-Thai Studies – both as area studies and a specific field of study
-Tai Studies – both as area studies and a specific field of topics, such as Linguistic, Literature, Ethnography, Anthropology, Sociology, Health Science;
-Buddhist Studies and Thai Buddhism – for Buddhist studies the research should be done in the Thai -region and help to understand Tai-Thai Buddhism;
-Trends and critical theory on a subject in the Tai – Thai region; and ASEAN regional and comparative research, of which Thailand is a major subject of the research or that aims for an understanding of Tai- Thai.