- Online executive course on “the Political Economy of Development” offered by International Alert Philippines and taught by LSE Professor James Putzel (October 08–December 10, 2022)
- PhD in International Relations, Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey), Sept. 2009–Mar. 26, 2016
- —–PhD in Civilization Studies (all but dissertation), Ibn Haldun University (previously housed at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University) Istanbul, Turkey, from Sept. 2012 and discontinued in March 2016
- —–PhD in International Area Studies major in Middle East and African Studies (discontinued), Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Seoul, South Korea), September–December 2011
- Online course certificate on “Muslims and Jews: The Historical and Contemporary Encounter” provided by the WOOLF Institute, Cambridge, UK (January 10–May 27, 2011)
- Master in International Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman, June 11, 2007–November 02, 2009
- MAIS European Studies (discontinued), De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines, Jan.–April 2009
- BA in International Studies, University of the East (Manila, Philippines), June 09, 2003–November 29, 2006
- High School and Elementary, Trinity University of Asia (formerly, Trinity College of Quezon City), Philippines, from June 1993 to April 04, 2003
Nassef is the founder of PHISO (Philippine International Studies Organization), BRLN (Bangsamoro Research and Legal Network), DSRN (Decolonial Studies Research Network), and Co-IRIS (International Relations and Islamic Studies Research Cohort). He researches policy issues affecting the Bangsamoro society and explores decolonial knowledge sources of the global south as well as interdisciplinary study between Islam and International Relations.
Nassef Manabilang Adiong, PhD 