Charit Tingsabadh (born 1950) is an economist and director of the Centre for European Studies at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. [1]
Tingsabadh was educated in Thailand and at Strathallan School near Perth, Scotland. [2] He graduated from Magdelene College, Cambridge with an economics tripos in 1971. [3] That year he entered the University of Birmingham, graduating with a Master of Social Science in national economic planning in 1974. [3] From 1976 to 1981 he studied for a PhD in development planning at University College London. [3]
In-between postgraduate degree courses (1974–1975) Tingsabadh worked as an economist in the Regional Planning Division of the National Economic and Social Development Board in Thailand. [3] In 1975 he began lecturing in the Faculty of Economics, and he continues to lecture at Chulalongkorn University. [3]
Tingasabadh served as assistant director of the Social Research Institute at Chulalongkorn from 1981 to 1984. [3] In 1986 he was appointed assistant professor in the Faculty of Economics. [3] From 1987 to 1991 he was the deputy director of the Social Research Institute and from 1991 to 1995 he was deputy director of the Environmental Research Institute. [3]
In 1996 he was appointed director of the Centre for Ecological Economics in the Faculty of Economics at Chulalongkorn. [3] He also became a member of the Research Subcommittee on Forestry and Multipurpose Trees with the National Research Council. [3]
Since 2000 he has served as director of the Centre for European Studies at Chulalongkorn. [3] He is an advisor to the editor of the Journal of European Studies, published by the Centre for European Studies. [4]
Tingsabadh is a member of the advisory committee to the ASEAN Energy Market Integration (AEMI) Initiative. [5]
Tingasbadh has numerous publications to his name. [6]
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