San Pisith is a Buddhist Monk and a Junior Research Fellow at Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance. He has joined the Cosmolocalism project since September 2019 to pursue a Ph.D. at TalTech, Estonia. His Ph.D. thesis focuses on Buddhist Economics and Governance: Theravada Perspectives on Commons-Based Peer Production, Policy without Indicators, and Happiness and Public Purpose.

He received his BA from International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University, Myanmar, in 2016, and his MA from International Buddhist College, Thailand (Thesis passed with distinction), in 2018. He worked for Buddhism for Development (BFD) organization as a Social Community Worker who assisted the program officer in developing plan, monitoring the human rights program and helped the program officer oversee and report program activities on the matter relating to the development and management of the BFD strategic program. He was also a Lecturer at Preah Sihanouk Raja Buddhist University, Battambang campus. He has published and edited:

1. Cambodian Buddhists’ Response to the French Protectorate

2. The Contribution of King Asoka to Buddhism

3. The Buddha’s View on the Influence of Friendship

4. Cambodian Buddhism Deals with Social Media

5. Buddhist Monastic Rainy Retreat Tradition: The Beginning of the Reform of the Buddhist Governance and Management System

6. Reflection on Natural Resources and Economic Growth through Buddhist Values

7. An Interview on Economics and the Path to Good Economics

8. An Interview on Le bouddhisme et le chemin vers une bonne économie,