บุณยกร ดำรงรัตน์

Policy & Committee Roles

Ad Hoc Committee on Pollutant Release & Transfer Register Bill (2025) — Committee Member

Ad Hoc Committee on Factory Bill (2025) — Spokesperson & Committee Member

Subcommittee on Integrated Budget, National Expenditure Plan (2025) — Advisor

Research & Fellowships

Visiting Scholar, Géographie-cités, CNRS, Université Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne (2023)

Scientific Committee, UTAB CREMA (2023–2024)

Professional Experience

2024–Present

• Pheu Thai Party, PTP Academy — Senior Researcher, Policy Development & Research

2025--Present

• Bangkok Metropolitan Council — Advisor to Chairman

• Growth Genius — Relationship Manager

2024–Present

• King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang — Instructor

2023–Present

• PASA Architects — Managing Director

• Environmental Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University — Research Assistant

2020–Present

• Chulalongkorn University — Guest Lecturer

Certifications

Chief City Innovation Officer (2025)

• Specialized training in urban innovation systems and smart city policy design

IZA/FCDO Development Economics Course (2024)

• Applied policy evaluation methods in developing economies

IRASEC Fellowship (2022)

• Comparative research on Southeast Asian urban theories
  
  

Finance for Real Estate, Chulalongkorn (2014)

• Acquired practical skills in real estate finance and investment analysis

Education

2022–Present

Chiang Mai University, Ph.D. Candidate, International Program (Presidential Scholarship)

• Focus on special economic zones and place-based policy

2018–2019

University of Manchester, Master of Arts in Architecture & Urbanism (Distinction)

• Conducted research on urban regeneration in Manchester’s Northern Quarter

• Featured in Manchester Evening News

2012–2017

Chulalongkorn University, Bachelor of Architecture

Selected Academic Works

• Digital Infrastructure and the Limits of Smart Urbanism: Evidence from a Panel Analysis and the Case of Wang Chan Valley

  Smart Cities (MDPI), 2025, Vol. 8, Issue 5, Article 180. Impact Factor 5.5, CiteScore 14.72018–2019

• Benchmarking Spatial Justice in Policymaking, Planning & Design — TU Delft, Netherlands

  Presented study on spatial justice for Bangkok street vendors using mixed-methods research

• Regional Science Dialogue for Peace & Sustainable Development — ERSA, Europe

  Delivered findings on place-based policy and regional governance in Thailand’s EEC

• Urban Regeneration — ISAIA Japan (Best Academic Award)

  Recognized for best paper on regeneration models and sustainable urban transformation