Events

Thesis Proposal Defense for Aung Nyi Lwin & Thesis Examination for Hanna Nur Afifah Yogar

RCSD Study Room Operations Building, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai

RCSD is pleased to invite you to participate in a thesis examination: Objectifying the More-Than-Human: Bornean Orangutans and Indonesian Oil Palm Plantations in the Ecocidal Capitalism Thursday 7 April 2022 at 9.00 A.M. Presenter: Hanna Nur Afifah Yogar,  (MA in Social Science, specializing in Development Studies) Examining committee Asst. Prof. Dr. Carl Middleton, (Chulalongkorn University) […]

7th International Conference on International Relations and Development (ICIRD) at CMU

The 7th International Conference on International Relations and Development (ICIRD): “Disruption, Challenges and Resilience in Contemporary Southeast Asia” will be held virtual and onsite 22-23 July 2022 in Chiang Mai, Thailand The 7th International Conference on International Relations and Development (ICIRD 7) invites scholars, researchers, graduate students across disciplines to submit the papers and being […]

Indigenous & More-Than-Human Ecological Justice Workshop

This site-specific five-day workshop will introduce emerging scholars in the Global South to transformative and transdisciplinary concepts and research methods in environmental humanities and social science research. Struggles for justice under Anthropocene conditions in the Global South will be contextualized in relation to the “feral effects” of dams and water diversion megaprojects on indigenous, marginalized […]

Thesis Proposal Examination for Bintar Mupiza

Meeting room, Department of Social Science and Development Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, A. Muang, Chiang Mai

Regional Center for Social Sciences and Sustainable Development (RCSD), Faculty of Social Science, Chiang Mai University is pleased to invite you to participate in a thesis proposal examination: “Nexus of Social Differentiations and Conflicts in Oil Palm Plantation Zones, South Sumatera Province, Indonesia” Presenter: Bintar Mupiza, (Master of Arts in Social Science, Specialization in Development […]

A Pocketful of Seeds: circulation of plants as a tool of resilience

Subaltern Meeting Room Operations Building, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai

Please join us for a public seminar: "A Pocketful of Seeds: The Circulation of Plants as a Tool of Resilience among the Hmong Global Diaspora" presented by Alex Greene, PhD Student, French Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), University of French Guiana  on Friday, October 7th, 2022 from 1.30 - 3.30 pm at the Subaltern Meeting […]

Thesis proposal examination for Minitta Taosouvanh

Meeting room, Department of Social Science and Development Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, A. Muang, Chiang Mai

The Regional Center for Social Sciences and Sustainable Development (RCSD), Faculty of Social Science, Chiang Mai University is pleased to invite you to participate in a thesis proposal examination: "Community-Based Wetland Management and Sustainable Livelihood Practices in Neoliberal Development Conditions, Si Phan Don, the Lower Mekong River Basin, Lao PDR” Presenter: Minitta Taosouvanh, (Master of […]

“My life is linked with the river:” The Yuam River water diversion project

Subaltern Meeting Room Operations Building, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai

On 27 Jan 2023 at 13.30 pm join RCSD for "'My life is linked with the river': The Yuam River water diversion project as contested hydrosocial territory" a presentation of research conducted by Antonia Mohr on the impacts and situation of an indigenous community in Mae Hong Son as it faces the approach of a […]

Peasant Agroecology to Address the Multiple Crises Facing Humanity

4th floor meeting room Operations Building, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai

Join Peter Rosset from ECOSUR Advanced Studies Institute, Mexico for a full-day presentation on Peasant Agroecology starting at 9 am at the 4th Floor meeting room of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University as part of the 3-day workshop (held in Thai) on "Agroecology Concepts and Sustainable Practices in the Northern and Northeastern […]

แนวคิดเกษตรเชิงนิเวศและแนวทางการเกษตรที่ยั่งยืนในภาคเหนือและภาคตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือของประเทศไทย

4th floor meeting room Operations Building, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai

ประชุมเชิงปฏิบัติการนิเวศเชิงเกษตรของเกษตรกร: แนวคิดเกษตรเชิงนิเวศและแนวทางการเกษตรที่ยั่งยืนในภาคเหนือและภาคตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือของประเทศไทย สรุปบทเรียนการขับเคลื่อนของภาคประชาชนด้านการจัดการที่ดินและทรัพยากรกรธรรมชาติ แนวคิดการพัฒนาที่ยั่งยืน ภายใต้หลักคิด “สิทธิชุมชน” และการสร้างมั่นคงหรืออธิปไตยทางอาหาร รวมทั้งยกระดับข้อเสนอด้านเกษตรนิเวศเพื่อขับเคลื่อนรณรงค์สาธารณะต่อไป 7-9 เมษายน 2566 ณ ห้องประชุม ชั้น 4 คณะสังคมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่ โดยจะมีการถ่ายทอดสดผ่าน Facebook Live บนเพจ RCSD ด้วย

Infrastructure aid and the making of “real” countries: Upland geopolitics in Laos’s land and energy sectors

Subaltern Meeting Room Operations Building, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai

RCSD welcomes all to attend a public lecture & book talk, "Infrastructure aid and the making of 'real' countries: Upland geopolitics in Laos’s land and energy sectors," with Dr. Michael B. Dwyer, Department of Geography, Indiana University, Bloomington. The talk will be held Monday, July 24 at the Subaltern Room, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang […]

Infrastructure and Circulations in Southeast Asia (and Beyond)

Subaltern Meeting Room Operations Building, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai

Please join us in person or online for presentations and discussion on an ongoing research project: Infrastructure and Circulations in Southeast Asia (and Beyond) 24 October 2023, 4:00pm – 5:30pm Subaltern Room, RCSD, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University Participants can join online via this Zoom link: This collective presentation aims to share and […]

The Social Life of Teak: book launch, exhibition, and workshop

École française d'Extrême-Orient 131 Charoen Prathet Road, A. Muang, Chiang Mai

RCSD invites the public to join the launch of the book “The Social Life of Teak,” authored by Tim Webster & Virginia Henderson at the EFEO Chiang Mai on Wednesday, 22 November starting at 5:30 pm.  Also on Thursday, 23 November starting at 1:30 pm (the next day) all are invited to join us for […]