Maria Andrea Soco, Ph.D.
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Andrea Soco holds a Master’s degree in Applied Sociology (2003) from the National University of Singapore and a Bachelor’s degree in the Social Sciences (1999) from the Ateneo de Manila University. She has done extensive research on urban poverty and the informal sector and has written commentaries for leading newspapers, having been a Research Assistant and a Project Officer of the Institute on Church and Social Issues, a Jesuit-run organization that does policy research and advocacy on pertinent social issues. Her research interests include migration, multiculturalism, diaspora and identity, and social development. Other interests include travel and literature.
New mobilities, cosmopolitanism, transnational identities
Curriculum
Sociology, National University of Singapore, University of Manchester
Research Papers
- Unpublished Paper. Community-Based Savings Mobilization in Payatas: Determinants of Participation and Non-Participation. Institute on Church and Social Issues. October 2003.
- Co-authored with Reginald Indon. The Philippine Farm Worker, a paper presented during the National Conference on Agrarian Reform, 29 August 2000,Quezon City.
Journal Articles
- Book Review. “Servants of Globalization: Women, Migration, and Domestic Work” by Rhacel Salazar Parreñas. Loyola Schools Review. (forthcoming)
- Book Review: “Homebound: Filipino American Lives Across Cultures, Communities, and Countries” by Yen Le Espiritu. Philippine Studies, vol. 52, numbe. 2004.
Newspaper/Magazine Articles
- “Where are the answers?” The Philippine Daily Inquirer, 1 February 2002.
- “Unresolved Issues of CARP (Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program),” The Philippine Daily Inquirer, 28 September 2001.
- “Rethinking the Shelter Program,” The Philippine Star, 8 August 2001.
- “Power from the Poor,” The Philippine Daily Inquirer, 16 July 2001.
- “More than a cockfight?” The Philippine Daily Inquirer, 28 April 2001.
- “Housing people,” The Philippine Daily Inquirer, 7 March 2001.
- “Payatas: A Symbol of Hope,” The Philippine Daily Inquirer, 21 September 2000.
- “CARP beneficiaries lose their land, jobs,” The Philippine Daily Inquirer, 28 July 2000.
- “A Home for Healing,” Cyberdyaryo (www.cyberdyaryo.com), 20 November 2001.
- “A Culture of Mendicancy,” Cyberdyaryo (www.cyberdyaryo.com), 10 January 2001.
- “Building their own homes – and their own future,” Cyberdyardyo (www.cyberdyaryo.com), 13 December 2000.
- “Agriculture: Growth and Decline,” INTERSECT, January 2001.
- “The Urban Landless,” INTERSECT, December 2000.
- "Housing,” INTERSECT, August 2000.
- “The Coco Levy Scam", INTERSECT, July 2000.
- "Manila ’s Poor,” INTERSECT, June 2000.