Dr. Florano has Ph.D. Public Administration from International Christian University, Japan and M.A. International Relations from International University of Japan. He obtained his Master of Public Administration and B.A. Public Administration (cum laude) in University of the Philippines. He is a fulltime Professor at NCPAG. Dr. Florano was Director of the Center for Policy and Executive Development of UP-NCPAG from 2013 to 2019. He has lectured in many training programs related to policy analysis, and project development and management to officials and staff of almost all government agencies and local government units. He has published papers mainly about environmental governance as to climate change adaptation/disaster risk reduction. He has presented papers at various international conferences in 20 countries. He has published in international journals and books which made him win several professorial/faculty grants and international publication awards. He is a consistent recipient of the One UP Professorial Chair Award in Public Administration (Environmental Governance) for Outstanding Teaching and Public Service since 2016. He is a Regular Member of the National Research Council of the Philippines. In addition, he is a member of international and local academic and professional organizations. He was a research fellow of the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs based at the National University of Kaohsiung in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in early 2022. In December 2023, he won the prestigious “Akira Nakamura Best Paper Award” at the International Conference of the Asian Association for Public Administration in Tokyo, Japan.
