[1] A professor at Chulalongkorn University, she is the author of several books on corruption in Thailand.
Pasuk earned BA and MA degrees in economics at Monash University in Australia, and received her PhD at Cambridge University in England.
A critic of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, she was appointed an advisor to the military junta that overthrew his government, but declined the position.
[citation needed] Pasuk was the recipient of the 2017 Fukuoka Prize together with her spouse and collaborator, Chris Baker.
[2] The prize is awarded annually to those who have made outstanding contributions to academia, arts, and culture in Asia.