Marvin Lagonera is currently affiliated with ICLEI Southeast Asia Secretariat. He is also a lecturer at the Department of Economics of the Ateneo de Manila University. Lagonera holds a Master's degree in Political Science major in Global Politics from the Ateneo de Manila University and a bachelor's degree in Economics (Honors Program) and Political Science with minor in management from the same university. He was a recipient of the Erasmus Mundus Mobility with Asia scholarship at the University of Warsaw in Poland. He was also a recipient of the ASEAN University Network and Kyoto University (AUN-KU) Joint Masters Research Program. He is interested in research on urban sustainable development and the global political economy.

1. Curriculum Vitae Marvin Lagonera
Marvin Lagonera
Address (Philippines): One Avisha Residences, 88 Rosa Alvero, Loyola Heights, Quezon City
(+63) 9274892223
E-mail: marvin.lagonera@iclei.org / marvinlagonera@gmail.com
Sex: Male | Date of birth: 28/03/1993 | Nationality: Filipino
Languages and Fluency Level: English (Native), Filipino (Native), Japanese (Pre-Intermediate),
Polish (Introductory)
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/marvinlagonera
EDUCATION &
EMPLOYMENT
August2016to
present
May 2016 to
present
April 2014to
May 2016
April to
June 2015
September2015to
May 2016
Lecturer,Department ofEconomics
School of Social Sciences,Ateneo de Manila University
▪ Subject/s taught: EC102: Basic Economics,Agrarian Reform and Taxation
Project Officer– Mitigation
ICLEI – Local Governments forSustainability(SoutheastAsia Secretariat)
▪ Main liaison officer between ICLEI and the Low Emissions Capacity Building Program
(LECB) and Climate Change Commission (CCC) for the development of the National
Climate Change Mitigation Framework Strategy (NCCMFS) under the United Nations
Development Program (UNDP)
▪ Point person for mitigation-related activities and involvements of ICLEI such as the
Compact of Mayors and the Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA)
▪ ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability is the world´s leading network of over
1,500 cities, towns and metropolises committed to building sustainable future. By
helping our Members to make their cities sustainable, low carbon, resilient, biodiverse,
resource efficient, healthy and happy, with a green economy and smart infrastructure,
we impact over 20% of the global population
Master’s Degreein Political Science major in GlobalPolitics
Ateneo de ManilaUniversity, Philippines
▪ Research Interests: Energy-Environmental Nexus, Urban Sustainable Development
▪ Thesis: “Governing Urban Sustainability Transitions using a Comparative Case Study
of Local Energy and Climate Governance in Kyoto City (Japan) & Quezon City
(Philippines)”
▪ Research mapped out energy and environmental transition narratives and strategies
in highly urbanized cities from a multi-level governance framework
▪ Paper Presenter, Graduate Students Symposium by theAteneo Center forAsian
Studies (ACAS with paper entitled “Governing Sustainability Transitions in Cities:A
Case Study of Local Government Sustainable Energy Strategies in Kyoto City (Japan)
and Quezon City (Philippines)”
Recipient,ASEAN UniversityNetwork-KyotoUniversityMasters Research
Graduate Schoolof EnergySciences
Kyoto University, Japan
▪ AUN-KU Student Mobility Program toward Human Security Development “Joint Thesis
Supervision Single Master Degree”
▪ Member, Socio-environmental Energy Science Laboratory under Dr Hinorobu
Unesaki, PhD, Graduate School of Energy Sciences, Kyoto University
▪ Research intern at Kiko “Climate” Network-Japan, Kyoto City, Japan
Recipient, Erasmus MundusMaster’s Mobility
by the European Commission
Universityof Warsaw, Poland
▪ Academic mobility between the European Union and Developing Asia
▪ Paper presenter, Erasmus Opens your Minds: An Interdisciplinary Scientific
Conference, Warsaw, Poland with research entitled “Energy Narratives and
Sustainability Governance inAsian Cities”
June 2010 to Bachelor ofArts major in Political Science

2. Curriculum Vitae Marvin Lagonera
March 2014 Bachelor ofArts major in Economics (Honors Program)
with MinorDegreein Management
Ateneo de ManilaUniversity, Philippines
 Cum Laude Latin Honors (General WeightedAverage of at least 3.5 out of 4.0)
 Recipient, ADMU Scholarship under the Office of the Vice President (OVP)
March to
June 2013
Recipient, Global KoreaScholarship (GKS) bythe Korean Government
Sogang University, Seoul, SouthKorea
 Undergraduate academic exchange program between theAteneo de Manila University
(home university) and Sogang University (host university)
 Recipient, Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) by the Ministry of Education, Science and
Technology (MEST), Government of South Korea
AWARDS &
RECOGNITION
April 2014to
May 2016
Finalist, Class of2014 Valedictorian,Ateneode Manila University
 Among shortlisted candidates that reached the panel interviews conducted by the
Standards Committee to determine the recipient of the highest distinction given to a
graduating student for the Class of 2014 for theAteneo de Manila University
March 2014 Finalist, MostOutstanding Individual,Ateneode Manila UniversityLoyola
SchoolsAwards for Leadership andService
 “The Most Outstanding Individual is given to a college student who has demonstrated
exemplary involvement in non-academic groups or activities, actualizing a resolve to
engage and positively contribute to the larger community within and beyond the
Ateneo.”
March 2014 Finalist forPolitical Science ProgramAwardee, Departmentof Political
Science,Ateneo de Manila University
LEADERSHIP &
WORK EXPERIENCE
August2013to
March 2014
Head, and Economics-HonorsCourse Representative, Schoolof Social
Sciences-Sanggunian (Student-LedCouncil of theAteneo de Manila
University)
 Led the Social Sciences majors (Economics, Political Science, Management
Economics, Psychology, Chinese Studies, Development Studies, European Studies,
Asian Studies) to the elected student government of the University
March 2011 to
June 2013
Head and Founder,Aguhon:SociopoliticalResponsibilityArm of the
Ateneo Resident StudentsAssociation
 Founded the sociopolitical responsibility arm of theAteneo residence halls involved in
a) sociopolitical involvement; b) disaster response and management; c) health and
environment; and 4) social innovation of the organization
SEMINARS
ATTENDED
July25-27
July24
July15
July10-14
Delegate, Third Sessionof the PreparatoryCommittee forHabitat III
(PrepCom3) in Surabaya, Indonesia
Panel Speaker, World Urban Youth Meetingin Surabaya, Indonesia
Speaker, De La Salle UniversityEngineeringSummit 2016:Engineering
Beyond Border, De La Salle University
Delegate,Asia Climate Change Consortium(ACCC) Regional Climate
Change Workshopon "Asian Strategies andActions towards Keeping the
Temperature Increase to 1.5 Degrees Celsius andAvoiding Loss and
Damage” in Cyberjaya, Malaysia

3. Curriculum Vitae Marvin Lagonera
June 27 – July2
August2013 to
March 2014
Delegate,Asia LEDS(Low-EmissionDevelopment Strategies) Forum
2016:Mobilizing Finance forPriorityActions and RegionalWorkshop
Mechanisms thatCatalyze Finance forGrid-ConnectedClean Energyin
Asia in SheratonHanoi Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam
Philippine Delegate, Japan-EastAsia Networkof Exchange forStudents
and Youth Programme (JENESYS2.0) ProgramBatch9
Tokyo and Nara, Japan
August4-112013 Philippine Delegate,Intercultural Discoveryand Exchange inAsia Project
(IDEAProject) inTaipei, Taiwan
November17 to
November24 2012
Philippine Delegate,2012 China-ASEAN YouthCamp in Beijing and
Nanning, China
February9-102013 1st Jesse Robredo Youth Leaders’Camp in Camp Explore,Antipolo City,
Philippines
October 23to
October 272012
Participant, 11thAteneo StudentLeaders’Assembly(ASLA) in Camp
Explore,AntipoloCity
OTHER
INTERESTS
▪ My hobbies include traveling, cooking, watching movies and television series, and
doing various outdoor activities such as jogging, cycling and hiking.
▪ I have sufficient knowledge of video and photo editing via Sony Vegas Pro andAdobe
Photoshop, respectively, and of various programming applications such as MatLab,
Stata and Python.