Curriculum vitae
Rizza Kaye Cases, PhD.
EducationNov 2013 – Jun 2018 PhD in Sociology and Social Research
University of Trento, Italy
Dissertation Title: Changing Ties, Ambivalent Connections:
Mobilities and Networks of Filipinos in London and New York Metropolitan Areas
Supervisor: Paolo Boccagni
Doctoral Committee: Francesca Decimo, Deidre McKey, Masja van Meeteren
Jun 2006 – Apr 2013 Master of Arts in Sociology
University of the Philippines-Diliman
Thesis Title: Risks, Health, and Health Insurance:
The Case of San Antonio Health Maintenance Organization (SAHMO) as a Community-Based Health Insurance Scheme
Jun 2002 – Apr 2006 Bachelor of Arts in Sociology
University of the Philippines-Diliman
Magna cum laude
Positions Held
Sep 2024 – Present Research Fellow
Institute for Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
As Principal Investigator of the MIGWORKCEE project—funded by NextGeneration EU through the Recovery and Resilience Plan for Slovakia (Project No. 09I03-03-V04-00752)—I lead a comparative study on the labour mobility of Filipino workers as third-country nationals in emerging destination countries of Central and Eastern Europe (Czech Republic and Slovakia). The project examines how macro-level infrastructures facilitating recruitment and integration intersect with migrants’ micro-level experiences. Using a network-based analytical approach, it maps the transnational linkages and governance processes shaping new migration corridors between Southeast Asia and Central Europe.
April 2024 – Present Affiliate Researcher for the HORIZON Project Protecting Irregular Migrants in Europe: Institutions, Interests and Policies (PRIME)
Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw, Poland
As part of the HORIZON Europe project PRIME, I contribute to comparative analyses of institutional responses and policy frameworks addressing irregular migration in Europe. In addition to data collection and analysis, I collaborated closely with other national teams on the comparative report “Comparing the working activities and conditions of irregularised migrants: Evidence from Poland, Italy, Austria, Sweden, and the UK.” This collaboration with senior European scholars has deepened my comparative and theoretical expertise in transnational migration governance and expanded my network within Europe’s leading migration research consortia.
April 2024 – Present Researcher/Collaborator
Jan 2019 – Aug 2024 Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
University of the Philippines- Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
Courses Taught: Socio 102 (Introduction to Sociological Research), Socio 183 (Principles and Methods of Survey Research), Socio 188/288 (Special Topics in Research Methodology: Social Network Analysis), Socio 197/297 (Special Topics in Sociology: Migration and Social Networks), Socio 378 (Special Topics in Sociological Theory: Relational Sociology), Socio 179/203/204 (Readings in Sociology), Socio 289 (Workshop in Social Research), Socio 178/378 (Special Topics in Sociological Theory: Social Capital), and Socio 200/300/400 (Undergraduate, MA, and PhD theses supervision)
Jun 2013 – Oct 2013 Part-Time Lecturer
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines
Nov 2011 – Mar 2013 Part-Time Faculty Member
Saint Vincent School of Theology
Quezon City, Philippines
Nov 2006 – Oct 2011 Full-Time Instructor
Department of Sociology
University of the Philippines- Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
Elected and Appointed Roles
2024 Graduate Program Coordinator
Awards and Grants
2024
2024 Scholarship for Short-term Visiting Scholars
Mahidol University, Thailand
2022 UP Diliman Centennial Professorial Chair Award
University of the Philippines Diliman
2019 & 2022 Ph.D. Incentive Awards
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research & Development (OVCRD)
University of the Philippines Diliman
2011 Research Award Program (RAP)
Philippine Social Science Council (PSSC)
For the Master’s Thesis: “Exploring Risks, Health Risk and Health Insurance: The Case of San Antonio Health Maintenance Organization (SAHMO) a a Community-Based Health Insurance Scheme”
2011 Research Dissemination Grant
Office of the Chancellor, University of the Philippines, Diliman
For the conference paper “Faith-Based Resources for Addressing Sexual Violence against Women: Lessons from Victim-Survivors in the Philippines”
2011 Dr. Anita Beltran Graduate Research Scholarship in Sociology
University of the Philippines Foundation Inc.
2010 Freeman Fellowship Program
Salzburg Global Seminar (Salzburg, Austria)
Publications
Mede, N. G., Cologna, V., Berger, S., C. Besley, J., Brick, C., Cases, R.K., ... & R. Pearson, A. (2025). Public communication about science in 68 countries: Global evidence on how people encounter and engage with information about science. Science Communication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470251376615
Cologna, V., Mede, N.G., Berger, S., Besley, J., Brick, C., Joubert, M., Cases, R.K., … & Zwaan, R. (2025). Trust in scientists and their role in society: a global assessment in 66 countries. Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-02090-5
Cases, R.K.C. (2025). Persistent ties, evolving networks: Accounting for changes and stability in migrant support networks. International Migration, 00, 1–20. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13286
Asor, B.B. and Cases, R.K. (2024). (Dis)continuities and Disruptions in Labour Migration Governance: The Philippines from Duterte to Marcos Jr. Administration. In A.A. Arugay and J. Encinas-Franco. (Eds.). Games, Changes, and Fears: The Philippines from Duterte to Marcos Jr. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)-Yusof Ishak Institute Publishing.
Cases, R.K.C., Sapitula, M.V.J, and Pilario, D.F.E. (Eds.). (2023). Sexual violence against women: Victim-survivors and faith-based responses. Saint Vincent School of Theology, Adamson University (SVST Interdisciplinary Series).
Maceda EB, Abadingo M, Asor BB, Cases RK, Supan RJ, Anarna K, Libo-on PC, Vesagas TD, & Tumulak MJ. (2024). Social media content analysis of public and private Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency (G6PD) Facebook groups. Acta Medica Philippina.
Cases, R.K. (2021). Claims-making and recognition through care work: Narratives of belonging and exclusion of Filipinos in New York and London. In Recognition, Migration, and Critical Theory (Springer Book Series on “Studies in Global Justice”), ed. G. Schweiger. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-72732-1.
Cases, R.K. (2019). Integrating network mapping and visualization within migrants’ narratives. Briefs on Methodological, Ethical and Epistemological Issues, No.8. International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe (IMISCOE).
Cases, R.K. (2013). The rationalities of everyday risk management: A modified Weberian typology. Philippine Sociological Review, 61(2), 395-418.
Conference Presentations
03-05 April 2024 British Sociological Association (BSA) Annual Conference
(Online)
Conference Paper: “Towards further institutionalisation amidst critical junctures: (Dis)continuities and disruptions in migration governance and the establishment of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) in the Philippines”
03-06 July 2023 20th Annual IMISCOE Conference
(Warsaw, Poland)
Conference Paper: “Managing overseas labour employment beyond borders: The Case of the Philippines as a Labour Brokerage State and the ‘New Destination Countries’ in Central and Eastern Europe”
27 Jun-17 Jul 2023 2023 Sunbelt Virtual Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA)
(Portland, Oregon/Online)
Conference Paper: “Brokerage roles and practices of state and non-state actors in international labour migration: Mediating labour mobility from the Philippines to Central and Eastern Europe”
25 Jun-01 Jul 2023 International Sociological Association (ISA) World Congress of Sociology (Melbourne, Australia)
Conference Paper: “Mobilities and future imaginaries of older Filipino workers in the care sectors of New York and London”
Session Organiser/Chair: “Exploring International Migration from the Sending Country Perspective: The Case of the Philippines”
23-24 Mar 2022 Divergences and Intersections: A National Centennial Conference celebrating 100 years of UP Anthropology and Sociology (Online)
Conference Paper: “Embedding Network Mapping and Visualisation in In-depth Interviews: Conceptual and Methodological Reflections”
31 Aug-03 Sept 2021 15th Conference of the European Sociological Association (Online)
(Barcelona)
Conference Paper: “Claims-Making and Recognition through Care Work: Narratives of Belonging and Exclusion of Filipinos in New York and London”
07-09 July 2021 18th Annual IMISCOE Conference (Online)
(Luxembourg)
Conference Paper: “’Retrospecting prospects, prospecting retrospect’: Contrasting pre-migration imaginaries and post-migration realities of Filipino migrants in New York and London”
23-28 Feb 2021 Third International Sociological Association (ISA) Forum of Sociology (Porto Alegre, Brazil; Virtual Conference)
Conference Paper: “Comparing Filipino Migration to New York and London: Divergent Histories, Commodified Care, and Migrant Networks”
Conference Paper: “Comparing Pre- and Post-Migration Support Networks of Filipinos in London and New York: Continuity, Stability, and Changes”
13-17 July 2020 2020 Sunbelt Virtual Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA)
(Paris, France)
Conference Paper: “Ambivalent Connections and ‘Negative’ Social Capital: Supportive and ‘Problematic’ Ties of Filipinos in New York and London”
01-02 July 2020 17th Annual IMISCOE Conference (Online)
(Luxembourg)
Conference Paper: “Sharing the Dream, Aspiring to Leave: Migrant Networks as Aspiration-Forming Structures”
03-04 Mar 2020 Recognition, Migration, and Critical Theory
(Salzburg, Austria)
Centre for Ethics and Poverty Research, University of Salzburg
Paper: “Claims-Making and Recognition through Care Work:
Narratives of Belonging and Exclusion of Filipinos in New York and London”
04-05 Oct 2019 Annual National Conference of the Philippine Sociological Society
(Bukidnon, Philippines)
Conference Paper: “Belonging, Exclusion, and Care Work: Narratives of Struggles and Hopes of Filipinos in New York and London”
10-14 July 2016 Third International Sociological Association (ISA) Forum of Sociology
(Vienna, Austria)
Conference Paper: “Lessons from Utilising Retrospective Network Mapping and Visualisation: Comparing the Networks of Filipino Nurses, Domestics, and Careworkers in London and New York” (RC31 Sociology of Migration session: Futures of Migration Research – Methodological Innovations and ‘Post-Migrant’ Societies)
Conference Paper: “Filipina Domestic Workers and Caregivers in London and New York: Networks, Networking, and the Limits of Organising” (RC02 Economy and Society session: Careworkers Organizing Challenges, Strategies and Successes)
05-10 Apr 2016 Sunbelt Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis
(Newport Beach, California)
Conference Paper: “Filipino Nurses, Domestics, and Careworkers in New York and London: Networks, Mobility, and Integration”
29 May – 01 Jun 2011 Violence Against Women: Complex Realities and New Issues in a Changing World
(Montreal, Canada)
Conference Paper: “Faith-Based Resources for Addressing Sexual Violence against Women: Lessons from Victim-Survivors in the Philippines”
(co-authored with Manuel Victor Sapitula)
Visiting Research Stays
Feb – June 2024 Visiting Scholar
Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University
Jan – Dec 2023 Visiting Research Associate
Comenius University
Oct 2015 – Apr 2016 Visiting Research Scholar
Department of Sociology, Columbia University
Jul–Sept 2015 Visiting Academic
Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford
May–Jul 2015 Visiting Research Student
Department of Sociology, University of Warwick
Apr–Jun 2015 Research Associate Student
School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London
Further Trainings
25 – 26 Mar 2019 Workshop on Statistical Analysis of Longitudinal Data
Population Institute, University of the Philippines Diliman
21 Jul – 01 Aug 2014 Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis
Course: Advanced Social Network Analysis:
Selection Mechanisms and Social Structure
University of Essex, UK
4 – 11 Jun 2014 Social Network Analysis
University of Oslo, Norway (6 ECTS)
Workshops and Seminars
13 Mar 2015 Lecturer
Introduction to Social Network Analysis
Department of Sociology, University of the Philippines-Diliman
28–30 Aug 2013 Resource Person and Facilitator
Knowledge Management Workshop on Documentation and Packaging of Knowledge Products: Good Practices and Knowledge Management Portal
Department of Social Welfare and Development
Legazpi City, Albay, Philippines
20–24 May 2013 Resource Person and Facilitator
Introduction to Social Network Analysis
Department of Sociology, University of the Philippines-Diliman
23 Jul 2013 Documentation Team and Technical Writer
Mobility of Health Professionals between the Philippines and Selected EU Member States – A Policy Dialogue
International Labour Organization – Decent Work Across Borders Project
Makati City, Philippines
17–18 Dec 2012 Documentation Team
Training Workshop on Development of Social Policy Briefs
National Economic and Development Authority – Social Development Staff
Pasig City, Philippines
7–12 Nov 2010 Fellow
Session 474: Health and Healthcare Seminar Series I.
Reforming Health Care: Maintaining Social Solidarity and Quality in the Face of Economic, Health and Social Challenges
Salzburg Global Seminar
Salzburg, Austria
19 Oct 2010 Training Program Process Coordinator and Documenter
Strengthening Capacity of Enforcers to Implement Ban on Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship (Project of WHO Philippines)
Foundation for Integrative and Development Studies
Makati City, Philippines
Skills and Competencies
Languages Filipino (native) | English (C2) | Italian (basic)
Data analysis software R | STATA | MAXQDA | NVivo
Affiliations and Other Roles
Lifetime Member PI GAMMA MU International Honor Society in Social Science
(Philippine Alpha Chapter)
Member International Sociological Association (ISA)
European Sociological Association (ESA)
British Sociological Association (BSA)
European Survey Research Association (ESRA)
International Visual Sociology Association (IVSA)
Dutch Association for Migration Research (DAMR)
International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA)
International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe (IMISCOE)
Associate Editor Philippine Sociological Review (PSR)
(also as Special Issue Editor on Sociology of International Migration)
Last update: November 2025