Asst. Prof. Dr. Charuk Singhapreecha

Profile

Dr. Charuk is a faculty member of the Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University, with a Ph.D. from Kobe University and expertise in international economics, macroeconomic policy analysis and computable general equilibrium (CGE) modelling. He has served as Dean and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Economics at Kasetsart University and as Deputy Dean at Chiang Mai University. Earlier, he was an economic advisor to the Economic Committee of the Thai Parliament, and a researcher and consultant for UN ESCAP.

His research and evaluation work covers free trade agreements, agricultural policy, demographic change and the economic and social impact of public programmes, for ministries, public research funders, the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives and UNFPA. He also teaches social return on investment (SROI) method to university researchers.

At NXT, Dr. Charuk is an Advisor.

Career

1. presentAssistant ProfessorFaculty of Economics, Chiang Mai UniversityDirector, Centre for Feasibility Study and Economic and Social Impact Assessment (as of January 2024); formerly Deputy Dean
2. 2012 – 2013DeanFaculty of Economics, Kasetsart UniversityAlso served as Deputy Dean
3. 1993 – 1994Economic AdvisorEconomic Committee, Thai Parliament
4. 1992 – 1993Researcher and ConsultantUnited Nations ESCAP

Speaking, teaching and judging

• Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna: lead speaker on social return on investment (SROI), Fundamental Fund outcome and impact assessment project, fiscal 2026 (May and August 2026) (source)
• Research and Development Office, Prince of Songkla University: speaker on analysing and evaluating social return on investment (SROI) in research projects (January 2024) (source)
• Thai Theatre Foundation, CAPT Academy 2022: speaker, workshop on measuring and evaluating arts projects (September to October 2022) (source)

Selected publications

• Yano T, Kewprasopsak T, Na Lampang K, Singhapreecha C, Srikitjakarn L. (2023). The Social Return on Investment of Participatory Digital Disease Detection System for One-Health Problems in Community. Veterinary Integrative Sciences, 21(3), 899–912. (source)
• Yano T, et al., with Singhapreecha C. (2018). A Participatory System for Preventing Pandemics of Animal Origins: Pilot Study of the Participatory One Health Disease Detection (PODD) System. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 4(1), e25. (source)
• จารึก สิงหปรีชา. (2558). ผลกระทบของการเปลี่ยนแปลงโครงสร้างประชากรภาคการเกษตร ต่อความมั่นคงในการผลิตอาหารภาคเกษตรของไทย. วารสารสมาคมนักวิจัย, 20(1), 107–121.
• Singhapreecha C. (2014). Agricultural Policy Development in Thailand. Food and Fertilizer Technology Center, Asia-Pacific Information Platform on Agricultural Policy. (source)

Selected research and evaluation from earlier roles

• Impact evaluation of a waste-management project for local government, Ban Luang Subdistrict Municipality, Chiang Mai (2020)
• Economic and social impact of Chiang Mai University's strategy, for the university's Planning Division (2020)
• City happiness index development for Thailand Science Research and Innovation (TSRI) (2020)
• Utilization follow-up of a capability programme for small and medium food-industry businesses, for TSRI (2020)
• Airline: sustainable community-based tourism development (2020)
• Urban housing development planning under the National Strategy, for the National Housing Authority, with CMU's Faculty of Architecture (2019)
• Economic impact evaluation of products funded by Innovative House, for TSRI (2018)
• Costs and expansion models for the PODD community disease-prevention system at country level, with CMU's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (2017)
• Competitiveness and outward direct investment strategy for the Thai textile industry, for TSRI (2016)
• Training curriculum and trainer development on policy responses to rapid demographic change in Thailand, for UNFPA (2015)

These projects were delivered in earlier roles, not under the NXT name. NXT's own engagements are on the Our Work page. See NXT's work