Janjira Sombatpoonsiri

Researcher at the Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University

Research Fellow at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

About Me

Janjira Sombatpoonsiri is passionate about research and activism. Her academic interests range from the politics of resistance to civil society in autocracies and digital mobilisation as well as repression.

Civil society, protest movements, digital mobilisation and repression

For more information see: GIGA Website

Selected Publications

Janjira Sombatpoonsiri, Humor and Nonviolent Struggle in Serbia (New York: Syracuse University Press, 2015)

Janjira Sombatpoonriri, “From Repression to Revolt: Thailand’s 202 Protests and the Regional Implications,” GIGA Asia Focus (2/2021)

Janjira Sombatpoonsiri, “Rethinking nonviolent resistance in the face of rightwing populism: a theoretical inquiry,” Journal of Peacebuilding and Development (special issue: “Authoritarianism and Atavistic Nationalism) 13(3) (2018): 7-22.