ATTAWAT ASSAVANADA

Attawat Joseph Ma Assavanadda is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong and Young Leader at Pacific Forum. Attawat researches International Relations and Security of East Asia. His ongoing PhD project scrutinizes Thai people’s reception of China’s public diplomacy messages using a mixture of field research, survey experiments, and in-depth interview methods. Prior to doctoral training, Attawat obtained a Master of Arts in International Relations (International Security specialization) from Waseda University with the Japanese Government “MEXT” scholarship and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Chulalongkorn University. Professionally, Attawat previously worked as a political analyst at Government House of Thailand, a research assistant at Chulalongkorn University’s Institute of Asian Studies and the German-Southeast Asian Centre of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG), and a research intern at the University of New South Wales. Attawat speaks Thai, English, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), and basic Japanese.

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