Albert Alejo

Albert "Paring Bert" Eduave Alejo, SJ (born August 25, 1958, Cagayan de Oro) is a Filipino Jesuit, anthropologist, activist, and Tagalog poet.

His areas of interest include: corruption and violence and the formation of social conscience; intercultural and interreligious dialogue; social research; and creative writing. His experience is documented in the ethnographic work Generating Energies in Mount Apo: Cultural Politics in a Contested Environment, published in 2000.

Alejo's body of work also includes a philosophical treatise on the Filipino concept of loob in Tao Po! Tuloy!: Isang Landas ng Pag-unawa sa Loob ng Tao (Loob: Filipino philosophy of relational interiority), drawing influence from Sikolohiyang Filipino, and the Eastern and Western philosophical traditions; and collections of Tagalog poetry in Sanayan lang ang Pagpatay (Killing is a matter of practice, 1993); and Nabighani: Mga Saling Tula ng Kapwa Nilikha (Captivated: Tagalog translations of mystical poems, 2015).

Social engagement Alejo is involved in anti-corruption, human rights, and indigenous people's rights advocacy. In 2003, Alejo led Ehem!, a nationwide Jesuit anti-corruption campaign.