Facilitators
Asst. Prof. Dr. Carl Middleton
Director, Center for Social Development Studies, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University
Biography:
Dr. Carl Middleton is an Assistant Professor and Deputy Director on the Graduate Studies in International Development Studies (MAIDS-GRID) Program, and Director of the Center for Social Development Studies (CSDS) in the Faculty of Political Science of Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. Dr. Middleton’s research interests orientate around the politics and policy of the environment in Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on nature-society relations, the political ecology of water and energy, transboundary water governance, environmental change and mobility, and environmental justice. Much of his research addresses the Mekong-Lancang River, and more recently the Salween River. His most recent book, co-authored with Jeremy Allouche and Dipak Gyawali, is titled The Water–Food–Energy Nexus: Power, Politics and Justice (Earthscan-Routledge, 2019). Recent co-edited books are: Living with Floods in a Mobile Southeast Asia: A Political Ecology of Vulnerability, Migration and Environmental Change (Earthscan, 2018; with Rebecca Elmhirst and Supang Chantavanich) and Knowing the Salween River: Resource Politics of a Contested Transboundary River (Springer, 2019; with Vanessa Lamb).
Asst. Prof. Dr. Carl Middleton
Director, Center for Social Development Studies, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University
Biography:
Dr. Carl Middleton is an Assistant Professor and Deputy Director on the Graduate Studies in International Development Studies (MAIDS-GRID) Program, and Director of the Center for Social Development Studies (CSDS) in the Faculty of Political Science of Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. Dr. Middleton’s research interests orientate around the politics and policy of the environment in Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on nature-society relations, the political ecology of water and energy, transboundary water governance, environmental change and mobility, and environmental justice. Much of his research addresses the Mekong-Lancang River, and more recently the Salween River. His most recent book, co-authored with Jeremy Allouche and Dipak Gyawali, is titled The Water–Food–Energy Nexus: Power, Politics and Justice (Earthscan-Routledge, 2019). Recent co-edited books are: Living with Floods in a Mobile Southeast Asia: A Political Ecology of Vulnerability, Migration and Environmental Change (Earthscan, 2018; with Rebecca Elmhirst and Supang Chantavanich) and Knowing the Salween River: Resource Politics of a Contested Transboundary River (Springer, 2019; with Vanessa Lamb).
Ms. Christine Kavazanjian
Policy and Foresight, Social and Human Sciences Sector, UNESCO
Biography:
Christine is a Futures Literacy Practitioner and Designer at UNESCO. She holds a degree in Diaspora & Transnational Studies and an MBA from the University of Oxford. Christine spent a large part of her professional career in the banking sector, with a focus on business strategy and change management. She also worked with the Inclusive Policy Lab at UNESCO which focuses on the emerging issues of knowledge co-production and its translation into inclusive and equity-weighted policies. On the Futures Literacy team, Christine works closely with the Global Futures Literacy network, was responsible for the planning and execution of the 2020 Futures Literacy Summit, and is a designer and facilitator for Futures Literacy Laboratories across a range of themes.