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Open Access Dissertations

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Thammasat University students may find it useful for academic research projects and thesis preparation to consult the EBSCO Open Dissertations website. It is a free database with records for over 1.2 million electronic theses and dissertations from around the world.

EBSCO Open Dissertations is a collaboration between EBSCO and BiblioLabs to increase traffic and discoverability of electronic theses and dissertation (ETD) research.

Looking at the database

If we do a search for the keyword Thailand in the Open Dissertations database, we get the information that 2,255 dissertations relate to Thailand, often using the Kingdom’s name in the thesis title.

The sight of so many theses with Thailand mentioned in the title may remind TU students that it can be a good idea to include the name of the Kingdom in our own research. Often we leave out any mention of Thailand, because we may think that only Thai people will be reading our research, and they will all know that it relates to Thailand.

Yet when we write a thesis in English that is accepted by a faculty, we are creating research that may have international readership. The more our work has international impact, the more readers may discover it, and we cannot know whether all of these readers who read the title will automatically assume that our subject is Thailand. It may be polite and helpful to international readers to mention the word Thailand in the title of our research projects and theses written in English.

Why look at theses?

If we look at theses that have been accepted by different universities around the world, we may find some ideas about how to organize our own research work or thesis in English as we become more familiar with the way information is presented. Even if the thesis is not directly related to our own research, if it is well prepared and informative, we may be inspired to offer our own research in a more clear and concise way.

Also, bibliographies in theses can offer us useful hints about where to look for further information, especially if the theses were written in recent years. The TU Library owns a number of books offering advice about how to write a thesis, but it can also help to just look at some theses that have been approved.

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Examples

Here are some examples of Open Dissertations from the database. Note that this is recent research. The database allows us to search for the most recently accepted theses, so we can see up-to-date information and sources:

  • Mainland Southeast Asia in the Longue Durée: A Zooarchaeological Test of the “Broad Spectrum Revolution” in Northern Thailand by: Cyler Norman Conrad. 2018. University of New Mexico.
  • Law in Mae Sot, Law and Thailand by Malavika Reddy. 2019. University of Chicago.
  • The Networks of a Thai Buddhist Monastery: Communities, Material Culture, and Contemporary Practice at Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand by Kelly Meister Brawn. 2019. University of Chicago.
  • Thailand-Vietnam Relations in the 1990s by Kritapas Sajjapala. 2018. Cornell University.
  • The lived experience of blind street musicians in Thailand by Quanchai Kerddaen, Social Policy Research Centre, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, 2018. University of New South Wales.
  • The recognition of Muang Fai water resource management customary law for the sustainable development of Thailand by Chatubhoom Bhoomiboonchoo. 2018. Western Sydney University.
  • An examination of the influence of Islam on hospitality and customer service standards in the meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) industry in Southern Thailand by Songsin Teerakunpisut. 2018. Western Sydney University.
  • Migration motherhood and maternity care in Thailand: an ethnographic study of the experiences and practices of Burmese women and maternity staff by Titaree Phanwichatkul. 2018. Western Sydney University.
  • Buddhist Public Advocacy and Activism in Thailand: Justifying Engagement and a Rhetoric of Humanization through Identification by Craig M. Pinkerton. 2018. Ohio University
  • Sequence-Stratigraphic and Facies Controls on Reservoir Quality and Productivity of Early to Middle Miocene Fluvial and Tide-Dominated Deltaic Deposits, Formation 2, Gulf Of Thailand by Puntira Henglai. 2018. University of Oklahoma.
  • Corporate approaches towards sustainability in Thailand: a study of natural rubber processing industry by Nittida Sudmai. 2019. University of Surrey.

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Other options

If TU students are looking for more recent research about the Kingdom in the form of open access dissertations, we may also consider the website Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD.org)

As its website notes,

OATD.org aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 1100 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes 5,134,048 theses and dissertations.

On OATD.org, if we select the option of dissertations published during the past two years and search for the keyword of Thailand, we get 371 matches. These include:

  • Munck, Eva-Maria. What would we come back to? : Decision-making about return and repatriation by Burmese migrants and refugees in Northern Thailand. 2018, Uppsala University.
  • Thepha, Thiwawan. Six-month exclusive breastfeeding intervention model in Northeast Thailand. 2019, University of Aberdeen
  • Karlsson, Micaela Pargell. Cultural challenges in Thailand – An unchanged fact? : A minor field study abour cultural challenges among Swedish executives in Thailand. 2018, Linnaeus University
  • Suyarnsettakorn, Kannika. Gasoline demand and saving measures during crises for Thailand. 2018, University of Delaware.
  • Tiraprapa Ratanachoti. The implementation of industrial wastewater management policies in Thailand : relationship between companies, the public and government. 2019, University of Hull
  • Sukrakarn, Ployplor. Experts’ framing of the risks of exposure to electromagnetic fields in a 2014 controversy about mobile phone base stations in Thailand. 2018, University of Vienna.
  • Tongboonrawd, Baranee. Innovative Financial Inclusion for migrants and refugees living in urban areas: Practical lessons for Southeast Asia from Africa. Graduate School of Business (GSB), 2019, University of Cape Town
  • Tianprasit, Tanatthep. Promoting the use of the special investigative techniques of Article 20 of the UNTOC to combat organised crimes in Thailand. 2018, University of Aberdeen.
  • Peter Eerbeek, van. Thai local brokers in the Swedish berry industry: Roles and positions across time and space. 2019, Umeå University.
  • Chalermsri, Chalobol. Understanding food choices and practices among older people in Thailand – an exploratory study. 2019, Uppsala University.
  • Taylor, Madyson. Elephant-based Volunteer Tourism: An exploration of participant experiences and reflections on captive elephant welfare in Thailand. 2018, University of Waterloo
  • Brzezinski, Agatha K. Developing mHealth System to Improve Health Services for the Burmese Migrant Population Living in the Mae Sot Region of Thailand. 2019, Harvard University
  • Chamaiporn Kumpamool. Equity and debt market timing, cost of capital and value and performance : evidence from listed firms in Thailand. 2018, University of Hull
  • Thienprasiddhi, Lalita. Two Essays on Monetary Policy and Exchange Rates in Thailand. 2018, University of Houston.
  • Yostrakul, Werawan. One size does not fit all: a case study of microfinance impact in rural Thailand. 2018, University of Leicester
  • Seupsook, Plaiphan. Policies and practices in Thai higher education towards Southeast Asian regionalism in the period of the recent eleventh higher education development plan (2012-2016). 2019, University of Bristol
  • Bovornusvakool, Witsinee. Cultural Intelligence in Thailand: An Examination of its Antecedents and Consequence. 2018, University of Minnesota.
  • Seelakate, Pimphot. Standards and standardisation for archival practices in Thailand. 2018, University College London (University of London).
  • Limsawart, Wirun. Health Care on the Border: Professional Caregiving, Universal Health Security, and Tuberculosis Control in Thailand and Its Border With Myanmar. 2018, Harvard University.
  • Tandavanitj, Peerapat. Essays on the Thai Economy. 2019, University of Ottawa
  • Taechatanasat, Pornchai. Delivery of multilanguage blended learning for Thai agricultural science students. 2018, Edith Cowan University.
  • Tomioka, Yutaka. Multilingualism and language shift in Northeastern Thailand: the Bru in Woen Buek. 2019, Nanyang Technological University
  • Christoffersson, Jenny. Thai Students’ Expectations on Their Professional Future: With a Lifelong Learning Perspective. 2018, Stockholm University
  • Popattanachai, Narun. From Financial Liberalization to Financial Integration: A Legal Theory of Finance Reinterpretation of the Asian Financial Crisis and the Implications for the Future of Thailand and South East Asia. 2018, Columbia University
  • Thongpanich, Pancharle. Writing Thailand: a creative exploration of Thai cultural identity in the form of English-language short fiction and non-fiction. 2019, University of Birmingham.

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