Program Director and Chair, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand

Dr. Michael George Hayes

PhD Cultural and Communication Studies, Wollongong University

Research and expertise: Development, media, international relations, protection mechanisms, Southeast Asian politics, human rights education.

Assistant Programme Director, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand

Dr. Bencharat Sae Chua

PhD Politics, La Trobe University

Research and expertise: Social movements, citizenship.

Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand

Dr. Coeli Barry

PhD Comparative Government, Cornell University

Research and expertise: Culture and rights, politics, history, theory of rights.

Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand

Dr. Vachararutai Boontinand

PhD in Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University

Research and expertise: Oppression and resistance, transitional justice, structural and cultural violence, human rights of non-citizens, the human right to play, business and human rights, and human rights in Burma/Myanmar.

Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand

Dr. Mark Peter Capaldi

PhD in Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University

Research and expertise: Child rights, sexual exploitation, migration, human trafficking.

University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Dr. Naazima Kamardeen

PhD Law, University of Colombo

Research and expertise: Public law, intellectual property law, cultural property law.

Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

Dr. Abdul Gaffar Karim

PhD Political Science, Universitas Gadjah Mada

Research and expertise: Populism, social welfare, citizenship.

Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand

Dr.Naparat Kranrattanasuit

SJD, American University Washington College of Law

Research and expertise: Human trafficking, international human rights law.

Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand

Dr. Claus Meyer

PhD History and Civilization, European University Institute

Research and expertise: Historical slave studies, human trafficking, and modern-day slavery.

Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines

Assoc. Prof. Ryan Jeremiah Quan

JD, Ateneo de Manila University

Research and expertise: International human rights Law, labor law, gender issues and women’s rights, international environmental law, human trafficking.

Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal

Prof. Geeta Pathak Sangroula

LLM Human Rights, University of Hong Kong

Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

Dr. Purwo Santoso

PhD Political Science, London School of Economics

Research and expertise: Governance, public policy.

University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Dr. Kalana Senaratne

PhD International Law, University of Hong Kong

Research and expertise: International human rights law.

Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal

Prof. Kapil Shrestha

MA Political Science, Tribhuvan University

Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines

Prof. Amparita de los Santos-Sta. Maria

LL.M., University of Toronto

Research and expertise: Human rights, family law, women's eights.

Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand

Dr. Yanuar Sumarlan

PhD Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University

Research and expertise: Military/conflict and history, ethnic group resistance, Southeast Asia historiography and politics, Asian law and economy, statistics, and civil society.