Cultural Heritage Specialist
, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
Profile / Bio:
Montira Horayangura Unakul is a culture program officer at UNESCO Bangkok. She has managed various UNESCO programs within the Asia-Pacific region related to the safeguarding and sustainable development of cultural heritage, with a focus on world heritage. She has developed capacity-building programs, such as reviving traditional knowledge for conserving built heritage, sustainable heritage tourism, and collections management.
She has a BA in economics and East Asian studies from Harvard University, MCP and MArch from the University of California, Berkeley in Architecture and in City Planning, and a PhD in urban planning from Chulalongkorn University.