Dr. Varsolo Sunio, Program Director of the School of Sciences, Engineering and Technology's (SSE) BS Industrial Engineering Program and Chief Research Fellow of the Science, Engineering and Management Research Institute (SEMRI), represented UA&P at the 27th Annual Conference of the Euro Working Group on Transportation (EWGT) held at Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland.

He presented the paper "Towards a Greater Role for Local Government Units as Public Transport Service Providers in the Philippines," a collaborative work with Ms. Jacqueline Mirabueno, Mr. Paul Argamosa, Dr. George Manzano, Dr. Enrique Ligot, Mr. Garry Perez, and Dr. Nick Alviar.

The paper is set for publication in Transportation Research Procedia (Scopus) in 2026, with funding support from the Center for Research and Communication.

In addition, Dr. Sunio also visited leading institutions such as the University of Oxford, Transport for London, and Transport Scotland, further strengthening UA&P’s academic and research ties abroad.