PROFESSORS

MAIDS-GRID is comprised of the academic teaching team with various expertise. The professors listed here are coordinating most of the courses in the MAIDS-GRID programs and also teach classes at the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University. These professors are the students’ potential thesis advisors.

Ake Tangsupvattana, PhD


Department of Government
Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Essex, UK


Email: ake.t@chula.ac.th

Research interest:
Globalization and Government, Politics and Business, Social and Political Theory

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Bhanubhatra Jittiang, PhD
Assistant Professor

Department of International Relations, Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison,USA

Email: bhanubhatra.j@chula.ac.th


Research interest:
Sociology of Refugee, International Migration, Urban and Community Sociology, International Development.


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Carl Middleton, PhD

Associate Professor, 

Director, MAIDS-GRID Program, Director, Center for Social Development Studies (CSDS).

Ph.D. in Environmental Chemistry, Manchester University, UK

Email: carl.m@chula.ac.th


Research interest:
Environmental Politics and Policy, Political Ecology of Water, Energy, and Land; Urban Agriculture; Environmental Justice; Environmental Change and Migration


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Chaturawit Thongmuang, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in Sociology, University of London, UK

Email: Chaturawit.t@chula.ac.th 

Research Interest:

Digital Sociology, Identity Studies, Digital Tools for Social Research, Digital Social Research, Sexualities Studies, LGBT Studies, Queer Studies  

Chulanee Thianthai, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Email: chulanee00@hotmail.com

Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
Ph.D. in Bio-Cultural Anthropology, University of Oregon, USA

Research interest:
Cultural Anthropology, Business Anthropology, Qualitative Research, Gender, Youth, STS and Urban Studies  

 

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Jakkrit Sangkhamanee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Email: jarrkit.sa@chula.ac.th

Deputy Dean, Faculty of Political Science,
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Ph.D. in Anthropology, Australian National University


Research interest:
Political and Cultural Ecology, Sociology of Knowledge, Border Studies.
 


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Jiraporn Laocharoenwong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor


Email: jiraporn.la@chula.ac.th

j.laocharoenwong@gmail.com 

Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Amsterdam

Research interest:
Anthropology of Migration and Forced Displacement, Non-human animal mobility and Multi-species Ethnography, Anthropology of Place, Space and Time, Myanmar-Thailand borderlands 

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Natthanan Kunnamas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Email: kunnamas@gmail.com

Jean Monnet Chair Professor
Department of International Relations
Ph.D. in Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds,UK

Research interest:
Public Policy, European Union Integration. http://www.kunnamas.com


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Pitch Pongsawat, Ph.D
Assistant Professor

Email: madpitch@yahoo.com

Department of Government
Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning,University of California, Berkeley,USA

Research interest:
Urbanization, Comparative Politics, Modern Thai politics

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Prakorn Siriprakob, Ph.D.
Associate Professor  

Chair of the committee, MAIDS-GRID Program 
Dean of Faculty of Political Science 

Ph.D. in Public Administration Arizona State University, USA 

 
Email: popsiri@gmail.com

Department of Public Administration
Ph.D. in Public Administration (Arizona State University)


Research interest:
Comparative public administrations, Organization and management


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Surichai Wun’Gaeo

Emeritus Professor

Email: surichai1984@yahoo.com 
M.A. in Sociology, University of Tokyo, Japan

Research interest:
Sociology of Development, Environmentalism and Sustainable Development, Social Movements and People's Participation, Endogenous Social Theory 

 

Thanida Boonwanno, Ph.D.
Ph.D. in Anthropologie, Aix-Marseille Université, France 

Email: Thanida.B@chula.ac.th 

Research interest: Anthropology of Time, Methodologies for the Anthropological Study of Time 

 

Khathaleeya Liamdee, Ph.D.
Ph.D. in Anthropology (Sociocultural), University of Washington, USA 

 Email: khathaleeya.l@chula.ac.th 



Research interest:
Southeast Asian Studies during the Cold War, Thai-Cambodian Border, Cross-border Mobility,Medical Anthropology / Borderland Public Health 

 
 

Naruemon Thabchumpon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Email: nthabchumpon@gmail.com 

Department of Government
Ph.D. in Politics, University of Leeds,UK

Research interest:
Comparative Democratic Studies, Politics of Human Rights and Development, Politics of Civil Society and Grassroots Movements 

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Pimsiri Aroonsri, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Deputy Director, MAIDS-GRID Program, Assistant Dean 

Email: Pimsiri.a@chula.ac.th 

Department of Public Administration
Ph.D. in Major in Human Resource Development; Minor in Business Administration, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, USA

Research interest:
The Transfer of Training; Habits and its impact on organizational change; Motivational process; Behavioral change intervention (e.g., goal setting, MCII, II); Online learning design and development 

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Supang Chantavanich, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor
Program Advisor

Ph.D. in Sociology, Grenoble, France

Email: chansupang@gmail.com


Research interest:
Refugees and Migration Studies, Ethnic Chinese Studies, Sociology of Occupations, Behavior in Local Government Organizations, Sociology of Education, Qualitative Research 

 
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Sorasich Swangsilp, Ph.D. 

Deputy Director, MAIDS-GRID Program, Assistant Dean 

Email: sorasich.s@chula.ac.th  

Ph.D. in Southeast Asian Studies;   National University of Singapore 

Research interest:

Thai Foreign Policy Language and International Politics, International Development 

 

 

Teewin Suputtikun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Email:teewino@hotmail.com

Department of International Relations
Ph.D. in Asia-Pacific Studies,
Waseda University,Japan

Research interest:
International Relations Studies, Japanese History, Politics, and Culture


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Kasira Cheeppensook, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Email: kasira.c@chula.ac.th

Deputy Dean, Faculty of Political Science,
Department of International Relations
Ph.D. in International Relations, London School of Economics, UK

Research interest:
International Norms and Organizations, ASEAN and  Human Security, Human Rights, Gender 


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Keerati Chenpitayaton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Email: keerati.chenp@gmail.com

Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ph.D.
in Sociology and Historical Studies, The New School, USA


Research interest:
Historical-Comparative Sociology, Global-Transnational Sociology, Theory and Culture

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Pongphisoot Busbarat, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Email: Pongphisoot.B@chula.ac.th

Department of International Relations
Ph.D. in Political Science & International Relations, Australian National University, Australia

Research interest:
Thailand’s foreign relations, International relations in Southeast Asia, The role of great powers in the Asia Pacific region

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Sirima Thongsawang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Email:sirima.th@chula.ac.th

Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Ph.D. in Southeast Asian Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,Germany

Research interest:
Migration, Inequality, Tourism, Development, Food Culture and Family Studies

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Soravis Jayanama
Professor

Email:soravis@hotmail.com

Department of International Relations
M.Sc. in Theory and History of International Relations, London School of Economics, UK

Research interest:
US Foreign Relations, Empire, Political Theory and Continental Philosophy, Gender Studies 


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Thanapan Laiprakobsup, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Email:tlaiprakobsup@hotmail.com

Department of Government
Ph.D. in Political Science,
University of Houston,USA

Research interest:
Politics of Development, Comparative Public Policy, Political System and Public Policy, Democratic Development 

 
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