Chaitawat is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Unit of Social Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, working for “The Decision Making of Aspiring (Re)migrants to and within the EU: the Case of Labour Market-leading Migrations from Asia (AspirE)" which is an EU-funded research project exploring the decision-making of aspiring (re)migrants from Southeast and East Asia to and within the EU countries. His research interests focus on migration and sustainable development, poverty and inequality, and social and public policy in connection with urban land, urban tourism, housing, and the food industry. 

Chaitawat holds a BA in International Affairs (First-class honours) from the Thammasat University Thailand, a Master’s in Cultures and Development Studies from the KU Leuven and an MSc in Gender from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He completed his Doctor of Social Sciences at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki. His doctoral research focused on urban land use and poverty in Bangkok, Thailand. It examined the social, political, economic, and cultural determinants of urban land use, urban informality, street vending, rural-to-urban migration, urban commons, and religious land.