As someone passionate about research and learning, I have found that engaging with the media can be a great way to share my knowledge and insights with a broader audience. Whether it is through writing opinion pieces and blog posts, appearing on television programs, or providing analysis of current affairs to journalists, there are many different ways to get involved and make an impact.
One of the things I love most about engaging with the media is the opportunity to connect with people outside of academia. It is a chance to share knowledge and insights and contribute to important conversations about the issues that matter.
Over the years, I have talked live on ‘The World’ program by Australia’s ABC and the 2019 Thai election special by BBC Thai. I have given interviews to La Croix, BBC Thai and Prachatai English and written for The Conversation, Council on Foreign Relations and the Central European Institute of Asian Studies.
‘Paetongtarn Shinawatra leads polls as Thailand heads towards election | The World,’ ABC (Australia), 19 April 2023.
‘Thailand’s 2019 elections as seen by foreign scholars [in Thai]’ BBC Thai, 15 March 2019.
‘Thai parliament blocks leader of party that won election from being renominated for prime minister,’ AP News, 18 July 2023. https://apnews.com/article/thailand-prime-minister-pita-parliament-abae8fb79aa4a1844d3195a6fcb14b63.
‘The progressive Move Forward Party shakes up Thailand [in French],’ La Croix, 16 May 2023.
‘Student Flash Mobs: A flash in the frying pan or a bushfire [in Thai],’ BBC Thai, 28 February 2020. https://www.bbc.com/thai/thailand-51640629.
‘Future Forward: A Thai politics expert points out that that the dissolution of the [Future Forward] party shows that power is still in the hands of a small elite [in Thai],’ BBC Thai, 21 February 2020. https://www.bbc.com/thai/thailand-51587563.
‘Rebranding Thailand: why is junta so obsessed with wordplay?’ Prachatai English, 4 February 2018. https://prachatai.com/english/node/7606.
‘Can Thailand move forward past its historic 2023 election?’ Central European Institute of Asian Studies, 17 June 2023, https://ceias.eu/can-thailand-move-forward-past-its-historic-2023-election/.
‘Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century (book review),’ CEDAR blog, 16 June 2023, https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2023/spin-dictators-the-changing-face-of-tyranny-in-the-21st-century.
‘The rise of authoritarianism is misunderstood – and it matters (with Nic Cheeseman, Licia Cianetti, Tim Haughton and Manoel Gehrke),’ CEDAR blog, 13 June 2023, https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2023/how-the-global-rise-of-authoritarianism-is-misunderstood-and-why-it-matters.
‘Kenya election: four ways to better safeguard and defend democracy (with Nic Cheeseman),’ The Conversation, 5 August 2022, https://theconversation.com/kenya-election-four-ways-to-better-safeguard-and-defend-democracy-187457.
‘Undermining Democracy? “Independent” Election Commission in Non-Democratic Regimes (with Saowanee T. Alexander),’ Politics Blog, 22 April 2021, http://politicsblog.ac.uk/author/petradesatova/.
‘Anand Panyarachun and The Making of Modern Thailand: A Review,’ Council on Foreign Relations, 21 May 2019. https://www.cfr.org/blog/anand-panyarachun-and-making-modern-thailand-review.
‘What happened to Thailand’s Democrat Party?’ Thai Data Points, 15 April 2019, https://www.thaidatapoints.com/post/what-happened-to-thailand-s-democrat-party.
‘Nation Branding in Post-Coup Thailand: A Strategy for Political Legitimation?’ Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, Trendsetters, 1 January 2019. https://kyotoreview.org/
trendsetters/nation-branding-in-post-coup-thailand-a-strategy-for-political-legitimation/.
‘Building the Future Forward Party brand in junta-ruled Thailand,’ Asia Dialogue, 13 November 2018. https://theasiadialogue.com/2018/11/13/building-the-future-forward-party-brand-in-junta-ruled-thailand/.