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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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Different environmental and social groups held a protest in front of the public market and coal power plant in Calaca, Batangas, Philippines on May 14, 2016. They are calling to stop the propose expansion of this coal plant.

Challenges and prospects of the energy transition in the Philippines

The policy brief addresses the critical challenge the Philippines faces in meeting energy transition targets & the role that Australia can play in breaking down barriers its to energy sector reforms.
Open Pit Mine in Central Cebu

Mining and mandatory community development programs in the Philippines: A legal interrogation

The policy brief addresses the role of civil society organisations in regulating mandatory community development programs in the Philippine mining sector.
A Systematic Literature Review on the Role of Human Ecology _R.Dangcalan

A systematic literature review on the role of human ecology higher education institutions in policy development for food and nutrition security in the Philippines

This literature review found that Philippine FNS policies lack full alignment with the ANU Framework and that HEIs can help integrate food and nutrition security through research and advocacy.
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The Philippine Human Rights Landscape: Challenges and Prospects Post-Duterte

This policy brief explores the challenge to human rights under the Duterte administration, with a focus on engagement with international institutions, specifically the UNHRC and the ICC.