Dr Wanniwat Pansuwong

Wanniwat joins UniSA Business as Lecturer: Entrepreneurship in the Innovation and Entrepreneuship discipline. He holds a PhD in Entrepreneurship and Innovation from Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship (AACSB), Swinburne University of Technology Australia and MA in International Business and Management from Bradford School of Management (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA), University of Bradford UK (and EM Lyon Business School, France). 

Wanni has substantial experience in teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, curriculum development, industry-integrated course design and leading academic teams to high-quality teaching. He also has credible professional experience that revolves around business incubation and acceleration, venture start-ups, research and consultancies. 

Before joining UniSA Business, Wanni was a Lecturer (Entrepreneurship) at Thammasat Business School (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA), one of the two 'triple-crown' business schools in ASEAN. In addition, he also held a position of Lecturer (Entrepreneurship) and Lead: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Digital Transformation Cluster at RMIT University Australia (Vietnam Campus). He also served as Head of Innovative Business Management Department at International College, Chiang Mai Rajabhat University Thailand (in top 1,000 universities of 2021 Financial Times World University Ranking) where he conducted many transitions of academic curriculum and program development. 

Although Wanni is teaching-oriented, he is also active in research. He and the team have recently secured AUD 82,000 research fund granted by the National Innovation Agency (NIA) Thailand and has a recent reseach article published in Tourism Recreation Research Journal (Scopus Q1 and ABDC A-ranked). His research interests are Business Model and Business Model Innovation, Strategic Entrepreneurship in SMEs, Global Entrepreneurship and Tourism Entrepreneurship.

Currently, Wanni leads Entrepreneurship for Social and Market Impact as well as Creativity and Innovation at UniSA Business.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy Swinburne University of Technology

• Master of Arts University of Bradford

• Bachelor of Economics Chiang Mai University