scholarship Awardee, University of the Philippines, 1996-1998.