Faculty
Director
SooJin PARK
Principal Investigator for HK+ Mega-Asia Research Project Group
Department of Geography
Research Interests: Soil geography, natural disaster, environmental problem, East Asia
Email: catena@snu.ac.kr
Deputy Director
Beomshik SHIN
Director of Center for Eurasian & Central Asian Studies
Department of Political Science & Int’l Relations
Research Interests: Russian studies, Russian politics, diplomatic policy
Email: sbsrus@snu.ac.kr
Suhong CHAE
Director of Southeast Asia Center
Department of Anthropology
Research Interests: Vietnam, Multinational corporations, Industrial relations
Email: chae4811@snu.ac.kr
Baek Yung KIM
Director of Northeast Asia Center
Department of Sociology
Research Interests: Urban sociology, Historical sociology, Cultural sociology
Email: kimby88@snu.ac.kr
Joon KIM
Director of Future Earth Program
Department of Landscape Architecture and Rural Systems Engineering
Research Interests: Agro-meteorology, complex systems, sustainability
Email: joon@snu.ac.kr
Inhoe Ku
Director of Program on Quality of Life
Department of Social Welfare
Research Interests: Poverty and inequality, Social policy
Email: inhoeku@snu.ac.kr
Oh Young KWON
Director of Exchange and Cooperation in the Asian World Program
Department of Korean History
Research Interests: Maritime exchange in East Asia, Comparative research in ancient states in East Asia
Email: koy1108@snu.ac.kr
Hyun-Chin LIM
Founding Director
Director of Civil Society & NGOs Program
SNU Emeritus Professor, Department of Sociology
Research Interests: Theory of social development, Comparative sociology, Political sociology
Email: hclim@snu.ac.kr
Baegyoon PARK
Head of Department of Int’l Relations
Director of Center for Asian Urban Societies
Department of Geography Education
Research Interests: Politics of regional development, Spatiality of the state, Developmental urbanization in East Asia
Email: geopbg@snu.ac.kr
Jaeyeol YEE
Head of Department of Research & Development
Director of KOSSDA
Department of Sociology
Research Interests: Social organization, Network analysis, Disaster and risk
Email: jyyee@snu.ac.kr
Jae Ho CHUNG
Director of Program on US-China Relations
Department of Political Science & Int’l Relations
Research Interests: US-China Relations, East Asian security
Email: cjhir@snu.ac.kr
Sung Yong KANG
Director of Center for South Asian Studies
Institute of Humanities
Research Interests: Indian philosophy. Indian religion
Email: citerphil@snu.ac.kr
Jae-Young KIM
Director of Vietnam Center
Department of Economics
Research Interests: Vietnamese economy
Email: jykim017@snu.ac.kr
Kilkon KO
Director of Asia Regional Information Center
Graduate School of Public Administration
Research Interests: Policy analysis, Policy evaluation, Data analytics, Comparative studies
Email: kilkon@snu.ac.kr
Huck-ju KWON
Director of International Development Cooperation Research Center
Department of Public Administration
Research Interests: Policy studies, International development cooperation policy
Email: hkwon4@snu.ac.kr
Haeran LIM
Director of Asian Developmental Model Program
Department of Political Science and Int’l Relations
Research Interests: Comparative politics, Political economy of East Asia
Email: hrlim@snu.ac.kr
Myung-Seok OH
Editor in Chief of Asia Review
Department of Anthropology
Research Interests: Economic anthropology, historical anthropology, Southeast Asian studies
Email: mysoh@snu.ac.kr
Joo Yong PARK
Head of Department of Human Resources Development
Department of Psychology
Research Interests: Cognitive psychology
Email: jooypark@snu.ac.kr