By Mae Thiwari
June 29, 2021 – A Memorandum of Agreement between Beijing Normal University (BNU) and Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) was signed today to establish “The Joint AIT-BNU Belt and Road Center”. This Center will be jointly operated and managed by the AIT Belt and Road Research Center and the Belt and Road School of BNU under the governance of its Board of Directors.
By Kanda Yaemboonruang
DBA alum Dr. Anurug Ruangrob has been sharing His Majesty the late King Bhumibhol Adulyadej’s New Theory with Thai farmers countrywide to build sustainable livelihoods and turn Thailand into an organic farm of the world.
By Kanda Yaemboonruang
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and co-partners co-organized the GO4SDGs online session, Youth Empowerment: Sustainable Lifestyles and Green Campuses with 5 motivational speakers who have been empowering young people around the globe.
By Mae Thiwari
Here is what you need to know from AIT School of Management’s FinTech expert before gaining or losing millions overnight.
As of mid-June 2021, there were more than 5,600 crypto coins in the market, with a global market cap of US$1.69 trillion – with US$742 billion belonging to Bitcoin.
By Kanda Yaemboonruang
Over the past 15 years, DUMBONET, an emergency communication technology introduced and continually developed by the IntERLab of AIT to support the work of rescue workers in disaster recovery missions, has been deployed in many countries.
By Mae Thiwari
June 25, 2021 -- The largest symposium hosted by AIT drew a big crowd to discuss disaster risk reduction, biological disaster included, and sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific Region.
The International Symposium on Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Development (DRSD) was held for the second time at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on June 24 – 25, 2021, with 21 international collaborators, 15 keynote speakers, and 337 participants from 29 countries.
June 30, 2021
Since January of 2020, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has spread across the world. The situation in Thailand was very stable starting last summer--with a minor outbreak in December-- all the way through the early part of 2021. Unfortunately, a fierce wave has hit Thailand in April, but we are hopeful that things will improve soon.
By Mae Thiwari
Despite the growing number of commitment from countries around the world to cut down carbon emissions and to achieve net-zero by the year 2050, a clear and comprehensive framework to account for carbon emissions at a city level had been yet missing.
By Mae Thiwari
The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration begins on World Environment Day 2021 with the theme of ‘Reimagine – Recreate – Restore,' launched virtually from AIT Entrepreneurship Center.
World Environment Day (WED) has been celebrated annually on June 5th since 1974. It is a global platform to promote awareness and action for the environment by inspiring positive changes.
May 31, 2021
Since January of 2020, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has spread across the world. The situation in Thailand was very stable for several months last Summer and Fall, but a new outbreak started in late December, 2020 and dissipated a few weeks later.