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On November 26, Ajarn Kevin Cook and Ajarn Mahesh Chougule welcomed community partners from Caritas Cambodia and the Cambodian government to the SPD faculty to discuss innovation in social policy, social development, and social work practice. They were joined by representatives from NEXEP and Social Innovations Foundation, who shared creative social development practices in Thailand. […]

On 25th November, 2024, SPD hosted a visit by 64 academics and postgraduate students from faculties of education at 4 universities in the Philippines, as part of Thailand-Philippines Bilateral Graduate Student Research Forum, organised by Kasetsart University. The universities represented included Bohol Island State University, Mariano Marcos State University, Philippine Normal University and Mindanao State […]

On 24-25 October 2024, our SPD Director Dr. Pred Evans and Dr. Mahesh Chougule were invited as speakers at the International Conference on Global Social Welfare at National Taiwan University, one of our close overseas partners. Dr. Evans presented his doctoral research on the internationalisation of higher education and Dr. Chougule presented on social welfare […]

On 22nd of October 2024, SPD-444 Globalization and Child Rights course students attended and United Nations, 4th International Youth Forum on SDGs and Human Rights (IYF4.0) at United Nations Conference Center, Bangkok, Thailand. The main purpose of IYF 4.0 was to advocate for Sustainable development and youth empowerment. The global event was hosted by the […]

“SPD Programme Bridges Classroom Learning and Real-World Challenges” As part of the SPD 317 course on Conflict Resolution and Negotiation, the Social Policy and Development (SPD) programme took a hands-on approach by organizing a workshop on 20-21 September 2024 in Mae Sot district, Tak province. The goal was to immerse students in real-world conflict analysis, […]

Recruiting a Foreign Expert! Join our vibrant BA in Social Policy and Development International Programme at Thammasat University! . . Please send a cover letter, application form/email with CV to spd.thammasat@gmail.com by Wednesday 17 July 2024 if you are interested in applying for this post. . . Read the announcement and download the application form […]

Recruiting a Foreign Expert! Join our vibrant BA in Social Policy and Development International Programme at Thammasat University! . . Please send a cover letter, application form/email with CV to spd.thammasat@gmail.com by Wednesday 17 July 2024 if you are interested in applying for this post. . . Read the announcement and download the application form […]

Students on the BA in Social Policy and Development International Programme following the Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation course led by Dr Pred Evans, engaged for the first time, on 18 September, 2024, with students from our partner National Taiwan University on a joint course which will see SPD students develop social business plans with […]

On September 17, 2024, Dr. Lucio Sarandrea, Regional Advisor on Human Rights at UNICEF, delivered a guest lecture on “The UN-CRC: Monitoring and Reporting Roles of NGOs and Civil Society.” The speaker provided an in-depth discussion on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN-CRC), critically analyzing real-time data on human rights and […]

On 13 September, 2024, Dr Pred Evans, SPD Director and Assistant Dean for International Affairs, delivered an online lecture to high school students in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, on social enterprises in Thailand and how they feed into the SDG goals. Dr Pred also introduced SPD and mentioned the Japanese students already enrolled on the programme.Students […]