Jan Robert R. Go is an assistant professor at the Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman. He was a teaching associate from 2010-2013. Assistant Professor Go obtained his Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) degree from the University of the Philippines Manila in 2009, and his Master of Arts (Political Science) degree from the University of the Philippines Diliman in 2013. His Master's thesis focused on the decentralisation of education in the Philippines, looking in particular at the local chief executive-citizens dynamics using a new institutional analysis.
EDUCATION
Master of Arts (Political Science) (November 2009 - October 2013), University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
Thesis: ‘Decentralisation of Education at the Municipal Level: A New Institutionalist Study on the Local Chief Executive and Citizens Dynamics in the Municipality of Nasugbu, Batangas’
Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) (June 2005 - May 2009), University of the Philippines, Manila, Ermita, City of Manila
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Senior Lecturer (November 2013 - present), Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
Teaching Associate (November 2010 - October 2013), Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
Lecturer (January - October 2010), Department of Social Sciences, St Scholastica’s College, Malate, City of Manila
RESEARCH AND PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant (November 2013 - March 2014), Security Sector Governance Project, International Center for Innovation, Transformation and Excellence in Governance (INCITEGov), Pasig City (with Associate Professor Herman Joseph S. Kraft as project leader)
Project Assistant (July 2013 - present), Environmental Planning and Governance Project, Center for Integrative and Development Studies, University of the Philippines System, Diliman, Quezon City (with Professor Maria Lourdes G. Rebullida and Associate Professor Ruth R. Lusterio-Rico as project advisor and leader, respectively)
Part-Time Research Associate (May - August 2010), Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Project Assistant (August 2009 - April 2010), Emergency and Humanitarian Action, World Health Organisation Regional Office for the Western Pacific, United Nations Avenue, Ermita, Manila
Intern (April - May 2008), Office of Senator Edgardo J Angara, Senate of the Philippines, Pasay City
PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES
As Paper Presenter
“Devolution of school building construction and maintenance: The case of Nasugbu, Batangas”, National Conference on Research in Teacher Education, College of Education, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 24-26 October 2013
“Decentralisation of education at the municipal level: A new institutionalist study on the local chief executive and citizens dynamics in the municipality of Nasugbu, Batangas”, 2013 Philippine Society for Public Administration International Conference, University of Makati, City of Makati, 01-02 October 2013
“Decentralisation of education at the municipal level: A new institutionalist study on the local chief executive and citizens dynamics in the municipality of Nasugbu, Batangas”, 2013 Philippine Political Science Association International Conference, Mariano Marcos State University, Batac City, Ilocos Norte, 11-12 April 2013
“Devolution of school building construction and maintenance: The case of Nasugbu, Batangas”, 2012 Philippine Political Science Association International Conference, Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan, Cagayan de Oro City, 12-14 April 2012
As Participant
2011 Philippine Political Science Association International Conference, University of St La Salle, Bacolod City, 29-30 April 2011
2010 Philippine Political Science Association International Conference, University of the Philippines Baguio, Baguio City, 08-10 April 2010
2008 Student Leadership Conference, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, 02-07 June 2008
As Organizer
International Conference on Safe Hospitals and the Fifth Philippine National Convention on Health Emergency Management, World Health Organisation and Philippine Department of Health, Shangri-La Plaza, Mandaluyong City, 02-05 December 2009
EXTENSION WORK
Member/Consultant, Technical Working Group, The Asia Foundation-Coalition for Change and Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines Education Program (focused on decentralisation of education policies and reforms, specifically on Local School Board and Special Education Fund concerns)
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATION
Philippine Political Science Association (2011 - Present)
COURSES TAUGHT
Political Science 14: Philippine Government and Politics (2013-present), Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman
Social Science II: Social, Economic, and Political Thought (2010-2013), Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Local politics and government, decentralisation and devolution, local elections and dynastic politics, local political leadership, new institutionalism in political science, basic and tertiary education, and politics of educational reforms.