Conveners

Apiwat Ratanawaraha is Associate Professor at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Chulalongkorn University, while also serving as an advisor at the Urban Design and Development Center and the Deputy Director of the Center for Science, Technology, and Society at the same university. His teaching and research cover urban policy and management, infrastructure planning and finance, technology and innovation policy, and strategic foresight. His ongoing research focuses on urban issues in Thailand, including the futures of Thai urban life, foreign ownership of land, informal urban mobility, tourism and development, and citizen science. He has consulting and advocacy experiences with government agencies, development organizations, philanthropic foundations, civil society groups, and private companies in Thailand and beyond. His recent publications include four books in Thai on topics related to the land economy of Thailand, futures studies and foresight, and urban tourism. He was Chief Editor of the Nakhara: Journal of Environmental Design and Planning. He was a visiting assistant professor at the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning and a visiting scholar at the Harvard-Yenching Institute. He has been a full member of the Club of Rome since 2020. He is a recipient of the 2021 National Outstanding Researcher of the Year (Philosophy) Award.