On 8 March 2022, Niramon SERISAKUL, a long-time partner of IRASEC, was awarded the Palmes académiques by the French Ambassador to Thailand, HE Thierry Mathou.
Niramon SERISAKUL is the Director of the Urban Design and Development Centre (UDDC) and Professor of Urban Planning in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. She has a long history of working to make Thai cities, especially Bangkok, more pedestrian-friendly and (...)
It is with great sorrow that we learn from François-Xavier BONNET, IRASEC associate researcher, the death of two Filipino colleagues, Aileen BAVIERA, ex-dean of the Asia center of the University of the Philippines, renowned sinologist and president of the Asia Pacific Pathways to Progress foundation, and of Alan ORTIZ, president of the Philippines Council for Foreign Relations, both carried away by COVID-19. Aileen had recently participated in the conference on the South China Sea organized (...)
Read more...C'est avec une immense tristesse que nous avons appris hier la disparition d'Arnaud. Journaliste basé à Bangkok depuis 30 ans, il était un expert reconnu de la Thaïlande, dont il parlait la langue, et de la région Asie du Sud-Est. Il était respecté de tous pour son professionnalisme, sa rigueur, sa connaissance du terrain et la qualité de ses analyses. Il était aimé par tous ceux avec qui il travaillait, pour son extrême gentillesse, sa fidélité, sa simplicité et sa modestie. Arnaud était un (...)
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