Asst. Prof. Dr.Renu Muenjanchoey


Deputy Director for Human Resource

Asst. Prof. Dr. Renu Muenjanchoey is an assistant professor in Rural Development at the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University. Over the past twenty years, her fields of interest deal with cultures, cultural capital way of life, changes, and adaptation of the Black Tai ethnic group with an emphasis on using culture as a development tool. She has later expanded the scope of her research to include also areas and topics of ASEAN plus such as Malaysia Myanmar, and India, focusing on the issue of cultural diversity management, trade and investment in transnational firms. Her ongoing research is entitled “Challenges for Thailand and ASEAN in building health security for development in the post -Covid-19 era: Case studies of twin border cities in Thailand, Myanmar, Lao PDR, Cambodia and Malaysia”.