Social Research Institute focuses on driving research and innovation that responds to social challenges and enhances the quality of life in support of the Sustainable Development Goals.
2025
Development of a food security database for the cultivation of energy crops for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production
1. To establish baseline datasets on household food and nutrition in alignment with CORSIA and RSB standards, by developing no fewer than three databases within the designated target areas—Ubon Ratchathani, Nakhon Sawan, and Prachuap Khiri Khan Provinces—or in other project-specified locations.2. To generate both quantitative and qualitative evidence for assessing food security risks associated with […]
Development of an AI-Driven Digital Education Platform for Vulnerable Populations
1. To develop a digital education platform that employs AI for knowledge organization and provides tailored learning systems for vulnerable learners.2. To create a prototype of an accessible, practical, and adaptable learning support system applicable across diverse contexts.3. To pilot the platform with target groups and collect empirical data to inform future development.4. To strengthen […]
Learning Platform for Inclusive Capacity Development in Project Management, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (Pilot Project).
1. To develop a prototype Learning Platform (online and offline) as a pilot learning space for organizations and vulnerable groups.2. To conduct Capacity Sharing Workshops to strengthen foundational skills in Project Management, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning.3. To organize complementary activities, including Policy Dialogue and Knowledge Dissemination Seminars, to connect learning outcomes with policy recommendations.4. To […]
Field Data Collection, Spatial Analysis, and Project Coordination for Leveraging International Agreements in the Development of Thailand’s Special Economic Corridors
1. To collect data and conduct fieldwork, including surveys, field data collection, and interviews, under the research project on the utilization of international agreements to develop special economic corridors within the framework of the Smiling Curve concept.2. To process and analyze spatial data concerning the utilization of international agreements for the export of goods and […]
Project for Commissioning Research to Develop a Management Model Toward a High-Performance Organization
1. To analyze the operational processes following the core and supporting mandates of the Office of the Welfare Promotion Commission for Teachers and Educational Personnel (OTEP).2. To provide welfare and benefits for both active and retired teachers and educational personnel, in order to promote an appropriate and improved quality of life.3. To analyze and apply […]
Hiring a consultant to conduct research aimed at fostering integrated knowledge exchange between in-service and out-of-service teachers.
1. To identify approaches or models for improving the welfare, protection, and benefits of both active and retired teachers and educational personnel.2. To ensure that both active and retired teachers and educational personnel receive welfare and protection that contributes to an appropriately improved quality of life.
Healthy workplace promotion and supporting for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s offices and district offices Phase 2 (2025–2027)
1. To study, survey, and analyze the situation regarding quality of working life, health behaviors, and lifestyles.2. To support the development of healthy organizations through training and skill-building in organizational well-being promotion, including the encouragement of healthy behaviors among personnel by applying the Happy 8 Workplace framework to district-level staff of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration […]
Developing Thailand’s human rights index Research Project
1. Develop a methodology for constructing a Human Rights Index based on the indicator framework developed by the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRCT), using reliable and widely accepted standard methods.2. Construct a Human Rights Index for monitoring the human rights situation in Thai society, tailored to the Thai context, under the developed framework […]
Integrated rational drug use program to manage drug-related health risk
1. To develop mechanisms that empower strategic efforts to strengthen public knowledge and awareness regarding antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the rational use of antimicrobial agents.2. To develop a proactive operational model that links healthcare service providers with community-based initiatives to reduce kidney-related harm caused by improper medication use.3. To campaign, raise awareness, and expand public […]
Social Stigma: the Informal Social Control of Drug Users, Case Study Yaba in Thailand
1. To explore the social stigma affecting methamphetamine use in the community through the direct and indirect experiences of stigma among methamphetamine users2. To examine the role of informal social control in managing methamphetamine users and its impact on their health and social behaviors.3. To analyze the effects of stigma on access to treatment, rehabilitation, […]
Economic Analysis and Social Return on Investment of Thailand’s Wellness Economy
1. To evaluate the Social Return on Investment (SROI) of the wellness economy system in Thailand.2. To analyze the cost-effectiveness of investments and develop business and marketing plans to enhance the value of the wellness economy in Thailand.3. To synthesize policy recommendations for the wellness economy to develop Thailand’s wellness economy, enhance its international competitiveness, […]
Review and Synthesis of Knowledge on Reducing Health Inequities in Specific Population Groups
1. To review and synthesize knowledge from studies and operations aimed at reducing health disparities and promoting welfare related to specific population groups, including the support from the Bureau of Health and Well-being Support for Specific Population Groups and the studies and operations of other funding sources.2. To monitor progress, analyze gaps, and identify knowledge […]
Local Research Academy for Young Researchers: LR Academy
1. To develop spatial research skills (ABC) for new researchers, focusing on local capacity development and establishing academic networks for human resource development in research to enhance the capabilities of local communities and local administrative organizations in the future.2. To analyze the gaps in the development of academic manpower in the fields of local communities […]
2024
Promoting Health for Street Vendors in Bangkok
1. Develop a database and knowledge for managing street vendors in Bangkok2. Develop the potential of street vendors in Bangkok
Peoples History of Development in Thailand
1.Document the economic, social, cultural and environmental impacts of development strategies in selected sectors on rural and urban communities, based on the testimonies and experiences from these communities;2.Tease out lessons for how development policies, strategies, programmes and financing can/should be responsive to the needs of communities most deeply affected by them;3.Document peoples’ movements and analyse […]
The use of community-led health impact monitoring database in risk communication to protect vulnerable groups from transboundary pollution in the case of HongSa Coal-fired Power Plant, Lao PDR
1. To establish a platform collaborative aimed at enhancing the interconnectedness of transdisciplinary research initiatives and citizen scientist networks.2. To establish and develop a proficient network of citizen scientists dedicated to health surveillance, with a particular focus on vulnerable populations such as mothers and children residing in areas susceptible to mercury contamination, and farmers impacted […]
The Board Game Development to Raise Awareness in Traffic Safety among Elementary School Student
1. Develop the board game for elementary school students to learn about traffic safety, including traffic discipline, and to raise awareness in traffic safety to safe traffic behaviors2. Study the results of using the board game to learn and raise awareness in traffic safety behavior
Research Program on Evaluation Research of Alcohol Control Organization Network Project (2022-2025) and Evaluation Research of the Provincial Traffic Accident Prevention Support Plan (O.C.O.)
1. To assess the strategic development of the alcohol control organization network and the provincial-level road accident prevention support plan (Provincial Road Safety Plan) from the past to the present, as well as to present a strategic driving force for the future under new contexts.2. To evaluate the progress at the midpoint of the implementation […]
“Halal @Bangkok” : The Innovative Project Development of Low-Carbon, Cultural Centric, and Halal Gastronomy Tourism in Bangkok
1. To develop innovative management of low-carbon cultural tourism and Halal food in Bangkok.2. To enhance competition and increase economic value in the Halal cultural tourism area.3. To enhance Muslim community participation in organizing low-carbon cultural tourism and Halal food in Bangkok.
Sustaining Innovation: Lesson Learned from the Good Practice to Use Vetiver grass and Local Wisdom to Reduce Loss of Life and Property from River bank Erosion Crisis
1. To analyze the mechanisms/models and extract lessons learned in building networks for applying vetiver grass innovations combined with local wisdom to prevent riverbank erosion crises in Yanree communities and the Kabinburi Subdistrict Administrative Organization (SAO).2. To analyze the tangible impacts of utilizing this innovation at the local level on achieving SDG Goal 11, examining […]
2023
Data collection for the development of cultural protected area and for solving Moken statelessness, Surin Islands, Phang-nga Province
In the past, the Moken people, an ethnic group, lived on islands and along the Andaman Sea coast. During the dry season, they lived on boats, gathering sea creatures and shells to trade for essential goods. When the rainy season arrived, the Moken would stop traveling and build shelters in wind-protected bays, foraging along the […]

