• Source: Nassef Manabilang Adiong

Nassef Manabilang Adiong is a well-known author in the Philippines and wrote several international relations (IR) and Islamic studies books.
He is the Director of the Policy Research and Legal Services (PRLS) of the Bangsamoro Parliament and a Professorial Lecturer at the University of the Philippines Diliman’s Asian Center and at Miriam College’s International Studies department.




Education


Adiong graduated magna cum laude in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in International Studies from the University of the East which would later award him one of its 75 Most Outstanding Alumni.. He obtained his Master in International Studies degree in 2009 from the University of the Philippines where he would later teach and be awarded UP Scientist in recognition of his dedication to scientific research under its scientific productivity system and Centennial Professorial Chair. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the Middle East Technical University.
To sustain Adiong's scholarship growth, he was granted fellowships from Chevening at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies and from TÜBİTAK of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, as well as the European Union's Erasmus Mundus Mobility with Asia Scholarship.




Career


Adiong is the founder of BRLN (Bangsamoro Research and Legal Network), PHISO (Philippine International Studies Organization), DSRN (Decolonial Studies Research Network), and Co-IRIS (International Relations and Islamic Studies Research Cohort). He researches policy issues relating to historical, religio-cultural, socio-political, economic, environmental, and security aspects of the Bangsamoro society and explores decolonial knowledge sources of the global south as well as interdisciplinary study between Islam and IR.




Major publications






= Books

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Cruz, FA.C., Adiong, N.M., Gamas, JH.D., Capistrano, AN.F., and Israel, L.Q. (2024). The Contemporary World. (eds.). Quezon City, Philippines: C&E Publishing.
Cruz, FA.C. & Adiong, N.M. (2020). International Studies in the Philippines: Mapping New Frontiers in Theory and Practice. (eds.). London, UK and New York, USA: Routledge.
Adiong, N.M., Abdelkader, D., & Mauriello, R. (2018). Islam in International Relations: Politics and Paradigms. (eds.). London, UK and New York, USA: Routledge.
Abdelkader, D., Adiong, N.M., & Mauriello, R. (2016). Islam and International Relations: Contributions to Theory and Practice. (eds.). London, UK and New York, USA: Palgrave Macmillan.
Adiong, N.M. (2013). International Relations and Islam: Diverse Perspectives. (ed.). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.




= Journal articles, book chapters

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Doce, B.U. and Adiong, N.M. (2023). “Decolonizing Religion: Wishful Thinking or a Real Possibility,” UP CIDS Discussion Paper Series 2023-09, University of the Philippines.
Licayan, K.P. and Adiong, N.M. (2023). “The Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the Bangsamoro Local Governance Code,” UP CIDS Policy Brief Series 2023-05, University of the Philippines.
Raguindin, L., Faller-Capistrano, A.N. & Adiong, N.M. (2023). “Decolonial Approaches to Legislation in the Bangsamoro Context,” UP CIDS Policy Brief Series 2023-04, University of the Philippines.
Delatolla, A., Rahman, M., Anand, D., Caesar, M., Haastrup, T., Adiong, N.M., Parashar, S., & Youde, J. (2021). "Challenging Institutional Racism in International Relations and Our Profession: Reflections, Experiences, and Strategies," Millennium: Journal of International Studies, (50)1. Sage.




Awards


2022 A. Noam Chomsky Global Connections Rising Star Emerging Scholar Award
2018 The Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines (TOYM) Award




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