Education

1990.10.01.-1996.08.31.             Ph.D. in Political Science, The University of Chicago

1985.03.01.-1987.02.26.             MA in Political Science, Seoul National University

1981.03.01.-1985.02.26.             BA in Political Science, Seoul National University

Service for Seoul National University Administration

2018.03.22.-Present                  Director, Institute for Peace and Unification Studies

2015.08.01.-2017.03.23.             Director, SNU Newspaper

2012.03.26.-2014.03.25.             Associate Dean, College of Social Sciences

2009.08.01.-2010.07.31.             Director, Center for Teaching and Learning

2008.08.01.-2010.07.25.             Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, SNU

2005.03.07.-2006.03.31.             Chair, Dept. of Political Science, College of Social Sciences 2001.07.16.-2003.03.06.Chair, Dept. of Political Science, College of Social Sciences

Research Interests

Comparative Politics (Democratization and Reform, Russian Politics, Comparative Post-communist Transitions, Changes in North Korea)

Selected Publications

“Labor Militancy and Working Class Consciousness in Communist Societies: A Comparison of Socio-political and Organizational Factors in the Soviet Union and Poland,” Russian Studies, vol. 29, no, 2 (2019).

“North Korea’s Political System and Its Probable Paths of Transition: A Comparative Perspective.” Paper presented at the panel entitled “Korean Peninsula on the Move,” The 11th International Convention of Asia Scholars, Leiden, the Netherlands, July 17, 2019.

Unification Perception Survey 2018 (Co-authored in Korean; 2019).

Social Changes in North Korea 2018 (Co-authored in Korean; 2019).

Anatomy of Contemporary Russia (Co-authored in Korean; 2014).

“Labor Strikes in Communist Society: A Comparison of the Soviet Union and Poland,” Russian Studies, vol. 28, no, 1 (2018).