Dr Pattanapong Tiwasing (Patt or Oak) is a Research Fellow with expertise in quantitative research methods. He is a bilingual academic in Thai and English, with considerable experience in data analysis using statistical analysis and econometric models related to both cross-sectional and panel data. Pattanapong holds a PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics from Newcastle University in 2016. His thesis focused on the relationship between micronutrient intake and labour productivity of rice-farming households and key determinants of food security in Thailand. After gaining his PhD, Pattanapong worked as a Research Associate in Rural Enterprise at the Centre for Rural Economy (CRE), Newcastle University. Pattanapong has developed his research agenda reated to Rural Development Economics, Small Business Economics, Digital Economy, and the Economics of Innovation which allows him to work with several academic and government agencies such as DEFRA and BEIS.

As well as the focus on rural SMEs, Pattanapong is also interested in the link between Health, Nutrition and Labour productivity, Food and Nutrition Security, Agricultural Economics, Food and Agricultural Marketing, Agriculture and Sustainability, and other Applied Economics. 

Pattanapong used to work as a lecturer at Chandrakasem Rajabhat University in Bangkok, Thailand, teaching Agricultural Marketing and Agro-Industrial Management. He was also a researcher at the Thai Health Promotion Foundation linked to the Ministry of Public Health, Thailand.

Research funding:

• 2019-2020: (Co-Investigator) "Counter-urbanisation and Entrepreneurial Emergence in Rural Areas" funded by DEFRA,
• 2019: (Co-Investigator) "Spatial disparities in SME productivity in England", Small grant for the analysis of the Longitudinal Small Business Survey funded by Enterprise Research Centre (ERC)/ BEIS,
• 2018: "UK Industrial Strategy: Progressing Rural Contributions" funded by ESRC Productivity Insights Network (PIN),
• 2018: (Principle Investigator) "Spatial disparities in SME productivity for business services" funded by ESRC Productivity Insights Network for Early Career Researchers.