Dr Titipol Phakdeewanich

Since completing his studies and research in the United Kingdom at the University of Warwick (MA International Political Economy 1998, Ph.D in Politics and International Relations 2005), Titipol Phakdeewanich has been based at Ubon Ratchathani University in Thailand.

In addition to teaching at the Faculty of Political Science, Titipol has conducted extensive fieldwork. This enable him to develop working relationships with academics, officials from various national and international institutions, and also with local activist groups in the North-eastern region of Thailand (Isan), and beyond.

It has been a key component of the work of Titipol, to highlight the plight and injustice in the lives of the rural poor, and to look towards finding actual solutions to these problems, which can have a tangible positive effect on the lives of under-represented and  disenfranchised groups such as these, as well as other marginalised groups within Thailand.

Although, since the 2014 military coup d’état led by the National Council for Peace and Order or NCPO, Titipol has been closely monitored by the NCPO, because of his work on democracy and human rights, but he remains committed to work to support the promotion of democracy and human rights within Thailand.

Progress of democracy in Thailand, focusing the parliamentary system