FACULTY MEMBERS

DR. ISTVAN RADO

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION & CONCENTRATION

Istvan is an educator with many years of experience in student-centered learning methods including team-based learning and the case method. He has been mentoring students in project management in class and in social impact assessment projects for social enterprise clients since 2021.
His previous research projects have covered social issues and social innovations in Thailand, including the situation of small-scale farmers in the northeast, cooperative saving groups among migrants near the Thai-Myanmar border, and the issue of food waste in semi-urban and rural areas.

Expertise:
Social innovation; sustainable transitions; ESG; social impact assessment.

COURSES TAUGHT

Undergraduate:
GS230 Introduction to Global Studies
GS240 Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
GS342 Social Innovation Project 2.1
GS343 Social Innovation Project 2.2

Graduate:
GS603 Approaches to Social Innovation
GS731 Project Management and Impact Assessment
GS811 Advanced Theories in Social Innovation

PUBLICATIONS

Publication :
Istvan Rado & Prapin Nuchpiam. (2024) “Scaling for social impact: understanding social innovation through local empowerment strategies”. Social Enterprise Journal 20(1), 54-75
Isaac Lyne & Istvan Rado (2023): “Dynamics of Power and Hierarchies: Lessons from Cambodia and Thailand”. In Yoko Akama & Joyce Yee (eds): Entanglements of Designing Social Innovation in the Asia-Pacific. London: Routledge, pp. 115-127
Chien, Herlin & Rado, Istvan (2023): “University Departments as Change Agents in the Organic Waste Management Sector: Lessons from Action Research Initiatives in Thailand and Taiwan”. Bandung, 10(2), 185-205
Istvan Rado (2022): “Getting to the Bottom of Food Waste: Identifying Obstacles to Effective Circular Economy Practices in a Thai Semi-Urban Context”. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 24, 824-834
Istvan Rado & Seri Thongmak (2022): “A Quiet Resistance: Karen Woman Entrepreneurs Lead Saving Groups in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand”. In: Hossein, Caroline Shenaz & Christabell P.J. (eds): Community Economies in The Global South: Case Studies About Rotating Savings and Credit Associations and Economic Cooperatives. Oxford University Press, 147-166
Istvan Rado, Mei-Fei Lu, I-Chen Lin and Ken Aoo (2021): “Societal Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Asian Rural Societies: A Multi-Sectoral Social Capital Approach in Thailand, Taiwan, and Japan”. Sustainability, 13(5), 2747
Istvan Rado and Shekh Mohammad Altafur Rahman (2020): “Exploring the Variety of Social Innovation Strategies: Case Studies from Thailand and Taiwan”. Asian Review 33, (1) 2020, 56–78.
Conference Paper & Research articles :
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PROJECTS & AWARDS

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EDUCATION

Program
University
Year
PH.D. (POLITICAL SCIENCE)
UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA
2015
MAG.RER. SOC.OEC. (SOCIO–POLITICS)
UNIVERSITY OF LINZ, AUSTRIA
2006
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