Department of Economics
Possapon Charoenporn
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Key information
- Roles
- Department of Economics PhD Student in International Development
- Department
- Department of Economics
- Qualifications
- BA (Chulalongkorn), MSc (London School of Economics and Political Science)
- Email address
- 694201@soas.ac.uk
- Thesis title
- Geographical political economy of regional development in the Global South: the influence of China on deindustrialisation and re¬industrialisation in Thailand.
- Internal Supervisors
- Dr Dic Lo
Biography
Possapon Charoenporn (Mike) is a PhD candidate in International Development at SOAS, University of London.
He is trained as an economic and development geographer. He holds MSc degrees in Local Economic Development as well as Health and International Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Additionally, He graduated with a BA in Geography from Chulalongkorn University in Thailand.
Previously, he worked as an East Asia Pacific researcher for the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), collecting and analysing data on political violence and protests in Southeast Asia. His expertise also extends to spatial analysis, where he contributed to research on socio-economic inequalities in the Urban Age project at LSE Cities.
His current research interests centre around regional economic development, global production network, and the political economy of industrialisation in Southeast Asia. Specifically, he examines the role of institutions and the influence of China in shaping industrialisation trajectories and geographically uneven economic development in developing countries.
Research interests
- Local and regional economic development
- Global production network
- Territorial inequalities and uneven development
- Political economy of industrial development
- China's outward direct investment.
