Advisors
The School for Wellbeing Research and Studies continues to expand its network globally with advisors from various backgrounds worldwide.
We are grateful for existing and new advisors to be independent and critical friends, leading the School for Wellbeing into a new era.
* = Right Livelihood Award laureates
Patron
* Sulak Sivaraksa, Founder, Sathirakoses Nagapradipa Foundation; Thailand
Advisors
- * Anwar Fazal, Founder/Director, Right Livelihood College; Malaysia
- Benedikt Haerlin, Foundation on Future Farming; organizer of Planet Diversity, Bonn 2008; Germany
- Bert de Graaff, member, Section for Social Sciences, Antroposofische Vereniging in Nederland; the Netherlands
- Cheah Vannath, independent development expert; Cambodia
- Darwis Khudori, Professor, Université Le Havre; Centre Lebret; Bandung 55; France/Indonesia
- Dasho Karma Ura, President, Centre for Bhutan Studies & GNH; Bhutan
- Ven. Dhammananda Bhikkuni, Buddhasavika Foundation; Thailand
- Dharmachari Lokamitra, Nagaloka Institute, Triratna Buddhist Community, India/U.K.
- Dej Poomkacha, Sathirakoses Nagapradipa Foundation; Thailand
- Dorji Penjore, Senior Researcher, Centre for Bhutan Studies & GNH; Bhutan
- * Hans R. Herren, IFOAM World Board, BioVision; Switzerland/USA
- Hans van Willenswaard, Founder, Innovation Network International; Thailand/the Netherlands; Coordinator Earth Trusteeship Platform
- Harsha Navaratne, Sewalanka Foundation; President, International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB); Sri Lanka
- * Helena Norberg Hodge, ISEC; Australia/Ladakh/Sweden
- Ignaz Anderson, former Director, Iona Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Jan Nederveen Pieterse, University of California, Santa Barbara; USA/the Netherlands
- Jean Timsit, lawyer/photographer; Project+; France
- Jill Carr-Harris, Ekta Parishad, Jai Jagat 2020 International Coordinator
- Jirayudh Jahangir Sinthuphan, Director, South Asian Studies Center, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University; Thailand
- Neshan Gunakesera, World Future Council; Sri Lanka.
- * Nicanor Perlas, Centre for Development Alternatives (CADI); Philippines
- * Nnimmo Bassey, Founder/Director Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF); Nigeria
- Phra Paisal Visalo, Abbot Wat Pa Sukkhato; Thailand
- Prapart Pintobtang, (former) Director, Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute (CUSRI); Thailand
- Prida Tiasuwan, Chairman Pranda Group; Advisor, Social Venture Network Asia (Thailand); Thailand
- Rajagopal PV, founder and president, Ekta Parishad, India
- Robert Biswas-Diener, Positive Psychology Services, LLC; USA
- Ronald Colman, Genuine Progress Index for Atlantic Canada (GPIAtlantic); Canada/Bhutan
- Satish Kumar, Schumacher College and Resurgence; U.K./India
- Seng Raw Lahpai, Founder, Metta Development Foundation; Magsaysay Award laureate; Myanmar
- Shui-Meng Ng, PADETC; former Head UNICEF, Timor Leste, Laos/Singapore representing Sombath Somphone, PADETC, Laos (forced disappearance reported December 2012); Magsaysay Award Laureate
- Somboon Chungprampree, Executive Secretary, International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB); Thailand
- Surasee Kosolnavin, President, Sathirakoses Nagapradipa Foundation; Thailand
- Surat Horachaikul, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Director CU Indian Studies Center, Chulalongkorn University; Thailand
- Surichai Wung’aeo, Director, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies; Professor Emeritus, Chulalongkorn University; Thailand
- Susan Andrews, Instituto Visao Futuro; Brazil/USA
- Takayoshi Kusago, Kansai University; Japan
- Till Stellmacher, Global RLC Secretariat; researcher at ZEF; Germany
- Uthai Dulyakasem, former Rector, Silpakorn University; Thailand
- * Vandana Shiva, Navdanya and Bija Vidyapeeth; India
- Vira Somboon, Asst. Professor, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University; Thailand
- Wallapa van Willenswaard, Managing Director, INI-Innovation Network International; Head, School for Wellbeing Team; Thailand