Rate My Professor Htwe Htwe Thein

Thein's interdisciplinary research centers on responsible business, corporate social responsibility, human rights, and multinational enterprises in developing countries, with nearly 20 years of expertise on Myanmar's business and economic development. Her projects explore dilemmas faced by firms in sanctioned regimes and conflict zones, governance in global production networks like Myanmar's garment industry, foreign direct investment amid political transitions, and organizational legitimacy. She co-led an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant on employment relations and CSR in Myanmar's garment manufacturing. Notable publications include 'Should we stay or should we exit? Dilemmas faced by multinationals under sanctioned regimes' (2024), 'Brokering Political Corporate Social Responsibility: Production Network Intervention Programmes in Post-Reform Myanmar's Garment Industry' (2024), and 'A thematic analysis of the links between multinational enterprises’ corporate social responsibility and the Sustainable Development Goals in Myanmar' (2024), amassing over 1,050 citations. Her work has shaped policy, including Australia's post-2021 Myanmar sanctions, advice to the Thai Parliament, Danish government and businesses, and TotalEnergies' Myanmar exit. With over 400 media engagements reaching 3.67 million people, she received the Research Engagement and Impact Award, was a finalist for Best Paper in Corporate Social Responsibility, and earned commendations in Curtin University research awards.