Edcel John A. Ibarra

Short CV

• Since 02/2023: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines Diliman

  • Teaching: Philippine foreign policy; diplomatic and consular practice; political sociology; social, economic, and political thought

  • Research: Philippine foreign policy, South China Sea, conflict resolution, grand strategy, regional (Southeast Asian and Indo-Pacific) security

  • Administrative positions: since 10/2025: Undergraduate Program Coordinator; since 01/2025, BA-MA Honors Program Coordinator

• Since 07/2023: Managing Editor, Philippine Political Science Journal

• 08/2025-12/2025: Module Director, Strategy Capstone Project, Master in National Security Administration Program, National Defense College of the Philippines, Department of National Defense

• 07/2023-07/2024: Research Fellow, Strategic Studies Program, UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies

• 07/2022-01/2023: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of Social Sciences, UP Manila

• 01/2021-06/2022: Officer-in-Charge, Strategic, Territorial, and Maritime Issues Section, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Foreign Service Institute, Department of Foreign Affairs

• 03/2016-11/2022: Foreign Affairs Research Specialist, FSI, DFA

• Education: M International Studies, UP Diliman, 2022; BA (Political Science), UP Diliman, 2015, magna cum laude