Rommel C. Banlaoi, Ph.D., is the Chairman of the Board of the Philippine Institute for Peace, Violence and Terrorism Research (PIPVTR) and currently a Professorial Lecturer in the Department of International Studies at Miriam College. He is the President of the Philippine Association for Chinese Studies (PACS) and a member of the Management Board of the World Association for Chinese Studies (WACS). He is also a member of the International Panel of Expert of the Maritime Awareness Project (MAP) of the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) and the Sasakawa USA Foundation, a board member of the China-Southeast Asia Research Center on the South China Sea (CSARC), and an Adjunct Research Professor at the National Institute for South China Sea Studies (NISCSS).
Dr. Banlaoi was a Senior Fellow of the Yuchengco Center at the De La Salle University (DLSU) where he once served as Assistant Professor in International Studies. He also served as a Professor of International Relations and Political Science at the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP) and member of the Philippine Council for Foreign Relations (PCFR)-National Security Cluster (NSC) He was a Visiting Fellow at the Faculty of Law in Leiden University, the Netherlands; Fellow of the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) in Hawaii; and, Non-Resident Fellow of the Center for Global Counterterrorism Cooperation (New York City), among others.
While in the academe, Dr. Banlaoi served various offices in the Philippine government as consultant or adviser. He was a member of the Advisory Council of the Drugs Enforcement Group (DEG) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) under the Duterte Administration. He also served as a member of the Advisory Council of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of the PNP during the Aquino III administration. He worked at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Plans and Programs (ASPP) of the Department of National Defense (DND) during the Arroyo Administration and at the Office of the Secretary (OSEC) of the DND during the Estrada Administration.
