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About Chanphirun SAM

He is currently Deputy Director and Associate Professor at Phnom Penh Teacher Education College and has been appointed by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport as an education specialist in educational policy and planning. In his current role, he has extensive experience in teacher education and development, particularly in curriculum development, teacher capacity building, and institutional development. Dr. Sam has published widely in local and international journals and serves as Editor-in-Chief of an academic journal in Cambodia, as well as a reviewer for several scholarly publications. His research focuses on teacher professional identity, alongside broader interests in educational policy and planning, basic and higher education, digital education, and institutional governance.

Dr. Chanphirun Sam holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP), a Master’s degree from Hiroshima University, Japan, and a PhD from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He was also an international research fellow at Griffith University, Australia. His academic background reflects a strong foundation in education, shaped by diverse international study and research experiences.

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1. PhD from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2. Master’s degree from Hiroshima University, Japan.
3. Bachelor’s degree from the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP)

Selected Publications

  1. Moeurn, C., Sam, C., & Mok, S. (2024). The Challenges of the First-Year Student in Higher Education Institutions in Cambodia. Social Science and Humanities Journal (SSHJ), 8(12), 6069-6101.
  2. Casey, L., Sam, C., Seng, S., Pov, P., & Bo, C. (2024). The Challenge of Enhancing Teacher Professional Identity and Capability in Cambodian Schools. Schools, 21(2), 348-367.
  3. Norng, S., Phon, N., Hok, P., & Sam, C. (2023). Challenges and Opportunities of University-Industry Linkages in the Research Field: A Collaboration between a Higher Education Institution and Commercial Banks. AIB Research Series, 3.
  4. Norng, S., & Sam, C. (2022). Promoting research productivity at Cambodian Higher Education Institutions from a leadership perspective: The case study of ACLEDA. AIB Research Series, 2, 1-17.
  5. Un, L., Saphon, S., Heng, K., Sam, C., Lars, B., Svay, S., & Taing, K. (2020). How social policies in education shape K-12 teacher development in the post-conflict context. Phnom Penh: Royal University of Phnom Penh.
  6. Blankesteijn, M., van der Sijde, P., & Sam, C. (2019). Entrepreneurial Universities and Knowledge Circulation: Challenges to University-Industry Interaction. In N. Caseiro & D. Santos (Eds.), Smart Specialization Strategies and the Role of Entrepreneurial Universities (pp. 81-98). IGI Global Scientific Publishing.
  7. Blankesteijn, M., Sam, C., van der Sijde, P. (2019). Understanding the Governance of the Engaged and Entrepreneurial University in the Twenty-First Century: Towards a New Research and Policy Agenda. In: Kliewe, T., Kesting, T., Plewa, C., Baaken, T. (eds) Developing Engaged and Entrepreneurial Universities. Springer, Singapore.
  8. Sam, C. (2017). Higher education in transition: An institutional governance perspective. Journal of Enterprising Community: People and Places in the Global Economy.
  9. Williams, J., Kitamura, Y., Brehm, W. Sam, C., and Shibata, R. (2016). Considering Indicators of Internationalization of Higher Education in the Asia Pacific. UNESCO Bangkok working paper. Bangkok: UNESCO.
  10. Sam, C. (2016). Higher Education in Transition: Stakeholder Involvement and Challenges for Academic Institutions in Cambodia. Amsterdam: Vrije Universiteit.
  11. Sam, C., & Dahles, H. (2015). Stakeholder involvement in the higher education sector in Cambodia. Studies in Higher Education, 1-21.
  12. Sam, C. (2015). Transforming higher education institutions into entrepreneurial universities. In S. Khieng, S. Madhur & R. Chhem (Eds.), Cambodia education 2015: Employment and empowerment (pp. 66-75). Phnom Penh: Cambodia Development Research Institute.
  13. Sam, C., & van der Sijde, P. (2014). Understanding the concept of the entrepreneurial university from the perspective of higher education models. Higher Education, 68(6), 891-908.
  14. No, F., Sam, C., & Hirakawa, Y. (2012). Revisiting primary school dropout in rural Cambodia. Asia Pacific Education Review, 13(4), 573-581.