- Ph.D. in Anthropology, The Australian National University, Canberra, February 2006
- M.A. in Sociology, Thammasat University, Bangkok, 1998
- B.Sc. in Sociology and Anthropology, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 1994
- Social and Cultural Theories
- Thinking and Practicing in Sociological and Anthropological Research
- Practice in Everyday Life
- Society and Culture of the North and its Neighbors in Mekong Region
- Social Research Methodology
- Cultural Studies
- Visual Anthropology
- Wasan Panyagaew. (2017-2018). Socio-economic profile of Thai mahouts in Thai tourism industry. World Anima Protection.
- Wasan Panyagaew. (2016- 2017). Lue Diaspora in Mainland Southeast Asia and the Returns from North America (10 May 2016 - May 2017) funded by International College, Chiang Mai University.
- Wasan Panyagaew. (2019). “Modern Nomadism among Thai Mahouts: a social consequence of human - elephant relations evolution in Thailand’s tourism industry”. Paper presented in, Political Ecology in ASIA 2019. Chulalongkorn University. Bangkok.
- Wasan Panyagaew. (2018). “The Two Khruba Lue: Buddhist Place Makers of the Upper Mekong”. Journal of Siam Society. Vol. 106. 2018.
- Wasan Panyagaew. (2017). “Tai Studies in the Borderlands of the Upper Mekong: A New Look at Old Lan Na Culture Area”. Indian Journal of Tai Studies. Vol. 17 Issue. 1. 2017: 131-151.
- Wasan Panyagaew. (2016). “The Lue Diaspora: Overland and Oversea Journeys, a Preliminary Debate”. Paper presented in Chongqing University and Chiang Mai University Joint Symposium on "Regionalization of Development: The Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion in Southwest China and Southeast Asia" 2-3 July 2016, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, pp. 124-133.
- Wasan Panyagaew. (2015). “Song as Resource for Cultural Translation: The Formation of Tai Popular Music in the Borderlands of the Upper Mekong”. Paper presented in the international workshop on ethnic music as a cultural resource, Kanazawa University, Japan, March 2015, pp. 13-33.