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The ANU Philippines Institute aims to maintain and promote the role of The Australian National University as the world’s premier institution in the conduct of research, the practice of teaching, and a broad range of outreach activities on Asia and the Pacific region.

The Philippines Institute, together with other regional institutes at the ANU, serves as a hub for comprehensive expertise advice to policymakers and practitioners in the Philippines and Australia. It plays a critical role in bridging research and policy knowledge on Southeast Asia through a rich understanding of Philippine politics, economics and socio-cultural dynamics. The Institute also recognises the distinctive significance, context and history of the Philippines as a gateway to wider connections in the Pacific region, and in forging linkages that bring Asia together with the Pacific.

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01 September 2026 Event - The South China Sea arbitral award: Evolving post-arbitration strategies, implications and challenges
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A decade on: The enduring significance of the South China Sea Arbitral Award
The ANU Philippines Institute brought together academics, policymakers and diplomats for a lecture with Dr Lowell Bautista, reflecting on the South China Sea Arbitral Award, 10 years on.
Judge Pangalangan during the Q&A section of his presentation on 10 June 2026

Who holds the powerful accountable? Judge Pangalangan on international justice and the rule of law in the Philippines
On 10 June 2026 the ANU was honoured to host Judge Raul Pangalangan for a distinguished lecture on the ICC proceedings involving Duterte, and the challenges of accountability, sovereignty, and justice
Ambeth Ocampo at the ANU
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An evening with Ambeth Ocampo: About heroes, hoaxes and history
On 22 Sept, the ANU hosted a distinguished historian Ambeth Ocampo, who delivered an engaging talk on how Filipinos remember, imagine, and sometimes reinvent their heroes and history.
Webinar Participants: Ronald Holmes, Cleo Calimbahin, Paul Hutchcroft, Ross Tapsell and Chair Mary Joyce Bulao (middle)
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Analysts discuss the May 2025 Philippine midterms: Electoral dynamics amidst intense Marcos-Duterte clan rivalry
The newly released recording captures our May 2025 webinar in which four leading analysts dissected how the Marcos–Duterte feud shaped the Philippines’ midterm elections.

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Experiencing climate change: Flood impact and behavioural engagement in Filipinos

This brief discusses the results of a study surveying Filipinos about their views on climate change & comparisons between local waste disposal in the Philippines & Australia’s segregation practices.
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Toward a commuter-centric transportation system in Metro Manila: The need for a historical lens

This policy brief assesses the current poor state of commuter mobility in Metro Manila through a historical lens.
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Reply to: “Comment to ‘Rethinking maritime security from the bottom up: four principles to broaden perspectives and centre humans and ecosystems’”

This is a reply to Okafor-Yarwood et al. for their response to the paper on “Rethinking maritime security from the bottom up”, for bringing African perspectives to the fore.
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Paglinang (Development), Pagtutulungan (Collaboration) at Pamamahala (Governance): How Human Ecology Higher Education Institutions in the Philippines can help improve Policies on Food and Nutrition Security

This policy brief explores how higher education institutions (HEIs) in human ecology can support policy development on food and nutrition security (FNS).