DLSU-Social Development Research Center
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Established in 1979, the DLSU-Social Development Research Center (DLSU-SDRC) supports De La Salle University-Manila’s mission to advance learning and knowledge use. Its mandate is to conduct research, build capacities, and promote public awareness and discussion of emerging social issues about the quality of life, social development, and the nation’s growth. The Center’s three-fold mission is to conduct research on socially relevant topics responsive to society's changing needs, disseminate findings to the academic community and other stakeholders for advocacy and capacity building, and establish linkages with research and academic institutions in the ASEAN region. Its vision is to be a leading social development research center in Southeast Asia to attain humane, inclusive, just, and sustainable communities through the production of transformative knowledge and social policy advocacy.
The Center’s research thrusts include poverty and people empowerment, social development, children and youth in high-risk environments, women’s health and gender relations, and service delivery and quality provision. DLSU-SDRC is highly recognized for its research on poverty, social development, and people empowerment. It has helped put up schools, generate income, organize communities, and promote better service provision in various aspects of health, governance, and social service. Apart from providing data and analysis to over 200 studies completed since its establishment, the Center’s programs and endeavors have resulted in policies and projects that address the needs of people who need attention and services the most.
Director Melvin A. Jabar heads DLSU-SDRC.
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