PhilDIGITS Data Lab

Data Insights Lead 

PhilDIGITS (Data Innovation for Governance, Inclusion, Transparency, and Sustainability) is an independent research initiative dedicated to making Philippine electoral and governance data more accessible, integrated, and useful for empirical research and public accountability.

The initiative builds on earlier efforts at the University of the Philippines, Diliman to consolidate historical electoral, fiscal, and local governance records. It has since expanded into a collaborative research effort bringing together scholars affiliated with UP Diliman, the University of Michigan, and UCLA, with the aim of developing a comprehensive, publicly accessible resource for studying political competition, elite power, and governance in the Philippines.

As Data Insights Lead, I help develop quantitative measures of political power and governance, with a particular focus on political dynasties and elite networks. My work applies social network analysis to examine the concentration, persistence, and structure of political power across Philippine localities.

Current work includes contributions to a Dynasty Index, which seeks to measure the depth and entrenchment of political dynasties, alongside the development of additional indicators connecting political power to governance and development outcomes.

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