Suk-Ki Kong

Research Fellow
 

Political Sociology

Suk-Ki Kong is Research Professor of Asia Center at Seoul National University (since 2009).

He is also Adjunct Professor of Graduate School of Public Policy and Civic Engagement at Kyung Hee University (since 2010). His major fields of research are political sociology, social movements, human rights, civil society and social economy.

 

Education

  • Seoul National University (B.A. in Sociology, 1993)
  • Seoul National University (M.A. in Sociology, 1997)
  • Harvard University (Ph. D. in Sociology, 2007)

Dissertation

  • Transnational Mobilization to Empower Local Activism: A Comparison of the Korean Human Rights and Environmental Movements (Advisor: Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University)

Publications (Books & Journal Articles Selected since 2010)

Books (in Korean)

  • 2023     Critical Reflections on Korean Civil Movements and the Urgent Challenges. Seoul: Zininzin (w/ SB Cheong & HC LIM)
  • 2023     COVID-19 in East Asia and Aftermath- Re-globalization, Democracy and Civil Society. Seoul: Zininzin. (w. HC LIM, HR LIM, & TK Kim)
  • 2020     Local Community Matters: Reclaiming Light Community in South Korea, Seoul:  Zininzin. (w/ HC Lim)
  • 2017     Bridging the Gap between Neighborhood and Citizenship, Seoul:  Zininzin, 2017; with H. Lim, in Korean),
  • 2016     Drawing the Landscape of Civil Society in South Korea: The Census on the Basic Characteristic of Civic Society Organizations, Seoul: Zininzin. (w/ H. Lim)
  • 2016     Seoul Civil Society Investigated by the HASK CAI (Civic Action Index), Jeonju: Hakyesa. (w/ C. Cho)
  • 2014     A Distorted Mirror of Globalization – Scoping Out Korean Alternatives, Paju: Nanam Publishing Co. (W/ H. Lim)
  • 2011     Global NGOs beyond ‘Wild Card’ in World Politics. Seoul: Nanam (with H. Lim)
  • 2010     Human Rights in East Asia, Seoul: SNU Press (with C. Chung & J. Koo)

Journal Articles

  • 2023     “Reclaiming Democratic Citizenship While Tackling Covid-19 in South Korea,” in Future Practices of Citizenship in Asia and the West, IIAS Leiden. (w/ Lim)
  • 2022     “Digital Globalization and the Attack of ‘Platform Capitalism’ on South Korea and its Implications for Africa,” Korean Social Science Journal, Vol. 49(2): 103-116.
  • 2020     “Civic Engagement in the Energy Transition since Fukushima and its Impact on Renewable Energy Policy Competition in South Korea,” Korea Observer Vol. 51(3): 463-483 (w/ HC Lim).
  • 2016     “Scoping Out the Capacity of Seoul-based Civil Society Organizations with Reference To Nested Political Opportunity Structure and Civic Action Index,” Theology and Society Vol. 30(2): 135-176. (in Korean)
  • 2015     “Challenges Facing Developing NGOs: A Critical Review of Bangladesh BRAC” International Area Studies Review Vol. 19(2): 23-46. (w/ Sohn, H) (in Korean)
  • 2014     “Food Meets Human Rights: Transnational Strategies of Korean Peasant Movements” Journal of International Development and Cooperation Review Vol. 6(2): 65-89.
  • 2014     “A Study of Korean Attitude towards Human Rights, 2005~2011” Society and    Theory Vol. 24: 401-445. (w/ Chung, Koo, & Yoo) (in Korean)
  • 2014     “Scoping Out a Korean Model of Social Enterprise in Korean Civil Society” Theology and Society Vol. 28(1): 77-106. (in Korean)
  • 2013     “Human Rights Movements” in Sociology of Human Rights, Paju: Dasan Publishing Co. (in Korean)
  • 2012     “Measuring National Human Rights: A Reflection on Korean Experiences,” Human Rights Quarterly. Vol. 34: 986-1020 (W/ Koo & Chung)
  • 2012     “Politics of Cosmopolitan Citizenship: The Korean Engagement in the Global Justice Movements,” Citizenship Studies. Vol. 16 (1): 69-84
  •  2012    “Threats or Leverage for Korean Civil Society in Contesting Globalization” in Markus Pohlmann/ Yang, Jonghoe/ Lee, Jong-Hee (eds.) Citizenship and Migration in Europe and Asia: The Flow of Migrants and the perception of Citizenship, Germany: Springer.
  • 2012     “Let’s Build A New World Order: Tripartite Dynamics of Inter-State System, World Capitalist Economy, and Global Civil Society,” Korean Journal of Sociology, Vol. 45(6): 1-19. (W/ H. Lim)
  • 2010     “Korean Social Movements and the World Social Forum.” The Korean Journal of International Studies 50(1): 341-372. (w/ H. Lim) (in Korean)