Dr Julio C. Teehankee is Full Professor and Research Fellow of Political Science at the Department of International Studies, De La Salle University. He served as Chair of the Political Science Department (1994-2007); Chair of the International Studies Department (2008-2013); and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts (2013-2017). He also served as President of the Philippine Political Science Association (2017-2019) and the Asian Political and International Studies Association (2009-2011). He is also the Regional Manager of the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) for Southeast Asia and the Pacific. He has held several visiting appointments, including with Kyoto University, Australian National University, City University of Hong Kong, Osaka University, University of Tokyo, Waseda University, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, and the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research is on issues of popular participation, governance, democratisation, and contested institutions in East and Southeast Asia. He has published extensively on the topics of elections, party politics, and political dynasties. His latest book Rethinking Parties in Democratizing Asia was published by Routledge in 2023. He appears regularly as a political analyst for local and international media outlets and his YouTube channel – Talk Politics with Julio Teehankee.
