the University of Grenoble, France, she started her teaching and research area on Southeast Asian societies and cultures, sociological theories, qualitative research, development studies, Chinese diaspora, labour migration, and forced displacement including the situations of political refugees, asylum seekers, and environmental refugees, as well as human trafficking and statelessness.
She has been working intensively on the Thai–Myanmar borders since 1990s. In 2011, she cooperated with UNDP to lead the research project “Sustainable Displaced Person Situation on the Thai–Myanmar Border” with EU fund coverage for six studies of situational and policy analyses of displaced persons at the borders in Thailand. Another study on the protection of migrant fishers from Myanmar in Thailand was conducted in 2015 under her supervision. In 2017, she co-edited a book titled Politics: Governance, Experience and Response to Flooding from Migrants’ Perspectives in ASEAN, which was conducted with researchers from eight ASEAN countries which has been published by Routledge. She also led a study of migrant fishermen from Myanmar in Thailand during 2015–2018 in collaboration with the ILO as well as a participatory research with the Thai government, the National Fishery Association of Thailand (NFAT) and the civil society to suppress illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Thailand. She also initiated the Sustainable Fishery and Decent Work Net (SFDW Net) in 2019 at Chulalongkorn University to mobilize cooperation from members in the government, private, international, and regional organizations. Currently, Dr. Chantavanich is studying and developing a paper on the social protection of migrant workers in Thailand.
Nguyễn Văn Chính received his doctorate from the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is currently Deputy Director of the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, Vietnam National University (VNU) Hanoi, Vietnam.
Anupama Devendrakumar is Lecturer in Economics at the College of Maritime Studies and Management of Chiang Mai University, Samut Sakhon province, Thailand. Her research interests are in the areas relating to trade and development and regional economic integration in Asia, with special reference to ASEAN and its dialogue partners. Most of her prior work has been on India’s bilateral economic relations with ASEAN as a bloc as well as its individual member countries. After obtaining a Ph.D. degree from the Faculty of Economics, she worked as a Research Fellow at the ASEAN Studies Center of Chulalongkorn University. As an adjunct faculty, she has taught at the College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan, Bhutan.
Patcharinruja Juntaronanont is Instructor at the School of Social and Environmental Development, National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Thailand. She received her doctoral and masters degree from School of International Studies (International Politics), Peking University, China. Her areas of interest are international relations (Thai–Chinese) and ASEAN Studies. She has published several academic papers on China and ASEAN relations.
Aung Kyaw is Professor and Head of department, Department of Commerce, Monywa University of Economics, Myanmar. He is also former Research Associate of Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia. His research interest areas are entrepreneurship, small and medium enterprises development, corporate governance, and political economy. He has been writing several research articles in these areas.
Thantavanh Manolom is Fellow Researcher at the Economic Research Institute for Industry and Trade (ERIIT). Before joining the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in 2007, she was Lecturer and Deputy Director of Rattana Business Administration Colleges (RBAC) in Lao PDR. She obtained her Bachelors and Masters degrees in International Trade from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, and she carried out doctorate research (Development Sciences International Program) from Khon Kaen University, Thailand, which included three years of exchange program in Australia for her Ph.D. process. She has published several articles extensively on many aspects of economic development and international trade, including development measurement, development indicators, well-being measurement, well-being indicators, local conception of well-being, smuggling in border trade between Laos and neighboring countries, international trade, and poverty reduction issues in Lao PDR. Her previous research was projects analysis which related to economic, management, administration, and business for public and private sectors. Her current research are projects on development, Social Economic Zones (SEZs), well-being and social indicators, and economic and trade issues. She is also a Visiting Lecturer of colleges and universities in Lao PDR. In addition, she has been invited to speak and present her research at universities in Thailand, namely Chulalongkorn University, Srinakharinwirot University, Rangsit University, and Khon Kaen University.
Tuan Pham is currently the Deputy Director General of Institute of World Economics and Politics (Vietnam). He received his Ph.D. and master degrees from Australian universities. His research interests specially focus on the current problems of Vietnam’s economy, such as financial system, monetary policies, external trade, foreign investment, domestic markets, labor force, etc. He also frequently observes and evaluates the impacts from international economy issues on Vietnamese economy. He has several studies published in international journals.
Alay Phonvisay is Lecturer with the Faculty of Economics and Business Management at the National University of Laos (NUOL), where he teaches econometrics, development studies, and regional economic integration. Alay holds a Master’s Degree in Economics and a Ph.D. in Economics from the Graduate School of International Studies at Kobe University. Prior to joining NUOL, he was a Data Analysis and Evaluation Specialist with the Poverty Reduction Fund. He has worked with both national and international organizations in conducting impact assessments for development projects across the Lao PDR. Alay’s primary areas of expertise include monitoring and evaluation, policy and program analysis, and applied economic research with a focus on health, industrial policy, trade, and poverty reduction. He has conducted numerous research projects in the fields of health economics, economic development, and international trade. Alay is experienced in developing and implementing complex field projects using both qualitative and quantitative methods. Alay is fluent in Lao, Thai, English, and Japanese.
Stan BH Tan-Tangbau is a Vietnamologist specializing in studying ethnicity, state and frontier formations, as well as cultural narratives in Vietnam and the Southeast Asian Massif. In 2010, Stan founded Kachin Life Stories, a collaborative digital autoethnography designed for the Kachin people originating from the uplands of northern Myanmar and also Yunnan (China) and Arunachal Pradesh (India).
Nisachol Thaithong is specialized in China–ASEAN Regional Economic Development and International Trade. Currently, she is a full-time lecturer at the International College and a researcher of China–ASEAN Research Institute of Guangxi University, China. Her research areas include international trade, China–ASEAN interconnected logistics, and China–ASEAN industrial cooperation.
She has numerous publications to her credit, such as Research on the development of Industrialization in Thailand from the viewpoint of International Trade, CNKI (2013). Study on the Joint Construction of Tourism Colleges in Higher Vocational Colleges and Tourism Rural Enterprises: Case study Guangxi, Guangxi Education Journal (2017). Research on Thailand and China industrial cooperation under the background of the upgraded of China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, CNKI (2017). The potential of China-Thailand Chongzuo Comprehensive Industrial Development Zone Research, The Thailand Research Fund, RDG61T0081 (2018). Divergent Competitiveness and Convergent Regulation: Evidence from Thailand’s Tourism (2019).
Nisarat Thaithong is specialized in hospitality and tourism. Currently, she is a full-time lecturer at the International School of Tourism, Suratthani Rajabhat University, Thailand. Her research areas include sustainable tourism, tourism cluster, and social networks. She has published a book with Saxena G. and Tsagdis, D. (2015) titled Thailand’s Samui Island — An Analysis of the Tourism Towards Green Economy In Tourism in the Green Economy, (Ed.) Vijay Reddy and Keith Wilkes. Earthscan/ Routledge.
Đinh Thị Thanh Huyền was awarded her Ph.D. by Vietnam National University (VNU)
