Kanokrat Lertchoosakul
กนกรัตน์ เลิศชูสกุล

Field of Study

Years of Stay at HYI

Aug 2008 to Jun 2012

Sep 2023 to May 2024

University Affiliation (Current)

Current Research Projects:

2020-2021, The Development and Dynamics of the Thai student movement in 2020-2021 (fully funded by Political Science, Chulalongkorn University)

2015 – 2017, The Development and Dynamics of Anti-Thaksin movement: from the Diverse Liberal toward Conservative Movement (fully funded by the Thailand Research Funds)

2014 – 2016, The Dynamic of the Rise, Conflict and Transformation of the Grassroots Yellow Shirts: Political Opportunity, Mobilization Structure and Framing Process (fully funded by the Thailand Research Funds)

Recent Publications

2021      ‘The white ribbon movement: high school students in the 2020 Thai youth protests’, Critical Asian Studies, Vol 53, No. 2, 206-218

2021      Cold War, In-between and White Ribbons. Bangkok: Matichon (in Thai)

2020       ‘The Paradox of the Thai Middle Class in Democratization’, TRaNS: Trans-Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia, Vol. 7, No. 1.

2020       ‘Thailand in 2019: The Year of Living Unpredictably’. Southeast Asian Affairs 2020, edited by Malcolm Cook and Daljit Singh, Singapore: ISEAS Publishing, 337-354

2020       From Hand Clap to Whistle: Development and Dynamics of the Anti-Thaksin Movement, Bangkok: Illuminations Editions (in Thai)

2017       The Rise of the Octobrists in Contemporary Thailand: Power and Conflict among Former Left Wing Student Activists in Thai Politics, Chiang Mai: Silkworm

2016       The Rise of the Octobrists in Contemporary Thailand: Power and Conflict among Former Left Wing Student Activists in Thai Politics, New Haven Conn.: Monograph Series, Yale University Southeast Asia Studies

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