A Brief Summary of “Thailand in the Time of COVID-19: Effective and Sustainable Economic and Social Responses” Webinar
Russakorn Nopparujkul World Bank, in cooperation with the Institute for Public Policy and Development (IPPD), organized “Thailand in the Time of COVID-19: Effective and Sustainable Economic and Social Responses” webinar on July 15, 2020. The webinar presented “Thailand Economic Monitor: Thailand in the time of COVID-19” report by the World Bank Group, which researched Thailand’s […]
A Brief Summary of “Utilizing Futures Studies in the Transforming World” Webinar
• Futures studies are being employed by policymakers in many countries, through various tools or social innovations such as big data and machine learning. • Futures studies is a very prominent field in Finland and Singapore, albeit in different ways. • In Thailand, futures studies are a new field that needs to be widely publicized. […]
A Brief Summary of “Biodiversity for Sustainable Consumption and Production” Seminar for World Environment Day 2020
Russakorn Nopparujkul As the country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, our new way of life may cause greater environmental impact. The increased carbon emissions, waste production, and natural resource consumption will negatively impact the ecosystem and biodiversity. Despite these changes, we cannot neglect the Earth’s natural environment nor the wellbeing of the people. Solutions such […]
Experts’ Lens of the Future
Thanita Poonkulpong Parima Suwannakarn Wan Chantavilasvong • Foresight is an important tool for designing public policy that is future-fit in a constantly changing world. • The Delphi method is one of the foresight tools that is used for forecasting technological trends, whose key component is a diverse expert network. It is undeniable that we are […]
Impacts of AI on Thailand’s Economy and Society: A Scenario Modelling Assessment
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping our economic market, allowing for the automation of business processes, and prompting the risk of unprecedented job losses across commercial sectors. Emerging economies have shown a growing call for the use of technology, and AI tools are increasingly commoditized through broad applications, ranging from digital manufacturing to tourism. In response […]
Thailand 2035: Horizon Scanning Overview
An assessment of the critical factors affecting Thailand’s development prospects to 2035 Thailand, along with the rest of the world, is experiencing major long-term developmental changes. While some changes are apparent at surface level and relatively predictable, other transitions are less conspicuous yet more volatile. By uncovering what drives these developmental changes in Thailand, particularly […]
