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SOAD Research 2006
Vision

“Towards international standard research in sustainable design and innovation”

We are committed to high quality, multi-disciplinary research that will ultimately enhance the quality of life through the sustainable use of both tangible and intangible resources.

Objectives:

  • To increase the ratio between number of academic staff to the number of research projects
  • To increase the percentage of research funding from the internal sources
  • To increase the percentage of research funding from the external sources
  • To increase the percentage of research initiated by collaboration with other organisation(s)
  • To increase the percentage of publications in the international journals and presentations at international conference
  • To disseminate knowledge from research to benefit the society

 
Strategies:

1. Encourage and support research skills development such as proposal writing and the use of statistical package

Action

  • Training and workshops regularly organised by Sukhothai Thamathirat University, Thai Researcher Association
  • Small group discussions hold by the deputy dean of research and/or research clusters co-ordinators

2. Increase the number of research proposals submitted to inside and outside sources of funding

Action

  • Research proposals submitted can be counted as a part of the workload
  • Update research news (call for proposals) regularly

3. Promote multi-disciplinary research

Action

  • Develop database of researchers’ profile and interests that can be easily accessed on the school website
  • Encourage multi-disciplinary research, specifically to applied research, through REDEK

4. Promote collaboration with the external organisation and, especially, the industry

Action

  • Initiate collaboration with other (local and international) universities and invite academics/researcher to develop proposals together
  • Visits to research facilities at other (local and international) universities, industry and exchange ideas about possible collaborations

5. Promote research on sustainability at various scales

Action

  • SOAD call for proposals that address the issue of sustainability at various scales e.g. product design, building design, urban planning