Associate Professor of Asian Studies
Asian Center, University of the Philippines
Diliman, 1101 Quezon City
Philippines
Tel/Fax: 632 927 0909 [o]
Tel: 632 372 9684
E-mail: edtadem@surfshop.net.ph
An Associate Professor of Asian Studies at the University of the Philippines, Ed is currently pursuing his PhD studies at the Southeast Asian Studies Programme of the National University of Singapore. He was ARENA Coordinator from June 1993 – June 1997. As ARENA Coordinator, he helped establish the Asian Solidarity Against Debt and Recolonisation (ASADR) which was later known as the ANDD (Asia Network on Debt and Development).
Ed served as chairperson/board member of various non-governmental organizations engaged in social development and research work and has served on the editorial boards of academic and non-academic journals and periodicals as chairperson, contributing editor, or member.
Since 1976, Ed has conducted numerous social science research studies as project director, coordinator, principal investigator, or team member for Philippine and international academic agencies (including the United Nations University). Research subjects included agrarian reform and rural development, industry studies, regional development, rural unrest and social movements, the politics of foreign aid, Philippine – Japan relations, conflicts over natural resources, international labour migration, foreign investments and current political events. Ed has participated in fifty eight international conferences in various Asian, European, North and Latin American countries as organizer, paper presenter, discussant or convenor.
Ed was a member of the ARENA Executive Board 1994 – 1997.