Dr. Crina E. Tañongon of the Communication Program, University of the Philippines Cebu, presented her paper “Dialogic Peacebuilding through Social Enterprise: The Bangsamoro Experience and the Philippine Post-conflict Policy” at the Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS) 2026 Conference, held at the United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan on March 4–7, 2026.
The paper was presented in Session 3.21: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions C, which brought together comparative studies on peace processes and post-conflict transitions in the Maldives, Sri Lanka, South Sudan, Ukraine, and the Philippines.
Framed within communication scholarship, the study examines how the discourse of social enterprise is being integrated into the Peace and Development framework of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) as the region transitions toward full autonomy. Using intertextual analysis and recontextualization strategies, the paper shows how social enterprise concepts are aligned with Moro cultural values, Islamic finance principles, and historical experiences of conflict and injustice.
The study conceptualizes this process as dialogic peacebuilding, a communicative practice in which development discourse, cultural texts, and institutional actors interact to reconstruct prevailing narratives of peace and development in post-conflict contexts.
The research contributes to global conversations on post-conflict governance and development and engages with key Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions), SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), and SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities).