2006
Ph.D. Social Policy (Urban
and Housing Studies)
London School of Economics and Political
Science
Thesis title:
Transforming urban neighbourhoods: Limits of developer-led partnership and benefit-sharing
in residential redevelopment, with reference to Seoul and Beijing (Pass with no
amendment)
2000
MSc City Design and Social Science
London School of Economics and Political
Science
1994
BSc Engineering
Seoul National
University, Republic of Korea
Jun. 2007 – Present
Postdoctoral
Research Fellow
White Rose
East Asia Centre, Department of East Asian Studies, University
of Leeds
Dec. 2006 – Mar. 2007
Deputy General Manager
(Chief of Urban Planning Team)
Division of Housing, Hyundai
Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.
Mar. 1994 – Aug. 1999
Senior Engineer (Project Management), Engineer (Mechanical
Engineering)
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.
Nov. 2006 - Present
CASE Associate, Centre for
Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics, London
Mar. 2007 - Present
Senior Research Associate & UK Network Coordinator, The Hope Institute, a people-oriented, civil society-based
think-tank in South Korea
Nov. 2006 - Oct.
2007
Visiting
Research Fellow, Asia Research
Centre, London School of Economics, London
Jul. 2002 - Sep. 2003
Visiting Research Fellow, Social Policy Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,
Beijing
2003 - 2004
Social Policy Research Studentship, London School of
Economics
2002 - 2003
Central Research Fund, University of London
2000 - 2002
Research Studentship, London School of
Economics
1999 - 2000
British Chevening Scholarship, British Council
Lecture, Oct. 2007 – Present
Lectures in the following
team-taught modules in the Department of East Asian Studies, University of
Leeds:
Principles and
Practice of Research I
Critical
Approaches to East Asian Studies
China since 1979
Teaching assistance, Oct. 2004 –
June 2005
Designed and taught two classes at
the London School of Economics
Foundations
of Social Policy
Assessed essay marker in MSc International Housing and Social Change,
London School of Economics
Dissertation supervision, Jan. –
Sep. 2004
Supervised postgraduate
dissertation in MSc Housing and
Regeneration, London School of Economics
IT training advice, Oct. 2001 –
Jun. 2003
Provided in-class advice for
student training programmes in IT Training Department, IT Services, LSE
LSE WebCT Course Designer, Mar.
2003 – Nov. 2006
Designed a number of Web-based
class teaching courses, working with course convenors
Jun. 2007 - Present
Co-editor of the National Institute of Chinese Studies
Newsletter, White Rose East Asia Centre, University of Leeds & University
of Sheffield
Oct. 2001 - Nov. 2006
IT Student Help Desk Advisor, IT
Services, LSE
Sep. 2004 - Dec. 2004
Overseas Correspondent, International Social Policy
Research Project, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs
July 2001 - Sep. 2001
Intern (Research & Campaign), East Asia Team,
International Secretariat of Amnesty International
2007 - 2008
Staff and Departmental Development Unit, University of
Leeds
- Course Design, Evaluation and Review
- Planning and Managing Research Projects
- Workshop: ESRC Grant Writing Support Scheme
- Tools for e-learning: Introduction to blogs and RSS
feeds
- Introduction to Counselling Skills
- Personal effectiveness: Dealing with difficult people
2004
- 2005
Centre
for Learning and Teaching, London School of Economics
-
Graduate Teaching Assistant training: an Introduction to Teaching and
Learning in
Higher Education
2002
Methodology
Institute, London School of Economics
-
Workshop: Spatial Analysis using GIS
LANGUAGE
English (fluent)
Chinese (advanced level: Level 5 Certificate
from LSE)
Korean (mother tongue)
MEMBERSHIP
European Network for Housing
Research
Asia
Pacific Network for Housing Research
East
Asia Social Policy research network (Executive Committee)
British
Association for Chinese Studies
British
Association for Korean Studies