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Research Centre Chiang Mai

About the Research Centre

The Unit for Social and Environmental Research (USER) is is a small inter-disciplinary research group within the Chiang Mai University School of Public Policy (CMU-SPP).

We have long-standing interests in governance of natural resources and environmental change. Most of our policy-related research is carried out in the Mekong Region but we welcome collaboration and comparative analysis with other parts of the world.

Please visit: www.sea-user.org  and spp.cmu.ac.th

Recent publications

Earth System Governance – Volume 24

We are delighted to present the twenty-fourth volume of Earth System Governance, the open-access journal for all those interested in…

The Politics and Governance of Decarbonization: The Interplay between State and Non-State Actors in Sweden

This book examines how, and under what conditions, states – in collaboration with non-state actors – can govern a societal…

Sustaining Development in Small Islands: Climate Change, Geopolitical Security, and the Permissive Liberal Order

The viability of small island developing states (SIDS) is threatened by three distinct processes – a backlash against globalisation; rising…

Institutionalising Multispecies Justice

Multispecies Justice (MSJ) is a theory and practice seeking to correct the defects making dominant theories of justice incapable of…