Associate Professor Dhirathiti is now serving as Vice President for International Relations and Corporate Communication at the Office of the President and also Associate Professor in Public Policy and Public Administration at the Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Mahidol University, Thailand. She obtained a PhD degree in Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick (U.K.) and a Master’s degree in Politics of the World Economy from LSE, University of London (U.K.).
Her current research interest is on co-production in public policy focusing on lifelong learning for elderly people as well as other areas of education policy. The work experience she has is much related to the harmonization and internationalization of higher education. She was the Senior Specialist at SEAMEO Regional Centre For Higher Education (2007-2009), Senior Programme Officer ASEAN University Network Secretariat (1998-2000) and also a consultant and a resource person to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the UNESCO.
