Analysis and synthesis of methodologies and content of studies related to Thai studies and Thai regional studies; methodology and contents of social; economy; politics; language; arts; wisdom; culture; religion and tradition; applied methodology in Thai studies; new knowledge in Thai study

Development of the eastern part of Thailand; physical environment, population, settlement, occupation, culture society in eastern region society; changing of community from the politic economic and cultural; role of eastern region and social development; new knowledge in eastern Thai studies

Qualitative and quantitative researches in Thai Studies following their procedures beginning from selecting studied topic; setting objectives, scoping the study; reviewing related literature and research; framing the study; hypothesizing; designing; selecting samples, selecting and making tool; collecting data; using appropriate techniques for data analyses; synthesizing data; writing research paper; and presenting result of the study

Exchange of attitude and useful information for composing dissertation and practice writing dissertation proposal

Status of knowledge boundaries in Thai studies; study of knowledge in Thai studies of academics in various fields; set of knowledge on Thai studies from the writings of academics in the fields of social sciences and humanities; creation of new concepts and learning methods in Thai studies

Principles of research synthesis; development of research topics from the results of meta analysis; search and evaluation of research literature related to the research problem

Identification of theoretical model and development of conceptual framework for research topics of interest; review of related research literature; defining steps and procedures for research topics

Discussion of the appropriateness of one's dissertation draft; in-depth discussion of the appropriateness of the research design; practice writing articles in Thai and English for publication in journals and presentation of the dissertation draft in the seminar

Special topic in social sciences, special topic in humanities, special topic in culture, special topic in religious and philosophy, special topic in contemporary situation

Economic and cultural of Thai community; imagine community, community changing, people’s movement, marginal study in Thailand society; against of the weak, contemporary concept

Concept and theory of contemplative education; leading Thai contemplative monk and layman; insight dialogue, principle, method, output, outcome and impact to Thai and the world society; critical issue, disruption, application and challenge in the present, and future trend

Definition and importance of worldview, concepts related to worldview; worldviews in local literature of ethnic groups in regions of Thailand; worldviews in beliefs, worldview in religion and philosophy, accepting and changing the worldview of Thai people; dynamics of the worldview in Thai society

Definition and importance of ethical problems in Thai Studies, ethical theory, ethical argument, problems of moral values status, problems of what is most valuable in life, good life problem, problem of ethical judgment, ethical problems in Thai society, application of ethical theory to decode ethical problems in Thai society

New application, process and technology for Thai studies research; contemporary research issue; conceptualization, problematization, research ethic, data collection, analysis and synthesis for building up the new knowledge in Thai studies

Definition and value of wisdom, concept of wisdom, Thai wisdom in various arts, Thai wisdom in traditions and rituals, wisdom in Thai way of life, conservation and value development of local wisdom, research to create a new knowledge on Thai wisdom

Concept on cultural and technological disruption; the disrupter of local and global context; mass and popular culture in the disruptive context; counterculture and disruption of Thai and world culture; crisis, opportunity and challenge for humanity

Concept of socio–economic development, socio–economic of Thailand before bureaucratic reform, socio–economic of Thailand after bureaucratic reform, socio– politic in 1932, socio–economic after 1947, political of Thailand and Fights to democratic; political of Thailand and middle class, contemporary of Thailand economic

Purpose of research; literature reviews, analysis and synthesis; confidence evaluation of reviewed literature; research aims and objectives; research methodologies; research proposals; research conducts; result processing and analysis; result synthesis; discussions; citations and international bibliographic systems; full research report compilation; research article authoring; abstract preparation; oral presentations; ethics and code of conducts of researchers; ethics in publishing academic works