ABOUT

Nathaniel P. Candelaria is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP), UP Diliman. He also serves as Assistant College Secretary of CSSP. He earned his Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) and Master of Arts (Political Science) degrees from the same institution. He previously worked as Teaching Associate at the UP Department of Political Science, as Senior Project Assistant at the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS), and as Research Assistant at the Institute for Strategic and Development Studies (ISDS Philippines) and at the Foundation for Integrative and Development Studies (FIDS).

While he primarily does research on non-traditional security issues in Southeast Asia, he also conducts research on soft power, pop culture, and politics. His published works on these topics include an essay titled “Utilizing Soft Power in the Conduct of Foreign Policy: Current Realities and Prospects for the Philippines,” published in the Philippine Journal of Public Policy (PJPP): Interdisciplinary Development Perspectives of the UP CIDS, and a journal article titled “Using Anime in Teaching and Understanding Major International Relations (IR) Theories: A Case Study of How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom” in the Journal of Anime and Manga Studies (JAMS), published by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.