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2022 - present Director, Centre for Asian-African Studies, Seoul National University Asia Center, Seoul National University, Korea
2021 - 2022 Consultant, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Switzerland
2021 - present Member of the Committee for International Development Cooperation (CIDC), Prime Minister's Office, Korea
2021-2022 Director of Planning, Korea Academic Council on the United Nations System (KACUNS), Korea
2021-2023 Associate Dean for Public Affairs & Communications, Office of Planning and Coordination, Seoul National University, Korea
2020 - 2022 Board Member of the National Committee on Sustainable Development, Prime Minister's Office, Korea
2020 - 2021 Board Member of the Policy Committee, Ministry of Justice, Korea
2020 - present Chairman of the Diplomacy and Unification Committee, Anmin Institute for Public Policy, Korea
2020 - 2022 Board Member of the Sustainable Development Committee, the City of Seoul, Korea
2020 - present Executive Committee Member of the Raphael International, Korea
2020 - 2023 Executive Committee Member of the Korea Institute Center for Sustainable Development, Korea
2020 - 2022 Adjunct Researcher & Steering Committee Member of Institute for Sustainable Development, Seoul National University
2019 - present Advisor of the Avisory Committee on Child Welfare Research, Child Fund Korea
2019 - present Editor-in-Chief for Asian Journal of Peacebuilding
2019 - 2021 Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, GSIS, Seoul National University
2019 - 2021 Deputy Head of Peace and Cooperation, Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University
2019 - 2020 Editor-in-Chief, International Development Cooperation Review, Korea
2018 - 2022 Non-Resident Executive Director, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Korea
2018 - 2019 Executive Secretary, Korean Association of Human Rights Studies, Korea
2018 - 2020 Member of Policy Planning Committee, Korea NGO Council for Overseas Development Cooperation (KCOC), Korea
2018 - 2019 Associate Dean for Student Affairs, GSIS, Seoul National University
2018 Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
2017 - 2018 Fulbright Wilson Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, USA.
2017 Resource Person, United Nations Office for Sustainable Development (UNOSD), Korea
2017 Executive Secretary, Korean Association of International Studies (KAIS), Korea
2016 - present Editorial Board, Journal of Poverty Alleviation and International Development
2016 - 2017 Associate Dean for International Affairs, GSIS, Seoul National University
2016 Visiting Professor, DAAD Global South Project, University of Tuebingen, Germany
2016 Invited Professor, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE) - Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Japan
2015 - 2020 Collaborating Researcher, JSPS Core-to-Core Program, Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Japan
2015 - 2017 Standing Director for External Affairs, Seoul National University Faculty Council
2015 - 2016 Research Fellow, DAAD Global South Project, University of Tuebingen, Germany
2015 - present Distribution Committee Member, Babonanum & One-Body One-Spirit, Korea
2015 Panelist, UN Human Rights Council & Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Geneva
2015 - 2016 Consultant, UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, Bangkok
2015 - 2016 Director, Yulchon-GSIS Center for Emerging Economies, Seoul National University
2015 - present Adjunct Researcher, Asia Development Institute, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University
2014 Partner Researcher, Africa's Asian Options (AFRASO), Goethe Universitat, Germany
2014 - 2016 Expert Member, ODA Research, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Korea
2014 - 2015 Editorial Board, Korean Association of International Studies (KAIS)
2014 - present Research Fellow, Seoul National University American Studies Institute, Korea
2013 - present Research Fellow, Civil Society Program, Seoul National University Asia Center
2013 - 2017 Chairperson of International Affairs, Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice (CCEJ), Korea
2013 - 2016 Executive Secretary, Korea Association for International and Development Cooperation (KAIDEC), Korea
2012 - 2018 Policy Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Korea
2012 - 2022 Collaborating Researcher of the Social Science Korea (SSK) on "Inclusive Global Partnership for Development"
2012 - 2014 Committee Member, External Liaison Committee & Research Committee, Korean Sociological Association (KSA), Korea
2010 - 2014 Collaborating Researcher of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Switzerland
2012 Board Member of RC18 (Asian and Pacific Studies), International Political Science Association (IPSA)
2011 - 2012 Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Ewha Womans University, Korea
2009 Visiting Professor, GEMASS & University of Paris IV (Sorbonne), France
2008 - 2011 Assistant Professor, Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University, Japan
2006 - 2008 Doctoral Fellow, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA
D.Phil. in Social Policy and Intervention (Social Development), University of Oxford, UK
Ph.D. in International Relations (International Development), The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA
M.Phil. in Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, UK
M.A. in International Cooperation, Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University
B.A. in Sociology, Seoul National University (with honors)
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Works in Progress:
International Development
Peace Studies
Global Governance
International Political Sociology
Global Justice
South-South and Triangular Cooperation
Sustainable Development and Sustaining Peace
Global South Studies
Global Social Governance
Understanding International Development Cooperation
Understanding International Human Rights and Refugee Issues
Understanding International Cooperation
Social and Political Thoughts on International Development
Letter of Appreciation for the Excellent Contribution to the Global Korea Forum, by the National Research Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences, January 2021
Letter of Appreciation for the Excellent Chairmanship of the Independent Evaluation Panel, by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), July 2020
『한국 비판국제개발론: 국제開發의 發展적 성찰』 (Critical International Development Studies on Korea) selected as the 2020 Excellent Books of Basic Sciences, by the National Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Education (대한민국 학술원 우수학술도서)
『대항적 공존: 글로벌 책무성의 아시아적 재생산』 (Oppositional Coexistence: The Asiatic Reproduction of Global Accountability) selected as the 2019 Excellent Books of Basic Sciences, by the National Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Education (대한민국 학술원 우수학술도서)
GSIS Book Publication Award for Spring 2019
National Research Foundation (NRF) fund for the research monography publication, NRF 2018-2020
GSIS Best Teaching Award for Spring 2017
Fulbright Mid-Career Research Fellowship, 2017-2018
National Research Foundation (NRF) fund for best papers, NRF 2011
National Research Foundation (NRF) fund for young scholars, NRF 2012
JSPS Research Fellowship, 2008-2010
SAIS USKI Fellowship, 2006-2008
Fulbright Scholarship, 2004-2006
Stahl Fund from St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, 2003
John Swire Centennial Fellowship, 2000-2004
The Best Graduation Student of the Year Award, Seoul National University, 1998
The Sangbaek Prize (Top GPA Graduation Student), Dept of Sociology, Seoul National University, 1998