Professors and Lecturers in almost faculties and colleges of Thammasat University have been providing expect advice to government at all levels (National, Regional/Provincial, Local) in almost all areas of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The followings are some examples of the expert advice our faculties provided to national, provincial and local governance, with public evidence.

At the National Level:

Assistant Professor Nattapong Puttanapong (PhD.) from Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, was appointed as Economic Expert in the National Committee on Sustainable Development since February 2020 (see: http://nscr.nesdb.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/คำสั่ง-สนร.-แต่งตั้งผู้ทรงคุณวุฒิ.pdf )

Associate Professor Bundit Limmeechokchai (PhD.) from Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT), was appointed as a member of working group on the integration of plan and policies on climate change mitigation, under the National Climate Change Committee since March 2019 (see: https://climate.onep.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/3.pdf)

Associate Professor Bundit Limmeechokchai along with Associate Professor Chayan Tantivasadakarn from Faculty of Economics were also appointed as experts in climate change mitigation and in economics respectively by the National Climate Change Policy Committee since December 2017.

At the Regional / Provincial Level:

Thammasat University in cooperation with the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) provide expert advice to provincial governor of Pathum Thani to design and implement the pilot area of smart city in Klong Luang District where Thammasat University is located before expanding to the whole Pathum Thani and nearby provinces (see: https://tu.ac.th/thammasat-310864-mou-smart-city-klong-luang-pathumthani )

Assistant Professor Nattapong Puttanapong (PhD.) from Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, was appointed as Economic Expert in the Committee for Bangkok Smart City in 2021 (see: https://www.econ.tu.ac.th/news/detail/155 )

At the local level:

Thammasat University is granted a research funding for “University to Tambon (Sub-District)” project, which is a nation-wide scheme research grant encouraging universities to work with local stakeholders to achieve integrated social and economic development at sub-district (Tambon) level (see: https://www.facebook.com/TUU2T

Thammasat University has been working with Bang Krabue sub-district, Sam Khoke district, Pathum Thani province. One of the projects the university initiated was An Early Warning Survey of the Emerging Infectious Diseases, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey was conducted in order to understand the magnitude of the COVID-19 infection and its socio-economic impacts, so that the local health system can plan more effectively how to stop the spread of COVID-19, to manage the local health facilities, resources and health staff, and to formulate evidence-based policy recommendations to the local authorities. (See photos of the field survey here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vKuJcphbfefV26HxZnGvAFE8ZCF85NTs)