{"id":2651,"date":"2026-01-12T09:43:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smc.org.ph\/?post_type=event&p=2651"},"modified":"2026-01-12T09:45:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:45:23","slug":"aspire-projects","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/smc.org.ph\/index.php\/event\/aspire-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"AspirE Project\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The SMC team participated in the AspirE Project<\/a>\u2019s final conference, organized by the Universit\u00e9 Libre de Bruxelles in Brussels, Belgium, on 11-12 December 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Dr. Maruja MB Asis (Senior Researcher of SMC and Principal Investigator of AspirE-Philippines) presented findings from the Philippine study of the AspirE project. Dr. Asis\u2019s presentation highlighted the changing migration aspirations, labor markets and state policies in the Philippines-Europe migration corridor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also in attendance were Bernard Garcia and Eunice Tejada (Research Assistants of SMC and Early Career Researchers (ECR) of AspirE-Philippines). Eunice also participated in the final Steering Committee Meeting held on the second day of the conference as the ECR board representative from Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several Filipino scholars attended the event, including Dr. Roderick Galam of Oxford Brookes University (also the Book Review Editor of the Asian and Pacific Migration Journal), Ms. Anna Brillante Vibar, a PhD student at the University of Namur, Leila Marie Magno, a UPPI Masters student on an exchange program at the University of Namur, and Angela de Ocampo, a Masters student at the University of Milan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We sincerely congratulate Dr. Asuncion Fresnoza-Flot (Principal Investigator of AspirE) and the AspirE project for a successful conclusion to the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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