Chantana Banpasirichote

Dr. Chantana Banpasirichote Wungaeo was trained in regional planning at the University of Waterloo, Canada. She is a faculty member of the Department of Government, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. At present, she serves as the Director of the Master of Arts in International Development Studies, Faculty of Political Science. She has taught courses on conflict and conflict resolution, democracy and development, and the politics of development. Her research interests in the past few years have focussed on the democratic movements in Thailand, civil society and public participation, and the current project on multi-ethnic democracy for the deep south of Thailand. Chantana also actively serves numerous non-governmental organizations as board member, advisor and consultant. She is a core faculty member of the Rotary Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at Chulalongkorn University.