Mayor of Seoul Metropolitan Government

-Established numerous civic organizations such as The Beautiful Foundation, The Beautiful Store, and The Hope Institute

-Currently leads urban regeneration projects to transform Seoul into a sustainable city

Sangheon LEE is the Director of the Employment Policy Department (EMPLOYMENT) of the ILO which leads ILO’s action for promoting full and productive employment by developing integrated employment, development and skills policies. Before his current position, he was the Special Adviser to the Deputy Director-General for Policy on Economic and Social Issues (2014-18), providing advice on analytical work, policy development and advocacy across a range of economic, employment and social issues as well as coordinating ILO’s work at multilateral fora such as G20, G7, and BRICS. Mr. Lee has written extensively on economic, employment and labour issues, including articles in the International Labour Review and Socio-Economic Review, as well as editing volumes under the global research project of Regulating for Decent Work (Palgrave Macmillan) and other research projects. He is also one of the main authors of ILO flagship reports such as the Global Wage Report and the World Employment and Social Outlook. He co-authored Working Time around the World (2007 Routledge). Mr Lee holds a PhD in Economics from Cambridge University.

-Eminent researcher in the field of UK’s welfare state

-<Stigma>, a book about the social stigma around single moms, is called a classic in social  policy research

-Served as the editor of Journal of Social Policy, Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, etc.
-Exchange professor, Harvard Kennedy School of Social Policy 

-CIO(Chief Imagination Officer)&Founder of Root Impact,
 an organization that supports social entrepreneurs, as well as social purpose real estate development and investment

-CEO, HG Initiative

-Grandson of Hyundai Group founder Chung Juyung, and the only son of Hyundai Marine & Insurance Chairman Chung Mongyoon

-B.A., Korea University Business School
-Currently attends Columbia Business School 

Head, Seongdong District

-As the ‘Gentrification Doctor,’ Mr. Jung currently serves as the chairman of the Social Solidarity Economic Local Government Council (SSEGOV)

-Author of ,
-M.A. in Social Welfare, Graduate School of Public Policy, Hanyang University

Co-chair, Korea Center for City and Environment Research / Emeritus Professor, Geography Education, Daegu University

Professor, Graduate School of Science, Technology and Policy at KAIST / Director, Center for Anthropocene Studies

Director, Karl Polanyi Institute Asia

German Ambassador, Korea 

Director, the Institute for Green Transformation / Professor, College of Social Sciences, Hanshin University 

Co-leader, Green Party Korea /  Attorney

Director, Environment and Society Research Institute
 

Professor, Environmental Engineering, Kyungsung University

President, The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs 

Researcher, The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs