Noe John Sacramento Author

Noe John Sacramento is Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at the University of the Philippines (UP) Cebu. He is also a nonresident adjunct faculty at the School of Public Policy, Chiang Mai University, Thailand. John has done research on deliberative policy analysis, the technical and participatory nexus in smart city planning, informality, dramaturgy, and emotionality in deliberation, and the critical pragmatist logic in policy analysis in high inequalities. He is also interested in the developments of critical policy studies in Asia, the interpretive and constructivist turn in public policy across the region, and how policy knowledge is contested and challenged in the face of power.

Piyapong Boossabong is Associate Professor at the School of Public Policy, Chiang Mai University, Thailand. He also serves as an editor of the Critical Policy Studies journal. His research interests include deliberative approaches, interpretive policy analysis in practice, and inclusive policy processes in weak democratic systems. His work focuses particularly on the politics of empirical evidence, ideological commitments, contextual experiences (local or situated knowledge), normative assumptions, and emotional expressions in public policy and governance.

Pobsook Chamchong is Assistant professor and Deputy Director at the School of Public Policy, Chiang Mai University, Thailand. Her research focuses on urban governance, ecosystem approaches to policy innovation, collaborative governance, inclusive policy design, policy translation, and critical foresight for policy transformation.