Bancharat Polpila

Bancharat Polpila earned her Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from Khon Kaen University in Thailand in 2018. In 2022, she then pursued a Master’s degree in Public Economics, Law, and Politics at Leuphana University, which she completed in 2025. Currently, she is a PhD student and actively works as a scientific staff member at the Chair of Development Politics at the University of Passau.

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Contact Details

Email: bancharat.polpila@uni-passau.de.

Office: HK 16 217, University of Passau.

Research Focused Area

1. Democratization and Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia
2. Social Movement
3. Politics of memory

Ongoing Research

The role of Gen Z in the 6 October commemoration in Thailand

• Gen Z and Political Memory: The study has conducted extensive research on how Generation Z in Thailand commemorates the October 6, 1976, massacre, examining how these practices challenge official state history.

Contemporary Gen Z movement

• The research focuses on the new wave of Gen Z movements, particularly in Southeast Asia.

Courses

Summer semester 2026

44360 Political Systems and Democratization in Southeast Asia

Winter semester 2025/26

44380 Recent Social Movements in Southeast and East Asia

44330 Myanmar/Thailand Update