Varsolo C. Sunio
- Lecturer
- School of Management
- Website
Areas of Interest
- Digital transformation
- Urban mobility
- Sustainable finance
- Energy transitions
- Technological innovations
- Innovation management
- Sustainable development
- Transport data analytics
Varsolo Sunio is a Science & Technology Fellow of the country’s Department of Science and Technology. He is also the Chief Research Fellow of the Science Engineering and Management Research Institute (SEMRI) of the University of Asia and the Pacific. He is a lecturer at the UA&P School of Management, where he teaches Business Analytics, Management Science, Operations Research, and Japanese language.
Dr. Sunio finished his PhD in Urban Management at Kyoto University in 2018 and completed his master’s degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the National University of Singapore in 2014. He holds an MS Physics degree from the University of the Philippines and a BS Physics with Computer Engineering degree from the Ateneo de Manila University.
Publications
- Sunio, V. and Mendejar, J (2022). Financing Low-Carbon Transport Transition in the Philippines: Mapping Financing Sources, Gaps and Directionality of Innovation. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 14, 100590. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198222000525
- Sunio, V., Cortes, R. & Lactao, J. (2022). Rhetorical orientations for promoting sustainable travel behavior: A Perspective. Research in Transportation Economics, 91, 101026. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0739885920302249
- Also featured in 360info: “Bus lanes are efficient and bike lanes are fair – transport messages that work”. Special report on “Nudging sustainability”. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54377/4598-1f8b
- Sunio, V., Li, W. J., Pontawe, J., Dizon, A., Valderrama, J. B., & Robang, A. (2022). Service Contracting as a policy response for public transport recovery during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Preliminary Evaluation. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 13, 100559. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198222000227
- Sunio, V., & Mateo-Babiano, I. (2022). Pandemics as ‘Windows of Opportunity’: Transitioning towards more Sustainable and Resilient Transport Systems. Transport Policy, 116, 175-187. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0967070X21003577
- Sunio, V., Mendejar, J. & Nery, J. (2021). Does the Greening of Banks Impact the Logics of Sustainable Financing? The Case of Bank Lending to Merchant Renewable Energy Projects in the Philippines. Global Transitions, Volume 3, 109-118. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589791821000177
- Sunio, V. (2021). Unpacking justice issues in transport system transition using multi-criteria mapping method. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. Volume 96C, 102887. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1361920921001887
- Sunio, V., Cortes, R. & Lactao, J. (2021). Evaluating and explaining the persuasiveness of rhetorical appeals for changing travel behaviour. Proceedings of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (Volume 13). http://www.easts.info/on-line/proceedings/vol.13/pdf/PP2737_R1_F.pdf
- Sunio, V., Peckson, P., & Ugay, J. C. (2021). How urban social movements are leveraging social media to promote dignified mobility as a basic human right. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 9(1), 68-79. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213624X20300675
- Sunio, V., Argamosa, P., Caswang, J., & Vinoya, C. (2021). The State in the governance of sustainable mobility transitions in the informal transport sector. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 38, 100522. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210539520300353
- Sunio, V., Laperal, M., & Mateo-Babiano, I. (2020). Social enterprise as catalyst of transformation in the micro-mobility sector. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 138, 145-157. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0965856420306091
- Sunio, V., Gaspay, S., Guillen, M. D., Mariano, P., & Mora, R. (2019). Analysis of the public transport modernization via system reconfiguration: The ongoing case in the Philippines. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 130, 1-19. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0965856418315416
- Sunio, V., & Schmöcker, J.D. (2019). Implementing Stage-Based Models of Behavioral Change as Menu-Based Intervention. Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, 13, 427-441. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/easts/13/0/13_427/_article/-char/ja/
- Brotoisworo, P., & Sunio, V. (2019). Exploring the Utilization of Crash Data from Waze and Twitter for Official National Crash Database. Proceedings of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (Volume 12). http://www.easts.info/on-line/proceedings/vol.12/pdf/PP2504.pdf
- Sunio, V., Schmöcker, J. D., & Kim, J. (2018). Understanding the stages and pathways of travel behavior change induced by technology-based intervention among university students. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 59, 98-114. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1369847817306423
- Sunio, V., & Schmöcker, J. D. (2017). Can we promote sustainable travel behavior through mobile apps? Evaluation and review of evidence. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 11(8), 553-566. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15568318.2017.1300716
- Sunio, V., Schmöcker, J. D., Estuar, M.R.E, Dela Cruz, B.L., & Torres, M.J. (2017). Development And Usability Evaluation Of Blaze Information System For Promoting Sustainable Travel Behaviour In Metro Manila. Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, 12, 2428-2443. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/easts/12/0/12_2428/_article/-char/ja/
- Sunio, V., Schmöcker, J. D., & Estuar, M. R. J. (2017, October). Implementation of a mobility behavior change support system in Manila Philippines. In Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), 2017 IEEE 20th International Conference on (pp. 661-666). IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8317912/
- Udani, Z. A. S., Sunio, V. C., Dado, R. H., & Udani, D. S. (2012). International briefing 26: training and development in the Philippines. International Journal of Training and Development, 16(4), 300-318. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2419.2012.00401.x
Professional Affiliations
- Transportation Science Society of the Philippines (TSSP)
- Sustainability Transitions Research Network (STRN)
- Associate Member, National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP)
- Member, Analytics Association of the Philippines (AAP)
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