Run Long! Run Strong!

Running and Ultramarathons to Hiking. 

Run Long! Run Strong! (Brillo 2011, 2022 [message and battle cry]).

A Theoretical Review on Philippine Policy Making: The Weak State-Elitist Framework and the Pluralist Perspective

SSRN

Brillo, B.B. (2012). A Theoretical Review on Philippine Policy Making: The Weak State-Elitist Framework and the Pluralist Perspective. Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society, 39(1): 54-76 (JSTOR). https://www.jstor.org/stable/23645264

Government Lake’s Concept and Complications regarding the Crater Lakes in Laguna and Quezon Provinces

Brillo, B.B. (2025). Government Lake’s Concept and Complications regarding the Crater Lakes of Laguna and Quezon Provinces. Discover Water, 5(91): 2025 (Springer). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43832-025-00260-8

A Writer and An Introvert

I am a writer and an introverted person; therefore, I primarily work alone on writing and publishing. There is substantive literature on this (e.g., Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla, Isaac Asimov, John Nash, J.K. Rowling, and Susan Cain are introverted and work strongly independently) (Brillo 2025 [message and lecture]).

Understanding Governance

The IGRD’s foundation is Governance. It profoundly embraces “good” Governance, which simply means firmly opposing “bad” Governance. Indeed, among the colleges at UPLB, this institution has higher Governance requirements regarding obligations, responsibilities, and transparency, embodying credibility and a good reputation (Brillo 2024 [message and lecture]).