IFSSO Newsletter

is published by the

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF

SOCIAL SCIENCE ORGANIZATIONS

For inquiries,

visit us at Room 209, Palma Hall,

UP Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

telefax no. +6329262511,

UP Trunkline 981-8500 loc 2436

email at ifsso_secretariat@yahoo.com

Lay-out Design by Peye Raña

Among the items in the agenda are: 1) the report

of the IFSSO President on the status of the

Federation; 2) acceptance and confirmation of

new IFSSO members; 3) proposed amendment

to the IFSSO Statutes by including Student

Member in the types of membership; 4) plans

for the 2015 and 2017 General Conferences; and

5) election of the new Executive Board.

Those who have already confirmed their

participation in the General Assembly are the

following full and associate member organizations:

1.Anthropological Studies, Inc. (Anthropos);

2.Association of Educators, Researchers, and

Trainers, Inc. (ASSERT);

3.Budapest Business School (BBS);

4.College of Social Sciences and Philosophy –

University of the Philippines (CSSP-UP);

5. Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI);

6.Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU);

7.Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of

Technology (MSU-IIT);

8.National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT);

9.National Research Council of the Philippines

(NRCP);

10. Research and Development Center for Social,

Economic, and Environment (RDCSEE);

11. Risale-i Nur Institute;

12. Science Council of Japan (SCJ); and

13. Udayana University.

Individual members from various countries are

also expected to attend in the General Assembly

as non-voting members.

cont...

IFSSO Co-sponsors Thinkshop with World SSH Net

MSU-IIT is based in Iligan City in the

Philippines. It is one of ten campuses of the

MSU System, all based in the southern island of

Mindanao. MSU-IIT has five colleges, one of

which is the College of Arts and Social Sciences,

and four schools. Dr. Sukarno D. Tanggol is the

current Chancellor of MSU-IIT. MSU-IIT

submitted its membership application to IFSSO

way back in 9 July 2012 but its membership will

only be formally confirmed during the IFSSO

General Assembly in Istanbul on 11 April 2013.

Udayana University is based in Bali, Indonesia.

It has ten faculties and two study programs. Prof.

Dr. I Wayan Cika, Dean of Udayana University’s

Faculty of Letters, attended the IFSSO Executive

Board Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia last 29-30 May

2012 as an Observer to express his University’s

intention to join IFSSO by 2013. This was

welcomed by the IFSSO Executive Board

although the Udayana University’s membership

will officially be confirmed during IFSSO’s 2013

General Assembly.

Knowledge and presented his input paper entitled “Revisiting Ethnoscience: Studies on Indigenous

Knowledge Systems and Practices.”

Unlike a regular workshop, participants came with their input papers based on three pre-selected

themes, namely: 1) the “Western” social sciences in the global knowledge arena; 2) alternative

concepts of knowledge; and 3) Higher Education and science policies framing the global social

science arena. Based on the discussions and comments on these input papers, the presenters will

finalize their papers for future publication. This is the second Thinkshop organized by the World

SSH Net and co-sponsored by IFSSO. The first one was held in Tokyo, Japan last May 2012 with the

theme “Theories About and Strategies Against Hegemonic Social Sciences.” The next Thinkshop is

planned to be undertaken either in Colombia or India.

IFSSO General Assembly Agenda Announced MSU-IIT, Udayana University Join IFSSO

cont...cont...