Faculty Spotlight: Congratulations to Dr. Ashok Das on his promotion to Full Professor in the College of Social Sciences!
Dr. Ashok Das, — Professor, College of Social Sciences, Department of Urban and Regional Planning (DURP), College of Social Sciences
Congratulations, Dr. Das!
The Center for Southeast Asian Studies congratulates Dr. Ashok Das on his promotion to Full Professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. This promotion recognizes his deep commitment to teaching, research, and community-engaged scholarship in the field of urban and regional planning, with a focus on Southeast and South Asia.
About Dr. Das
Dr. Das teaches courses on planning theory and history, urbanization and globalization, research design, and planning in Asia at UH Mānoa’s Department of Urban and Regional Planning. His research explores institutional challenges and innovations in addressing urban poverty in the Global South—particularly in Indonesia, where he has conducted fieldwork since the mid-2000s.
His key interests include:
- Community participation and empowerment
- Slum upgrading
- Decentralization and local governance
- Civil society and equitable development
- Disaster risk reduction
- Integrated microfinance
- Socioeconomic impacts of the platform economy
- Planning education reform