PNU Geography and GeoSpatial Training and Research Laboratory

What happens to community science when listening, documenting, mapping, and asking questions are red-tagged?

In another dispatch from Ghent, our Laboratory Head and Chief Researcher, Asst. Prof. Timothy James L. Cipriano (), reflects on how red-tagging threatens the very conditions that make community science possible in a country that remains dangerous—and even deadly—for environmental defenders, journalists, community organizers, and indigenous leaders.

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𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙀𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨. 𝙈𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙨.
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Our Laboratory Head and Chief Researcher, Asst. Prof. Timothy James L. Cipriano (), shares another dispatch from his ongoing research fellowship at Ghent University in Ghent, Belgium. In this reflection, he writes on community science, grief, and the urgent task of ensuring that science remains accountable to the people, especially in a political climate shaped by injustice, conflict, and unequal power.

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𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙀𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨. 𝙈𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙨.
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Safe travels, Prof. TJ! ✈️

Wishing our Laboratory Head and Chief Researcher a meaningful and fruitful two-month research fellowship at Ghent University in Belgium. May this journey open new doors for collaboration, deepen your research, and inspire even greater impact in the work you lead in GeoSTaR Lab, PNU and beyond. 🚀

Your GeoSTaR Lab family is cheering you on—looking forward to the knowledge, stories, and breakthroughs you’ll bring home!

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𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗠𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀: 𝗔 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱

Our Research and Training Program Head, John Aaron D. Corpuz, shares his own reflection of the journey of PNU GeoSTaR Laboratory as it celebrates its first year anniversary.

He emphasized that the discipline of Geography is fundamentally about engaging with the realities, inequalities, and communities that shape society. In just one year, the Laboratory has begun building meaningful spaces for geographic education, geospatial awareness, and community participation within and beyond the university.

This milestone is made possible by the people who continue to believe in the power of Geography to inform, connect, and transform.

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𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙀𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨. 𝙈𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙨.
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𝗔 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗯: 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝗯’𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱-𝗶𝗻-𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱

The celebration of the first anniversary of the PNU GeoSTaR Laboratory will not be complete without sharing a message from our current Laboratory Co-Head, Neil Keno D. Sangreo.

His reflection captures a year of building foundations, learning through experience, and affirming the role of Geography not only in the academy, but in communities and everyday spaces.

Here’s to one year of PNU GeoSTaR Lab — and to the work ahead.
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𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙀𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨. 𝙈𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙨.

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𝗔 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗡𝗨 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗦𝗧𝗮𝗥 𝗟𝗮𝗯’𝘀 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆, 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼-𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱

Celebrating one year of the PNU GeoSTaR Laboratory means honoring the people who helped shape its beginnings and purpose. Today, we hear from Jericho M. Garcia, founding co-head of the Lab, through this meaningful message of support, reflection, and hope for the community that PNU GeoSTaR Lab continues to build. As we mark our first anniversary, we remain committed to geography in service of academic growth, collaboration, and meaningful engagement with communities.

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𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙀𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨. 𝙈𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙨.

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𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻, 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗡𝗨 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗦𝗧𝗮𝗥 𝗟𝗮𝗯

As we continue to celebrate the first anniversary of the PNU Geography and GeoSpatial Training and Research Laboratory (GeoSTaR Lab), we share a message from our Lab Head and Chief Researcher, Asst. Prof. Timothy James L. Cipriano, reflecting on the commitment, passion, and purpose required to build and sustain a research laboratory in service of geography, community science, and the people.

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𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙀𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨. 𝙈𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙨.

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𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐏𝐍𝐔 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐒𝐓𝐚𝐑 𝐋𝐚𝐛! 💚

Yesterday, March 22, marks the 1st Anniversary of the PNU Geography and Geospatial Training and Research Laboratory.

Guided by the motto, “𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗠𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀,” the laboratory has flourished under the leadership of Asst. Prof. Timothy James L. Cipriano as Lab Head and Chief Researcher, with Jericho Garcia as the first Lab Co-Head, alongside its dedicated founding members who helped shape and lay the foundation of the lab’s vision and direction. As the laboratory enters its second year, new leadership steps forward to carry this legacy forward and drive it to even greater heights.

In a world that often asks us to verify who we are, this past year has been our quiet but powerful answer.

Not through checkboxes or codes, but through the work we do, the spaces we create, and the people we help empower.

✔️ 𝗪𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀' 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆.
✔️ 𝗪𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱.
✔️ 𝗪𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻.

As we look ahead, we continue to push boundaries—expanding research horizons, strengthening partnerships, and empowering future geographers and teachers.

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𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙀𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨. 𝙈𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙨.

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Warmest Congratulations to the PNU Geography and GeoSpatial Training and Research Laboratory and PNU-Geografika! 🎉

Kudos to Neil Keno and John Aaron for stepping up to lead this important initiative under the strong supervision of the Lab Head and Chief Researcher Prof Timothy James . Your leadership reflects the Laboratory’s commitment to research excellence, innovation, and meaningful community engagement.

📷 : fb post of Prof TJ

PNU-Geografika partners with the PNU Geography and GeoSpatial Training and Research Laboratory in co-organizing the Coffee, Tea, and Geography Series! In the afternoon, our Head and Chief Researcher, Asst. Prof. Timothy James Cipriano and one of our members Roberto Romualdo III will facilitate the land surface temperature mapping hands-on workshop! See you there!