Soimart Rungmanee

Dr. Soimart Rungmanee is a Research Fellow at the Resources, Environment and Development Department of the Australian National University (ANU). She holds a PhD in Human Geography from the University of Sydney, an MA in Political Economy, and a BA in Political Science, both from Chulalongkorn University. Her research focuses on critical agrarian studies, intergenerational migration, rural development, and land conflicts in Thailand and Laos. She leads Thai research in an ARC-funded project analyzing the broiler chicken industry's socio-environmental impacts globally.

• Education:
• PhD in Human Geography, University of Sydney
• MA in Political Economy, Chulalongkorn University
• BA in Political Science, Chulalongkorn University

Her work explores themes such as migration’s role in rural transformation, smallholder agriculture dynamics, and conflicts arising from boom crops. She contributes to comparative global analyses of agrarian systems and environmental policy implications.

Grants & Projects: Currently leads Thai research in the ARC project on broiler chicken industry impacts.