Academic Strengthening Through a Multi-disciplinary …
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Fig. 3 Alignment of the Program to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (United
Nations 2016)
Since its commencement in 2010, the program has enrolled 15 candidates and
graduated 9. Research topics covered to date include:
• Recovery responses to cyclone devastation in Myanmar
• Improved leather processing technologies in Thailand
• Financial management in autonomous Thai universities
• Ethnic distinctions and citizenship in Myanmar
• Environmental impacts of mangrove destruction in Thailand
• Management and governance of irrigation in Laos
• Comparisons of Islamic and government schools in Southern Thailand
• Curriculum reform on Chinese secondary teaching in Thailand
• Developing a high resolution wind atlas for Thailand
• Sustainable food and industrial energy production from palm oil
• Comparison of business attitudes in Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand
• Innovation of human resource practices in the manufacturing sector in Thailand
• The effect of rice policies and marketing on farm income for specific rice varieties
• Sustainable development in the Thailand-Singapore railway project
• Assessing wind resources using coupled atmospheric and wind flow modelling.
From these examples, it can be seen that experience to date has spanned most of
the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Figure 3 is an aspirational presentation
in which the ticks (✓) indicate the intent of the Ph.D. program in Sustainable Development. It is more appropriate to understand the approach as orienting each disciple
to the SDGs than designing specific sustainable development studies separate from
disciplinary studies.
493
Fig. 3 Alignment of the Program to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (United
Nations 2016)
Since its commencement in 2010, the program has enrolled 15 candidates and
graduated 9. Research topics covered to date include:
• Recovery responses to cyclone devastation in Myanmar
• Improved leather processing technologies in Thailand
• Financial management in autonomous Thai universities
• Ethnic distinctions and citizenship in Myanmar
• Environmental impacts of mangrove destruction in Thailand
• Management and governance of irrigation in Laos
• Comparisons of Islamic and government schools in Southern Thailand
• Curriculum reform on Chinese secondary teaching in Thailand
• Developing a high resolution wind atlas for Thailand
• Sustainable food and industrial energy production from palm oil
• Comparison of business attitudes in Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand
• Innovation of human resource practices in the manufacturing sector in Thailand
• The effect of rice policies and marketing on farm income for specific rice varieties
• Sustainable development in the Thailand-Singapore railway project
• Assessing wind resources using coupled atmospheric and wind flow modelling.
From these examples, it can be seen that experience to date has spanned most of
the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Figure 3 is an aspirational presentation
in which the ticks (✓) indicate the intent of the Ph.D. program in Sustainable Development. It is more appropriate to understand the approach as orienting each disciple
to the SDGs than designing specific sustainable development studies separate from
disciplinary studies.