The document provides tips for finding a research topic, including looking at keywords from favorite subjects and everyday life, reading academic papers and news, and focusing on important topics in economics. It suggests avoiding trendy but unimportant topics and government policies. The document also recommends standing on the shoulders of previous theses and papers, and searching databases like Scopus and the Thai Journal Citation Index for sample topics and papers. It emphasizes talking to others and potential advisors, and just getting started once a topic is chosen.

1. Finding a research
topics
Pairach Piboonrungroj, PhD
Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University
me@pairach.com

2. Where to start
u Looking for the main “keywords”
uYour favorite subjects
uYour everyday life
uReading papers
uReading news or magazine

3. How to find the right topic
u There is no such thing as “The right topic” in the
sense of trendy.
u Avoid hot issue but not fundamentally not
important
u Also apply to government policy
u Buzz word
u Focus on the “Important topic” in economics
or/and economy.

4. Standing on the Shoulder of Giants

5. Looking for the SAMPLE
u Previous IS / Thesis (should be in the
last 3 years)
u Current academic paper in
uTCI (tier1) journals or
ueven better in Scopus / ISI database
(ScienceDirect)

6. Scopus
u www.sciencedirect.com/

7. TCI (Thai Journal Citation Index Centre)
u http://www.kmutt.ac.th/jif/public_html/index.html

8. Thinking out loud

9. Thinking out loud
u Talk to classmates
u Talk to your family
u Talk to yourself
u Talk to potential supervisors/advisors

10. Finally, Just do it !