Bavo Stevens
@b-steve.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at McGill PoliSci, previously visiting researcher at Chulalongkorn University and lecturer at Ubon Ratchathani University.
I'm interested in police and policing, civil military relations, and Southeast Asian politics
I'm interested in police and policing, civil military relations, and Southeast Asian politics
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NEW 🇹🇭 Police are in many ways the ultimate “street-level bureaucrats”—those who do the difficult on-the-ground work of connecting policy with ordinary people. As such, they play a key role in shaping the real-world nature of citizenship in contemporary Thailand, as Bavo Stevens' research explores.
Fracturing citizenship: street-level policing and discretion in Thailand - New Mandala
Police as street-level bureaucrats
www.newmandala.org
December 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
NEW 🇹🇭 Police are in many ways the ultimate “street-level bureaucrats”—those who do the difficult on-the-ground work of connecting policy with ordinary people. As such, they play a key role in shaping the real-world nature of citizenship in contemporary Thailand, as Bavo Stevens' research explores.
Excited to see some of my early findings from my research on policing in Thailand published in the @newmandala.bsky.social
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Fracturing citizenship: street-level policing and discretion in Thailand - New Mandala
Police as street-level bureaucrats
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December 11, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Excited to see some of my early findings from my research on policing in Thailand published in the @newmandala.bsky.social
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Exciting and important new book by @jwassers.bsky.social: _THE MILK TEA ALLIANCE: Inside Asia's Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing_!
Happy pub date to THE MILK TEA ALLIANCE: Inside Asia’s Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing
In his new book, historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom explores the sense of connection between pro-activists throughout Southeast Asia.
📢 get your copy now--> globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-mi...
In his new book, historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom explores the sense of connection between pro-activists throughout Southeast Asia.
📢 get your copy now--> globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-mi...
June 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Exciting and important new book by @jwassers.bsky.social: _THE MILK TEA ALLIANCE: Inside Asia's Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing_!
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If your group or organization is supporting earthquake-affected communities in #Myanmar, we encourage you to apply for our small #grants program.
🗓 Deadline: 15 June 2025
📩 Submit : info@seajunction.org
Please download the propsal form in the link seajunction.org/small-grant-...
🗓 Deadline: 15 June 2025
📩 Submit : info@seajunction.org
Please download the propsal form in the link seajunction.org/small-grant-...
June 10, 2025 at 5:32 AM
If your group or organization is supporting earthquake-affected communities in #Myanmar, we encourage you to apply for our small #grants program.
🗓 Deadline: 15 June 2025
📩 Submit : info@seajunction.org
Please download the propsal form in the link seajunction.org/small-grant-...
🗓 Deadline: 15 June 2025
📩 Submit : info@seajunction.org
Please download the propsal form in the link seajunction.org/small-grant-...
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Paul Chambers is a US scholar working in Thailand. He was recently charged with defaming the monarchy. Those charges were dropped, but his university fired him, and he may soon lose his visa.
I can't stress enough that attacks on academics are being globalized
www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-fo...
I can't stress enough that attacks on academics are being globalized
www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-fo...
US academic faces deportation from Thailand after being fired from his job and therefore losing his visa - Thai Examiner
US academic Paul Chambers faces deportation from Thailand after losing his job and visa despite charges being dropped. The respected professor, who has lived in… Read More ›
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May 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Paul Chambers is a US scholar working in Thailand. He was recently charged with defaming the monarchy. Those charges were dropped, but his university fired him, and he may soon lose his visa.
I can't stress enough that attacks on academics are being globalized
www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-fo...
I can't stress enough that attacks on academics are being globalized
www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-fo...
Glad to be a part of such cool cohort!
NEW: We're pleased to launch a series of essays that highlight the PhD research of a diverse group of emerging scholars of Southeast Asia. www.newmandala.org/introducing-...
Introducing our Emerging Scholar Award authors - New Mandala
New essays to highlight the work of next-gen Southeast Asia scholars
www.newmandala.org
May 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Glad to be a part of such cool cohort!
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It's a political earthquake, too: how the Bangkok earthquake is affecting politics in Thailand. coffeeparliament.substack.com/p/its-a-poli...
It's a Political Earthquake, Too
As I’m currently in Ann Arbor, I don’t have a personal reaction to the earthquake that happened in Bangkok last week other than to hope that the people who remain trapped in the rubble of the collapse...
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April 1, 2025 at 1:20 AM
It's a political earthquake, too: how the Bangkok earthquake is affecting politics in Thailand. coffeeparliament.substack.com/p/its-a-poli...
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After lunch is our panel on ‘Governing martial forces’ with @drswhite.bsky.social @b-steve.bsky.social @hkrichards.bsky.social et co.
March 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
After lunch is our panel on ‘Governing martial forces’ with @drswhite.bsky.social @b-steve.bsky.social @hkrichards.bsky.social et co.