Research Projects

Research Grants and Projects (Total: approximately JPY 38,675,000 (USD380,000))

  1. (2022) ERIA, Collectives of Best Practices and Policies to Promote CCUS Development and Deployment: Policy Implications for ASEAN and East Asia, 400,000 Yen.

  2. (2022) ADBI & ANU, Pacific Development Research Partnership, 640,000 Yen

  3. (2022) Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research (PIER), Research A (General topics), 865,000 Yen.

  4. (2021) ERIA, Sustaining Viet Nam’s Economic Miracle – The Role of Productivity Growth, 880,000 Yen.

  5. (2021) Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), Research project, COVID-19 and the Future of Doing Business in Asia: Towards a Better Normal for SMEs and Workers (Japan and Thailand), 6,400,000 Yen.

  6. (2020-2023) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (日本学術振興会) (JSPS), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (若手研究), Digitalisation, global value chains, and enterprise formalisation: A cross-country, firm-level analysis, 4,550,000 Yen.

  7. *(2020-2021) JSPS, KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up (研究活動スタート支援), Determinants, wage inequality, and occupational risk exposure of informal worker: A comprehensive analysis with the case study of Thailand, 2,600,000 Yen.

  8. (2020) PIER, Determinants, wage inequality, and occupational risk exposure of informal worker: A comprehensive analysis with the case study of Thailand, 1,100,000 Yen.

  9. (2020) Waseda University, Grants for Special Research Projects: Research Base Creation, 300,000 Yen.

  10. (2019-2020) ERIA, Nationalization of Regional Indicators and Monitoring its Progress, 370,000 Yen.

  11. (2019-2020) ERIA, Economic Impact of Non-tariff Measures (NTMs), 710,000 Yen.

  12. (2018-2019) AJC, FDI Green Investment Programme, 6,200,000 Yen.

  13. (2018-2019) AJC, Promoting Services Trade Programme, 5,000,000 Yen.

  14. (2018-2019) AJC, Value chains, SMEs and AEC, 3,000,000 Yen.

  15. (2018-2019) ERIA, Labour in East Asia, 810,000 Yen.

  16. (2017-2019) AJC, ASEAN Trade and Investment Programme, 5,000,000 Yen.

  17. (2013-2014) Waseda University, Haraguchi Memorial Asia Research Fund, 250,000 Yen.

Note: * Selected as a research proposal model by Research Promotion Division, Waseda University.


Ongoing Research Projects

  1. Korwatanasakul, U. Digitalisation, global value chains, and enterprise formalisation: A cross-country, firm-level analysis. Bullatin of Economic Research: Under review.

  2. Korwatanasakul, U. Revisiting the returns to education during the rapid structural and rural transformation in Thailand. Developing Economies: Under review.

  3. Korwatanasakul, U. Determinants, wage inequality, and occupational risk exposure of informal workers: A comprehensive analysis with the case study of Thailand. Journal of Labor Research: Under review.

  4. Korwatanasakul, U. & Niyomkar, P. The relationship between cultural tourism destination competitiveness and local business: A case study of Sakon Nakhon, World Crafts City for Natural Indigo Dyeing. Journal of Sustainable Tourism: Under review.

  5. Salathong, J. & Korwatanasakul, U. Culture explains it all: Success and failure of Japanese government’s policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet Global Health: Under review.

  6. Ishido, H., Baek, Y., & Korwatanasakul, U. Trade and global value chains in Thailand: A firm-level panel analysis. Project with Chiba University.

  7. Korwatanasakul, U., Tuson, M.O., & Okitasari, M. Sustainable budgeting. UNU-IAS project.

  8. Korwatanasakul, U., Suzuki, M., & Takemoto, A. Discrepancy between citizens’ acceptance and adoption of renewable energy in Japan: A nationwide survey analysis. UNU-IAS project.

  9. Korwatanasakul, U., & Suzuki, M. Social acceptance of renewable energy determinants using principal component analysis. UNU-IAS project

  10. Korwatanasakul, U., & Suzuki, M. Social acceptance of renewable energies: Evidence from the structural equation modelling method. UNU-IAS project

  11. Okitasari, M., & Korwatanasakul, U. Ensuring leaving no one behind principles in the carbon neutrality strategy. UNU-IAS project.

  12. Akrofi, M., Okitasari, M., & Korwatanasakul, U. Towards solar urban planning in Ghana: A techno-economic and socio-political analysis of integrating solar PVs into residential developments in Accra. UNU-IAS project.

  13. Tuson, M.O., Korwatanasakul, U., & Takemoto, A. Materiality matters: Examining the relationship between quality of materiality disclosure and sustainability performance. UNU-IAS project.

  14. Suzuki, M., & Korwatanasakul, U. Field study in Amami. UNU-IAS project.

  15. Korwatanasakul, U., Suzuki, M., Okitasari, M., & Kandpal, R. Surveys in Indonesia, India, and Thailand. UNU-IAS project.