Maria Pilar Lorenzo
Maria Pilar Lorenzo is currently a PhD fellow at Ghent University's Centre for Higher Education Governance Ghent and United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies. She recently completed Master of Science in International Politics and Advanced Master of Science in Cultures and Development Studies as a VLIR-UOS scholar at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Master of Public Administration at the University of the Philippines. As a researcher, she is fascinated with examining issues relating to higher education, regionalization and governance. Her current (doctoral) research project seeks to examine regional higher education mechanisms in Southeast Asia. Her research works have been published by Globalisation, Societies and Education, Palgrave Macmillan, Graz University Press, World Scientific, UN Office at Geneva, among others. In addition, her think pieces have appeared in outlets like Channel NewsAsia, East Asia Forum, Eastern Focus Quarterly, Modern Diplomacy, Development Policy Centre, Conflict, Peace and Democracy Policy Blog, among others.
She has received some honors and awards including the STAR Scholars Network's Rising Star, Emerging Scholar Award (Graduate Student category) and YSEALI Women’s Leadership Academy Alumni Network's 2020 Women Leaders in Southeast Asia (Education & Government categories), and she has been shortlisted in the 2021 Women of the Future Awards - Southeast Asia (Professions category). Her profile and works/awards have been featured in media outlets such as PhilStar, ABS-CBN, Good News Pilipinas, SBS Australia, Channel NewsAsia, Adobo Magazine, The Red Circle, Agenparl, The Post, The Iskandarian, and in other platforms like Phi Kappa Phi, Women in Foreign Policy, Pinoy Scientists, and University of the Philippines. Prior to pursuing graduate studies, she was a development professional and an educator whose work experience focused on managing and teaching in technical-vocational schools. She is a licensed professional teacher and a certified trainer.
Selected publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
- Lorenzo, M.P. (2021). ASEAN regionalism and cross-border research of Philippine higher education: The case of the University of the Philippines Diliman campus. Globalisation, Societies and Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2021.1973888
- Recipient: 2nd Place, Cluster I, Academic E-Poster Competition, 2022 National Research Council of the Philippines' Annual Scientific Conference
BOOK CHAPTERS IN EDITED VOLUMES
- Chou, M-H, Huisman, J., & Lorenzo, M.P. (accepted). Regional cooperation in higher education. In P. De Lombaerde (Ed.), Handbook on regional cooperation and integration. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
- Lorenzo, M.P. (2022). The study of regionalism in higher education research. In J. Huisman & M. Tight (Eds.), Theory and Method in Higher Education Research (Theory and Method in Higher Education Research, Vol. 8) (pp.17-39). Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2056-375220220000008002
- Brillantes, A., Raquiza, M.V., & Lorenzo, M.P. (2019). Social equity in the Philippines: A continuing but elusive promise. In J. Morgen (Ed.), Social equity in the Asia-Pacific Region: Conceptualizations and realities (pp.187-213). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15919-1_11
- Recipient: International Publication Award, University of the Philippines, November 2019
