Phone Pyae Soe
Myanmar Technical Assistance Center; Naresuan University
Phone Pyae Soe holds a PhD in Public Policy from the School of Public Policy at Chiang Mai University, Thailand. He currently serves as a lecturer at the Center of ASEAN Community Studies (CACS), Faculty of Social Sciences, Naresuan University, and is also the project Manager of the Myanmar Technical Assistance Center (MTAC). His research areas include policy entrepreneurship, public administration, and local governance. He is a Salzburg Global Fellow (Austria) and prior to his academic career, he served for 17 years at the Myanmar Ministry of Planning and Finance, most recently as a Deputy Director. His professional experience includes licensed legal expertise. His research has been published in peer reviewed journals such as the Australian Journal of Public Administration and Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs.