News

Prof Nophea Sasaki speaks with People’s Daily, China on global biodiversity initiative

When the United Nations hosted the first ever UN Biodiversity Summit at the 75th General Assembly on 30 September 2020, over 100 world leaders gathered virtually in New York to mobilize for action to stem the decline of the planet’s biodiversity.

The goal is to build political momentum for the Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the UN Convention on Biodiversity scheduled in May 2021 in Kunming, China, where countries will agree to an ambitious plan of action on biodiversity.

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By , 4 years28/10/2020 ago

DPMM

Webinar: Natural And Non Natural Disaster Risk Reduction And Their Implication On Multidisciplinary Higher Education

Andalas University in cooperation with Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, will organise a webinar to discuss the current major issues in disaster risk reduction and their implication on higher education under the title, ‘Natural and Non-Natural Disaster Risk Reduction and Their Implication on Multidisciplinary Higher Education’.

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By , 4 years27/10/2020 ago

GDS

Sex Workers and the Right Approach: the International Legal Framework

The Gender and Development Studies Program at AIT is organizing the INTERSECTIONS on Monday 9th November 2020 from 16:00 – 18:00 (Bangkok, Thailand time UTC/GMT+0700) via both online and offline. For this time, the topic is “Sex Workers and the Right Approach: the International Legal Framework“ About the Topic The talk Read more…

By , 4 years20/10/2020 ago

GDS

Working Pathways to Women’s Political Participation

The Knowledge for Democracy Myanmar (K4DM) Initiative is organizing the Knowledge for Democracy series on Wednesday 28th October 2020 from 21:00 – 22:15 (Bangkok, Thailand time UTC/GMT+0700) via online This event is the joint session with INTERSECTIONS. For this time, the topic is

“Working Pathways to Women’s Political Participation”

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By , 4 years16/10/2020 ago

Activity

Sustainability Hackathon 2020

Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) is organizing the “Sustainable Hackathon 2020” from Friday 20 November 2020 at 18:00 to Saturday 21 November 2020 at 18:00 (GMT+0700 Bangkok Thailand). This event is the 2nd series of the Hackathon organized by DDS. The theme of this time is

“SOLVING THE UNSOLVED!“

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By , 4 years15/10/2020 ago

GDS

Women Home-based Workers in Thailand: Under Covid-19 pandemic and beyond

The Gender and Development Studies Program at AIT is organizing the INTERSECTIONS on Tuesday 27th October 2020 from 16:00 – 18:00 (Bangkok, Thailand time UTC/GMT+0700) via both online and offline. For this time, the topic is “Women Home-based Workers in Thailand: Under Covid-19 pandemic and beyond“ In this talk, the speaker Read more…

By , 4 years14/10/2020 ago

GDS

Philanthropy and Funding of Civil Society in Southeast Asia

The Gender and Development Studies Program at AIT is pleased to invite you to join us for a series of conversations on contemporary global issues with gender experts from the field. This cross-cultural transnational forum aims to spur dialogue and reflections on a range of topics bridging theorizing, policy and development Read more…

By , 4 years07/10/2020 ago

Internship

Internship opportunity at GIZ, Bangkok, Thailand

GIZ is searching for a Thai intern working for the TRANsfer III project at Bangkok office, Thailand.

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By , 4 years02/10/2020 ago

GDS

Panel discussion on violence against women by GDS alumni

The Gender and Development Studies Program at AIT is pleased to invite you to join us for a series of conversations on contemporary global issues with gender experts from the field. This cross-cultural transnational forum aims to spur dialogue and reflections on a range of topics bridging theorizing, policy and development practice addressing current Feminist concerns and intersectional work towards social justice.

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By , 4 years29/09/2020 ago

DPMM

Drought Risk Management in South and South East Asia, a book co-edited by Dr. Indrajit Pal

Drought Risk Management in South and South East Asia, a book co-edited by Dr. Indrajit Pal – Faculty and Chair in the Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management (DPMM), Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, has been published recently.

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By , 4 years24/08/2020 ago