Bancharat Polpila

Bancharat Polpila erwarb 2018 ihren Bachelor-Abschluss in öffentlicher Verwaltung an der Khon Kaen Universität in Thailand. Im Jahr 2022 begann sie ein Masterstudium in Public Economics, Law, and Politics an der Leuphana Universität, das sie 2025 abschloss. Derzeit ist sie Doktorandin und arbeitet als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Lehrstuhl für Entwicklungspolitik an der Universität Passau.
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Kontakt

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