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CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Supang CHANTAVANICH Date & Place of Birth: October 1947, Bangkok, Nationality: Thai Sex: Female Marital Status: Married with 2 children Education: 1969: B.A. (Hon.) in English and Philosophy, 1972: Maitrise en Sociologie, Universite de Grenoble II 1976: Doctorat du 3e cycle en sociologie (Mention Tres bien), Universite de Grenoble II

Present Position: Professor; Department of Sociology and Anthropology Office Address: Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Phayathai Rd., Bangkok 10330 Tel. 662 218-7297

Director, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Tel. 662 218-7460, Fax. 662 255-1124

Secretary General, Thai Association of Qualitative Research, Institute of Social Research, Chulalongkorn University Tel. 662 218-7383

Home Address: 315/2 Soi Mansin I, Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand, Tel. 662 215-6139, 662 216-8855

Knowledge of Languages: English read, write and speak easily French read, write and speak easily Thai read, write and speak easily Lao speak easily, read slowly Vietnamese beginner

Membership:

1982-83 Fellow, Society for Applied Anthropologists (SFAA)

1990-96 Advisory Committee, International Refugee Documentation Network (IRDN) Geneva

1994-97 Governing Board, Society for International Development (SID) Rome

1990-present Working Group on Refugee Thesaurus, UNHCR Geneva

1996-1999 Executive Committee, Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems International (Huridocs) Geneva

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1997-present Advisory committee Research Project on the Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, American Society for the Advancement of Science and Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems International (Huridocs) Washington, D.C.

1995-1998 Selection Committee. University Partnership in Cooperation for Development. CIDA Ottawa

1997-2000 Chairperson, Asian Pacific Migration Research Network (APMRN)

Research Projects:

1972 Sociological Factors of the Evolution of the University System in Thailand : 1960-1970 (Master’s Thesis)

1976 The Sociology of Thai Popular Theatre: Likay. (Doctoral Dissertation)

1978 In Collaboration with Dr. Sippanondha Ketudat et.al., System of Higher Education : Thailand.

1979 Opportunity of Continuation into Lower Secondary Schools (received a certificate of appraisal for excellent research work from the National Research Commission).

1981 An Analytical Review and Annotation of Qualitative Research Work in Thailand : 1957-1980. National Education Commission.

1983 Factors Affecting the Quality of Rural Primary Schooling in Thailand : An Anthropological Approach.

______With Patya Saihoo and Utumporn Thonguthai Research Environment Study : Thailand. IDRC, Ottawa.

1984 Educational Policies and Management for Tribal People in Thailand. National Education Commission.

1986 Factors Affecting Nutritional Status of Pregnant and Lactating Women and Children under 5 years old in the Central Region of Thailand. ASEAN Food Habit Project. Institute of Social Research, Chulalongkorn University.

______A Socio-cultural Analysis of the Eastern Seaboard Development in Thailand. National Education Commission

1988 Social Stratification: Occupational Prestige in the Thai Society. Institute of Social Research, Chulalongkorn University (in Thai) ______“Japan and the Indochinese Refugees” in S. Chantavanich and Bruce Reynolds (eds.) Indochinese Refugees : Asylum and Resettlement. Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University : 103-149.

______With Bruce Reynolds (eds.). Indochinese Refugees: Asylum and Resettlement. Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University.

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______With team The Development of Local Organization in Chachoengsao Province : A Participatory Action Research. Chulalongkorn University Task Force on Research in Rural Development.

1989 With team The Process of Democratisation in the Sub-District Council, Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute in Collaboration with the Thai Association of Qualitative Researchers.

1990 Case Studies of Local People’s Attitudes towards Women Member of Parliament. Committee for the Coordination of Women Affairs. Office of the Prime Minister.

1993 With Samang Hiranburana and Siraphorn Nathalang. Report on Scenario of Children and Women in the Year 2000: An Ethnographic Future Research on Public Opinion. Report Submitted to UNICEF. Thailand.

______With Wathana Wongsekiartirat and Ratana Charubencha. Identifying and Mapping of Northern Villages with High Risk of Child Trafficking. Report Submitted to UNICEF Thailand.

______A Migration Model to Minimize Social and Economic Disintegration after Repatriation: Case Study of Lao Refugees. UNDP/DHA Disaster Management Training Program.

1996 “The Formation and Transformation of Early Communities in the Rangsit Areas of Bangkok.” in the Research Projection Rangsit Centennial. Institute of Thai Studies, Chulalongkorn University.

______with team. A Policy Study on Population Movements and the Impact of Thai Security. Research Report Submitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand. Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University.

1998-2000 with team Thai Migrant Workers in East and during 1996- 1997(Japan, Taiwan, , ). Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University.

1999 with team Transnational Population Movements and HIV/AIDS at the Border Areas: Thai-. Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University.

______with team Transnational Population Movements and HIV/AIDS at the Border Areas: Thai-Cambodian. Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University.

1999-2000 with team Female International Migration in the Age of Globalization in Southeast Asia

1999 with team The Study of Labour Shortage in Thailand in 1999. A Study Commissioned by the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare for its development of labour migration policy in 1999

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2000 with Shakti R. Paul and Premjai Wangsiriphaisal, Reproductive Health Survey: Migrant Burmese Women in Ranong Fishing Community. Ranong, Thailand, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University

2001 with team. Preparedness Management for the Protection of Thai Migrant Workers :A Participatory Action Research for Model Development. Senior Research Fund, Thailand Research Fund.

2002 with team. Improving Migration Policy Management with special focus on irregular labour migration. Report Submitted to International Organization for Migration (IOM).

____ with team. Response to Trafficking of Persons, Especially Women, Youth, and Children Along the Thai-Burmese Border. Report Submitted to World Vision Thailand

2003 with team. Cross Border Migration between Thailand and PDR: A Qualitative Assessment to Laos Migration and Its Contribution to HIV Vulnerability. Report Submitted to Family Health Internation (FHI).

_____ with team. The Study of Need Assessment of Migrant Workers in Thailand during 2004 –2006. Report Submitted to National security council of Thailand.

Publications:

1988 Qualitative Research Methods. Chulalongkorn University Press (in Thai) Eight printing 1999

1988 Data Analysis in Qualitative Research. Chulalongkorn University Press. (in Thai)

1990 With Paul Rabe. Thailand and the Indochinese Refugees: Fifteen Years of Compromise and Uncertainty. Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science 18 (1) : 66-80.

______With Amrung Chantavanich and Gerald Fry. An Evaluative Policy Study of the Efficiency and Quality of Primary Schooling in Thailand. International Development Research Center: Ottawa. 1991 The Origin of the Chaozhou Chinese in Thailand. Asian Review. 11(2) : 20-31. Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University.

1992 With Marisa Phupinyokul et.al. The Lao Returnees in the Voluntary Repatriation Programme from Thailand. Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University.

1994 Refugee Flows from Indochina: Mass Movements of People and Challenges for the 1990s. Jahrbuch for Vergleichend Socialforschung. Editon Parabolis, Berlin: 75-104.

1995 “From Gongsi to Business Corporatism : Socio-cultural and Political Conditions of Ethnic Chinese Big Business Families’ Success” in Entrepreneurship and Socio-economic

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Transformation in Thailand and Southeast Asia. Amara Pongsapich et al. (eds.), Chulalongkorn University: 297-305.

______With Somkiat Sikharaksakul, “Preservation of Ethnic Identity and Acculturation : the Case Study of A Hainanese School in Bangkok.”Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science. 23(1) Singapore : 78-87.

______Crossborder Migration in Asia Pacific and Labour Linkages, Working Paper, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

With C. Promwang “The White Tai Ethnic Group” in the Study of Ethnic Tai’s Culture. Office of the National Cultural Commission. Bangkok: 201-227.

______With Witsanee Sintrakul “The Evolution of Concepts and Indicators of Social Development and Quality of Life in Foreign Countries” in Concepts and Construction of Social Development and quality of Life Indicators for Thailand. A. Puangsamlee and O. Art-am (eds). Thailand Research Funds, Bangkok:42-127.

______With Wanne Thaiyanan. “The Evolution of Concepts and Indicators of Social Development and Quality of Life Indicators in Thailand” in Concepts and Constructions of Social Development and Quality of Life Indicators for Thailand. A. Puangsamlee and O. Art-am (eds). Thailand Research Funds; Bangkok:129-236.

1997 “From Siamese-Chinese to Chinese Thai : Political Conditions and Identity Shifts among the Chinese in Thailand” in Ethnic Chinese as Southeast Asian. Leo Suryadinata (ed.) Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Singapore : 232-259.

with S. Chintayanonda and G. Risser, The Monitoring of the Registration of Immigrant Workers from Myanmar, and Laos in Thailand. Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University.

1999 with team. The Migration of Thai Women to Germany: Causes, Living Conditions and Impacts for Thailand and Germany. Asian Research Center for Migration, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University.(in Thai)

“Responses of ASEAN to the Global Challenge of Migration,” in ASEAN and the EU in the International Environment. Asia-Europe Studies Series, vol.4, Tubingin: 11-23.

“Thailand’s Responses to Transnational Migration During Economic Growth and Economic Downturn,” SOJOURN, 14(1) Singapore: 159-177.

Glossary of Refugee and Migration Terms. Asian Research Center for Migration, Institute of Asian Studies. Chulalongkorn University.

with Wimala Siripong Political Systems of the Ethnic Tai, Institute of Asian Studies. Chulalongkorn University (in Thai).

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2000 “Dr.Chetana’s Philosophy on Education.” In Power of Knowledge in Humanities: Chetana Nagavajara. Amarin Printing and Publishing, Bangkok: 305-343. (in Thai).

With team Transnational Population Movements and HIV/AIDS Vulnerability in the Thai-Cambodian Borders. Asian Research Center for Migration, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University.

With team Transnational population Movements and HIV/AIDS Vulnerability at the Thai-Myanmar Borders. Asian Research Center for Migration, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University.

Population Mobility and HIV/AIDS in the Greater Maekhong Sub-Region. Report Submitted to the Asian Develoment Bank. World Vision Australia and Macfarland Burnet Centre for Medical Research.

2001 with Christina Wille. Female Labour Migration in Southeast Asia (ed). Asian Research Center for Migration, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University

______with team. The Migration of Thai Women to Germany : Causes, Living Conditions’ and Impact on Thaiand and Germany. Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University.

2002 with team. Thai Migrant Workers in East and Southeast Asia: the Prospects of Thailand’s Migration Policy in the Light of the Regional Economic Recession (final report). The Asain Research Center for Migration, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University.

2003 with Aaron Stern. Thailand’s Immigration and Emigration : A Legal overview. Migration in the Asia Pacific, Population, Settlement and Citizenship Issues. Edited by Robyn Iredale, Charles Hawksley and Stephen Castle, UK.

Award:

2001 Senior Research Award, Thailand Research Fund.

2002 Most Outstanding Research Award, Chulalongkorn University

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