Internship and mentorship

• Internship —We are keen to accept any student interns who would like to work on our ongoing research projects or develop research projects on their own.

• YUSEA Young Urbanists of Southeast Asia Mentorship Program 2025 —The program aims to match senior urban experts with recent graduates working in urbanism. Currently, we are mentoring a recent graduate in urban studies from Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, who is interested in using remote sensing to monitor blue carbon captured in mangrove forests in/near coastal cities.

• SOL School of Leadership 2025 —The program aims to support Thai youths who are interested in social change either through activism, social entrepreneurship, or policy research. Currently, we are mentoring a recent graduate in water engineering from Kasetsart University, who is interested in improving water pipeline management in Thai cities.

Teaching subjects

• Urban theories: planning theories, living and livelihoods, security and resilience, migration, future cities, technology and cities, foresight tools and theories

• Governance: urban governance, data-driven public policy

• Technical: intro to spatial analysis, intro to python

• Studios and workshops: urban strategies studio, community planning, and city strategic planning studio

Facilitation topics

• Strategic foresight: trend assessment, scenario building, and backcasting

• Data: management, governance, and analytics for the public sector, especially in spatial data

• Urbanity: urban issues and policies including economic development, labor policies, healthy cities, smart cities, etc.

• Environmental: environmental mitigation/adaptation policies, policy backcasting to achieve SDGs and other targets, environmental standards, etc.