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School for Wellbeing Studies and Research

Founding partners & advisors


Patron

The Patron of the School for Wellbeing is H.E. Jigmi Y. Thinley, Prime Minister of Bhutan

Executive Committee

Dasho Karma Ura, President, Centre for Bhutan Studies, Bhutan
  • Prof. Dr. Charas Suwanmala, Dean, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
  • Surasee Kosolnavin, President, Sathirakoses Nagapradipa Foundation, Thailand

Advisors (Bhutan)

  • Dasho Kinley Dorji, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communication
  • Karma Tshiteem, Secretary, Gross National Happiness Commission
  • Lam Gembo Dorji, Dratshang Lhentshog, Central Monastic Body
  • Daw Penjo, Foreign Secretary of Bhutan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Aum Sangay Zangmo, Secretary, Ministry of Education
  • Phuntsho Wangdi, Editor, Kuensel Corporation

Advisors (Thailand)

  • Sulak Sivaraksa, Founder, Sathirakoses Nagapradipa Foundation
  • H.E. Surapong Jayanama, former Ambassador; Director Saranrom Institute for Foreign Affairs (SIFA)
  • Phra Paisal Visalo, Abbot Wat Pa Sukkhato
  • Dr. Uthai Dulyakasem, Rector, Silapakorn University
  • Professor Pasuk Pongpaichit, Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University (to be confirmed)
  • Ven. Dhammananda Bhikkuni, Buddhasavika Foundation, former Professor, Thammasat University
  • Assoc. Professor Surichai Wung’aeo, Chulalongkorn University, former Director, Social Research Institute


Advisors (International)

  • Vandana Shiva, Navdanya and Bija Vidyapeeth, India
  • Peter Hershock, East-West Centre, Hawaii, USA
  • Ronald Colman, Genuine Progress Index for Atlantic Canada (GPIAtlantic), Canada
  • Satish Kumar, Schumacher College and Resurgence, U.K./India
  • Susan Andrews, Instituto Visao Futuro, Brazil/USA
  • Benedikt Haerlin, Foundation on Future Farming, Germany
  • Helena Norberg Hodge, ISEC and Global Ecovillage Network, Australia/Ladakh/Sweden
  • Shen Hao, 21st Century News Group, P.R. China
  • Judith Simmer-Brown, Naropa University, USA
  • Harsha Navaratne, Sewalanka Foundation and International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB), Sri Lanka
  • Cheah Vannath, independent development expert, Cambodia
  • Sombath Somphone, PADETC, Laos
  • Habib Chirzin, Islamic Forum on Peace and Human Security, Indonesia
  • Ross MacDonald, University of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Nic Marks, Centre for Wellbeing, New Economics Foundation (nef), U.K.
  • Jean Timsit, lawyer/photographer, France
  • Takayoshi Kusago, Kansai University, Japan
  • Jan Nederveen Pieterse, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA/the Netherlands
  • Robert Biswas-Diener, Positive Psychology Services, LLC, USA
  • Darwis Khudori, Universite Le Havre; Centre Lebret; Bandung 55, France/Indonesia
Sathirakoses Nagapradipa FoundationFaculty Of Political Science Chulalongkorn UniversityCentre for Bhutan Studies
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