- Ph.D. In The Social Sciences, Third Word Studies Center, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Full Name: Victor Prasad Karunan
Contact: Email: vkarunan2016@gmail.com
Education:
- Ph.D. in the Social Sciences, Third World Studies Center, University of
Nijmegen
- M.A. in Sociology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Teaching Areas:
- Globalisation and Child Rights
- Development Studies
- Asian Studies
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Politics of Public Policy
- Adolescent Development and Participation
- Human Rights and Civil Society
Research Areas/Expertise:
- Results-based Management (RBM)
- Public Finance Management (PFM)
- Participatory Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PME)
- Social Policy and Social Development
- Child Labour
- Adolescent Development and Participation
- Violence against Children in Asia Pacific
- Training and Capacity Development
- Ethnic Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in Asia Pacific
Current Research Projects:
- Historical Documentation of DISAC/RTRC Chiang Mai, Thailand –
development work among ethnic minorities in Northern Thailand
- Review of ASEAN Regional Plan of Action on Violence against Children
- Study on Undocumented Peoples in Sabah, Malaysia
Publications:
“Case Study of a Participatory and Bottom-up Evaluation Model : DISAC
Chiang Mai”, People’s Participation Program Learning Event, World
Bank, Washington D.C., February 1994.
“10 Case Studies of Participatory Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of NGOs in Thailand, The Philippines and Indonesia”, PME Dialogue Process, Aachen, Germany, 1994.
“Regional Development Studies School” – Basic Readings, Curriculum and Training Modules, published by Save the Children Fund (U.K.), Regional Office for Southeast, East Asia and the Pacific Region, Bangkok, Thailand,
1997 & 1999
“Invisible Children – Child Work in Asia and the Pacific” – published by the International Save the Children Alliance & Child Workers in Asia, Bangkok, Thailand, 1997
Children’s Forum and Regional Consultation – “Against the Most Intolerable Forms of Child Labour – Targeting the Invisible and Neglected Ones”, Conference Report, Bangkok, Thailand, September 1997.
“The Social Impact of the Economic Crisis on Children in Thailand” – SEAPRO Documentation Series, SCF(U.K.), Bangkok, 1998
“Saving Asia’s Children : Save the Children U.K.’s Perspective on Thailand” – Article in book on “Economic Crisis – Social Cost, published by Consumers International, Penang, Malaysia, December 1998.
“Children and Work in Southeast and East Asia – Issues, Trends and Challenges – The Need for a Paradigm Shift” – Presentation at the International Save the Children Alliance Regional Workshop on “Child- centred Policies and Programmes on Working Children in Southeast and East Asia”, Bangkok, Thailand, September 1999.
“Children, Work and Education : Participatory Action Research on Children and Work in Southeast Asia – Conceptual and Methodological Issues and Challenges” – Paper presented at the IREWOC Workshop, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 15-17, 1999.
“Improving Action-oriented Research on the Worst Forms of Child Labour : Proceedings of Asian Regional Workshop”, Bangkok, Thailand, December 1999.
Report : “Child-centred Policies and Programmes on Working Children in
Southeast, East Asia and the Pacific Region”, Save the Children Alliance,
Bangkok, Thailand, January 2000.
“Impact of Macro-Economic Policies and the Corporate Sector on Working Children in Asia – Towards a Child-Centred Approach and Strategy” – Presentation to Regional Alilance Workshp on “Child-centred Policies and Programmes for Working Children in South and Central Asia”, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 2000.
“Influencing Policy and Practice on Working Children – A Child-centred Approach to Advocacy” – Presentation at Regional Alliance Workshop on “Child-centered Policies and Programmes on Working Children in South and Central Asia”, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 2000
“The Impact of Collective Organisation and Action on Resilience and Coping among Working Children in India – The Case of Bhima Sangha” – Presentation to International Conference on “Children and Adversity”, Oxford University, U.K., September 2000.
“Development Studies School – Handbook” – published by Save the Children (U.K.), Regional Office for Southeast, East Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand, November 2000.
Contributor : “Big Business, Small Hands – Responsible Approaches to Child
Labour”, published by Save the Children (U.K.), London, U.K., 2000
“The Child’s First Right – Report of the Third Asia Birth Registration
Conference”, Plan International and UNICEF-EAPRO, Bangkok, March
2003.
“Working Children as Change-Makers – Perspectives from the South” & “Bringing Human Rights to Child Labour – Guiding Principles and Call to Action” – Two Chapters in a book on “Human Rights and Child Labour” (Ed) Prof. Burns Weston, University of Iowa Human Rights Programme, published by Lynee Reinner Publications Inc., Colorado, U.S.A., 2005.
Chapter: “Violence against Children in Asia Pacific” in book entitled “Violence against Children – Making Human Rights Real” (Ed) Dr. Gertrud Lenzer, Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, New York, 2017
“Historical Documentation: DISAC-RTRC Chiang Mai: 1965 to the Present” - development work among hilltribe and lowland communities in Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son, Chiang Rai, Phayao provinces in Northern Thailand, (forthcoming 2019).