Rattana Lao

Rattana Lao holds a doctorate in Comparative and International Education (Political Science) from Teachers College, Columbia University. She's now teaching in Thammasat University, Thailand.

Thai youthful thinking on education and democracy

A message from Thai youth to the World Forum for Democracy 2016 on ‘Democracy and equality – does education matter?’. Yes it does.

By Rattana Lao

/ 2 Oct 2016

Khon Kean in my mind: development is people

Development takes time. A lot of time. Meanwhile, people need to be free and we need to be kind.

By Rattana Lao

/ 9 Mar 2015

Eight years of Thai madness: make sense, not war

Rightly or wrongly, finally the people of my generation are now all for public participation, talking about "Thailand's future," and debating the meaning of democracy. Politics has indeed become a part of our every day lives. Isn't this what democracy is meant to be like?

By Rattana Lao

/ 10 Jan 2014