Asian Research Center for Migration

The Asian Research Center for Migration (ARCM), based in the Institute of Asian Studies in Chulalongkorn University, is an internationally recognised center of excellence in social science research. Initially founded in 1987 as the Indochinese Refugee Information Center, the Center was established with the mission of conducting research on the flows of refugees from Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries seeking asylum in Thailand. After the Indochinese refugee crisis had abated in Thailand and the refugee camps were closed under the Comprehensive Plan of Action, the Center began to conduct research on new refugee situations that had begun to emerge in Southeast Asia. In recognition of this newly broadened research focus, the Center was reconstituted as the Asian Research Center for Migration in 1995. Since then, we have significantly expanded our thematic areas and now include projects on all forms of international migration in Southeast Asia, with a particular emphasis on Thailand as a sending, receiving and transit country.

ARCM was recognized as a Chulalongkorn University Center of Excellence in 2007. Our core team is drawn from the University’s academic community, including both Thai and non-Thai experts with experience and technical back-up in various relevant fields, including sociology and anthropology, political science, economics, human geography and law.

DR. Pyone Myat Thu

Position

Researcher

Expertise

Dr. Pyone Myat Thu is a researcher in the Asian Research Center for Migration, Institute of Asian Studies, at Chulalongkorn University. Pyone’s research is concerned with livelihoods, forced and labour migration, and mobility practices. She draws on theoretical influences from critical development studies, political ecology, forced migration and mobilities studies. Pyone has carried out extensive research and consultancy work in Timor-Leste and has recently broadened her scope to Thailand and Myanmar.

Phone number

+66 (02) 218 7415

Email

Pyone.M@chula.ac.th

List

Thu, P.M. (2020). Displacement, Return and Translocality in Rural Timor-Leste, Mobilities, Doi:

Thu, P.M. and Judge, D.S. (2017). Agricultural Livelihoods and Child Growth: evidence from rural Timor-Leste. Geographical Research, 55(2), 144-155.

Thu, P.M. (2019). Internal Displacement in Rural Timor-Leste. In A. McWilliam and M. Leach (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Timor-Leste, 174-184. London and New York: Routledge.

Thu, P.M. (2017). Rocks Don’t Recognise “Malae”: doing ethnographic research on land conflict in rural Timor-Leste. In M. Nygaard and A. Bexley (Eds.), Ethnography and Development Fieldwork in Timor-Leste, 169-190. Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Press.

March 2020 – da Costa, J and Thu, P.M. Animal Control on the South Coast of Timor-Leste, University of Western Australia and AI-Com Timor-Leste. March 2020 – Thu, P.M. and da Costa J. Natural Resource Management in Nartarbora Administrative Post, Manatuto Municipality, Timor-Leste. University of Western Australia and AI-Com Timor-Leste.

June 2019 – Thu, P.M and da Costa, J. The Role of Tara Bandu on the adoption of the Velvet Bean System in the South Coast Area of Manatuto and Manufahi, University of Western Australia and AI-Com Timor-Leste.

Thu, P.M. (2018). Revisiting the MDG Housing Program, Devpolicy Blog.