UST-L RESEARCH

AGENDA
• To conduct basic researches that will provide basis for developing new
knowledge and applied researches that will contextualize prevailing
knowledge in the different academic fields which are relevant to
Aquinian transformative education through defined AQ research
categories
• Developing New Knowledge in the Languages, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences,
and the Humanities
• Sustained Growth with Equity and Stability,
• Promoting Full, Decent, and Productive Employment,
• Enhancing Competitiveness of Industry and Services,
• Building Strengths in Information and Communication Technology,
• Tourism Development,
• Accelerating Infrastructure Development,
• Modernizing Agriculture and Fisheries,
• Social Equity Through Agrarian Reform,
• Sustainable Management and Natural Resources,
• Investing in Education and Training,
• Enhancing Health Care,
• Access to Shelter,
• Protecting Vulnerable Groups,
• Balanced Regional Development,
• Securing Peace and Development,
• Fighting Poverty with Good Governance,
• To integrate research with the university's extension programs by
conducting research in a particular field of advocacy:
• Transformative Education,
• Environment and Biodiversity,
• Good Governance,
• Sustainable Development,
• Disaster Management,
• Peace,
• Bikol Culture,
• Gender and Development,
• Human Rights,
• People Empowerment,
• Health,
• Nationalization of Vital Industries, and
• Consumers' Rights;
• To conduct research that will provide data and information for
administrative policy making in quality assurance key result areas:
• Governance and Management,
• Quality of Teaching and Research,
• Support for Students,
• Relations with the Community, and
• Management of Resources.
• AY 2009 - 2011
Development in the Context of Social, Cultural, and Environmental
Spheres
Social: Correct Regional Imbalances and
Accelerate Industrial Growth
• Social Equity Through Agrarian Reform
• Modernizing Agriculture and Fisheries
• Accelerating Infrastructure Development
• Tourism Development
• Sustained Growth with Equity and Stability
• Enhancing Competitiveness of Industry and Services
• Promoting Full, Decent, and Productive Employment
Cultural: Ways and Forms of the richness of
indigenous and contemporary cultures

•Developing Concepts, Models, and Frameworks of Cultural Practices

•Showcasing local cultures and arts
•Appreciating multifaceted human expressions of cultural values
•Bicol Studies: Methodology and Approaches
•Bicol studies: Trends, Directions, and Agenda for Future Research
•Bicol Archaeology and Prehistory
•Bicol History: Spanish, American, and Japanese Periods
•Bicol Folklore and Oral History
•Bicol Lingustic Studies
•Bicol Festivals
•Bicol Music and Dance
•Bicol Religion and Popular Religiosity
•Bicol Economic and demographic History
•Bicol Churches
•Bicol Heritage Preservation
•Bicol Food and Culture
•Bicol Politics
•Bicol Gender Studies
•Bicol Health Issues
•Bicol Herbal Medicine, Beliefs, and Customs
•Bicol Environment: Forest and Marine
Environmental: Sustainable Management and
Natural Resources
• Sustainable Use of Water
• Managing Marine Resources
• Reducing Waste
• Improving Energy Efficiency through Alternative
Renewable Sources