- (2018) UP Teaching Effectiveness Course (Institute for Small Scale Industries, June 4-8).
- (2018) Forum on U.S.-ASEAN Relationship (U.S. Embassy in Manila, May 15).
- (2018) CHED-DLSU Research Leadership Training Program (Midas Hotel, April 16-17).
- (2018) Philippine Halal Summit (National Commission on Muslim Filipinos, Feb. 27).
- (2018) PUP-CPSPA Faculty and Staff Development Activity (Baguio City, February 1-3).
- (2017) Study of the United States Institute (SUSI) for scholars on religious pluralism in the USA (The Dialogue Institute, Temple University, Pennsylvania, USA, June 24-August 05).
- (2017) WISC-sponsored exploratory workshop on “Sources of IR Knowledge in the Philippines” for the 5th Global International Studies Conference (National Taiwan University, Taipei, March 31).
- (2016) ASEAN Young Scholars Workshop and International Conference on ASEAN Studies (Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 11-22).
- (2016) WISC-sponsored workshop on ‘Alternative Cosmologies and Knowledge Systems in IR’ (Institute for Research and International Studies, New Delhi, Jan. 11-14).
- (2015) Global Minority Rights Summer School of the Tom Lantos Institute (National University of Public Service, Budapest, Hungary, July 19-25).
- (2015) Summer School on ‘Borders, Borderthinking, Borderlands’ where paper on Territoriality in Islam is presented (Universität Bremen, Germany, May 15-26).
- (2015) ISA Foreign Policy Analysis working group on “Foreign Policy Analysis and the Diplomacy of Sub-State Actors” Convention (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Feb. 17-20).
- (2014) UNILU Network of Transnational Doctoral Research for the “Law and Culture Training Programme” (University of Lucerne, Switzerland, November 14-15).
- (2014) 3rd Turk-Arab Youth Congress with a theme, ‘How to Lead the Future’ (Istanbul Convention Center and Point Hotel Barbaros, October 24-27).
- (2014) 1st International Institute of Islamic Thought summer school on “Muslim Societies: Contemporary and Future Challenges” (Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, September 06-20).
- (2014) 2nd International ILEM Summer School on “The State and Society in Muslim World” (İstanbul 29 Mayıs University, August 23-29).
- (2014) 7th Istanbul Seminar on “The Sources of Pluralism: Metaphysics, Epistemology, Law, and Politics” (Istanbul Bilgi University, May 15-20).
- (2013) 1st International ILEM Summer School on the “Transformation of Muslim World in the 21st Century” (İstanbul 29 Mayıs University, August 24-30).
- (2013) 2nd International Summer School on the “History of Science in Islam as Universal Heritage” (Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin Foundation, Istanbul, August 22-25); partially attended.
- (2012) Five ECTS of PhD course on “Politics, State, and Society: Theoretical Reflections in a Historical Context” (University of Copenhagen, Roskilde, Denmark, December 10-14).
- (2012) 1st Turk-Arab Youth Congress (Istanbul Şehir University, Turkey, September 14-16).
- (2012-2016, discontinued) PhD in Civilization Studies, passed all credited courses and comprehensive examination (Alliance of Civilizations Institute, FSMVU, Istanbul).
- (2012) 11th International Summer School on “Muslims in the West;” presented on Muslim societies in Bosnia and Herzegovina (University of Erfurt, Germany, August 1-15).
- (2012) 2nd International Model of Organization of the Islamic Cooperation sponsored by ICYF-DC, Turkey’s Foreign Affairs, Tatarstan’s Youth and Tourism Ministry, & Center for Civilization Studies and Dialogue of Cultures (Kazan in Tatarstan, Russia, July 4-10).
- (2011, discontinued) PhD in International Area Studies, taken Korean language course from Sept. to Nov. (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea).
- (2011) Five ECTS of PhD course entitled “Is Public Sphere Exclusively a Nation-State Phenomenon?” (Sabancı University, Istanbul, July 18-22).
- (2011) 20th Institute of International Relations seminar on “History and Philosophy of International Relations” (Panteion University of Athens, Greece, June 29-July 4).
- (2011) Online short course certificate on “Muslims and Jews: The Historical and Contemporary Encounter” (WOOLF Institute, January 10-June 29).
- (2010) 20th International Youth Leadership Conf. (Prague City, Czech Republic, July 11-16).
- (2009, discontinued) MA in International Studies major in European Studies, passed two courses only from January to April (De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines).