Former First Lady of Costa Rica​

Mayor, Gwangmyeong City​

Mayor, Seoul Eunpyeong-gu 

Managing Director, GangWon Social Economy Center​

Director General, Chantier de l’économie sociale​​

Current position
(August 2022~Present) Chairman, Korea Public Agency for Social Service
(September 2007~Present) Professor, Department of Social Welfare Interdisciplinary Program of Social Economy, Ewha Womans University
 
​Education
Ph.D. University of Southern California School of Social Work Dissertation
M.S.W. Ewha Womans University, Graduate School of Social Welfare
B.S.W. Department of Social Work, Ewha Womans University 
 
Dr. Sang Mi Cho is Professor at the Department of Social Welfare/Social Economy at Ewha Womans University, where she teaches Understanding Social Economy, Cultural Diversity, Understanding Social Enterprise and Corporate Social Responsibility, and Leadership & Management in Human Service Organizations. Prior to joining Ewha Womans University, Dr. Cho was an Assistant Professor at the College of Social Work, University of Tennessee. Dr. Cho also has experience working as a social worker and volunteer coordinator for the Samsung Global Assistance Program.


Dr. Cho received her B.S.W. and M.S.W. from Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea and her Ph.D. from the University of Southern California in the U.S.A. Her doctoral dissertation, entitled “The Effects of Diversity on Organizational Behavior in a Perceived Homogenous Society: The Case Study for Korea,” was awarded the Outstanding Social Work Dissertation Award from the Society for Social Work and Research.  


Her areas of research include social enterprise, social economy, corporate social responsibility, industrial & multicultural social work with a focus on workforce diversity and inclusion, social enterprise & corporate social responsibility and organizational effectiveness. Dr. Cho’s work has resulted in many publications and numerous presentations at national and international conferences on topics related to multicultural education and programs, social enterprise and organizational effectiveness. Dr. Cho also served as a board member of multinational corporations such as Shinhan, SK, and Hanhwa, as well as a consultant to a variety of profit and nonprofit organizations for ESG management, diversity management, strategic management and organizational change.

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Education

Ph.D. in Economics (Korea University), Industrial Organization, August 2000.

Dissertation: A Study on the Efficiency of Internal Transactions in Koreas Top-five Chaebols

Major Career

2018. 1 ~ 2019. 2  President, Economic Development Association

2019.12~ 2021.11  Member of the Presidential Committee on Balanced National Development

2019. 3 ~ Present  Director, Center for University Social Responsibility, Gyeongsang National University

2020. 6 ~ 2022. 6  Member of the National Economic Advisory Council under the direct control of the President

2020. 6 ~ Present  Member of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) National Empathy Committee

2021. 2 ~ 2022. 6  Chairman of Gyeongsangnam-do Provincial Advisory Committee

Papers & Proceedings (Korean)

(2012) "Investment among affiliates and insider transactions: Focusing on the case of the Samsung Chaebol", Economic Development Study, 18(1). 199-224

(2012) "Amendment to the Retirement Benefit Security Act and Introduced Industrial Pension Plan", Socio Economic Review, No. 39. 107-135

(2013) "Conversion of SK chaebol to the holding company system and its problems", Eurasia Study, 10(1). 263-289

(2014) "Changes in Governance of the Samsung Chaebol and the Age of Jae-Yong Lee", Socio Economic Review, No. 44. 177-220

(2016) "Prospects for Chaebol reform as a starting point for economic democratization", Trends and Prospects, No. 98. 9-45

(2016) "Changes and Suggestive Ways to Chaebol Reform since Financial Crisis of 1998 in Korea". Memories and Prospects, 34(1): 103-148

(2016) "Towards a economy exchanging social solidarity? : A critical survey on Civil Economy: Efficiency, Equity, Public Happiness", Socio Economic Review, 29(2). 227-262

(2018) "For the Reforms and Progress in Researches on Korean Economy”, Socio Economic Review, 31(1). 1-23

(2020) "Social Economy Revitalization and Social Economy Education: Focusing on Gyeongnam and Expected Cases", Womens Economic Research, 16(4). 63-86

(2020) "Social Economy Ecosystem Analysis: Focusing on Cases of Gyeongnam", Industrial Economy Research, 33(1).11-32(co-author)

(2021) "Diversity of local management organizations that commercialize local needs: in terms of social economy revitalization", Womens Economic Research, 18(3) pp.73~102

(2021) "The Influence of Social Economy Network on the Performance of Social Economy Organizations: Focusing on Gyeongsangnamdo", Civil Society and NGOs, 19(2), pp.49~87(co-author)

Publications (Korean)

(2008) Realities and Searching for Alternatives in Reforms of Korean Chaebols, Humanitas, Seoul, 2008.4

(2008) Korean society, addresses some questions on Samsung Chaebol, Humanitas, Seoul, 2008. 5 (Co-Authored)

(2013) Economics of Socio-Economic Democracy: Theory and Experience, Dolpilgae (co-author)

(2014) Samsung in Crisis and Choice of Korean Society, Humanitas (co-author)

(2016) Democracy and Capitalism in Korea: Discord and Coexistence, Dol pillow (co-author)

(2018) Corresponding Plan for Establishment of University Social Responsibility Center and Specialized Education, Gyeongnam University of Science and Technology Publishing Department (February 28)

(2018) Measures for Linking Specialized Education and Lifelong Learning: Establishment of the Department of Cooperative

             Social Innovation, Gyeongnam University of Science and Technology Publishing Department (February 28)

(2018) The Development Trajectory and Path of Korean Capitalism, Haenam (6.1) (co-author)
(2019) Tasks and Prospects of Social Movement after Candlelight, Seonin, (6.10) (co-author)​

(March 2022~present) Policy Director, Korea Federation of Environmental Movement(KFEM-FoE Korea)

(​June 2016~present)​ Secretary General, Korea SDGs Network

(​January 2019~present)​ Focal Point of East Asia Sub-region, AP-RCEM with Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development(APFSD) by UNESCAP, Member of Regional Coordinating Committee, AP-RCEM

(​March 2014~February 2022) Executive Director, The Korea Center for Sustainable Development(KCSD)

(​April 2021~June 2021) Executive Director of the Korea CSOs Network to the P4G Summit 2021

(​May 2018~December 2019) Representative, K-SDGs NGO Group

(​May 2014 September 2017) Member, the Steering Committee, the Local Sustainability Alliance of Korea(LSAK)

(​November 2012~October 2013) Coordinator in Partnership with Civil Society, the Organizing Committee of EcoMobility Festival Suwon 2013

(​January 2008~January 2009) Executive Director, Mongolia Office of the Green Asia Network(GAN)
(February 2002~December 2007) Senior Coordinator of Climate Change & International Cooperation, the Local Sustainability Alliance of Korea(LSAK)

Jinseok Seo is acting as a director at B Lab Korea, which is the nonprofit network transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet.
Also. he has been working at SK telecom since 2005 on CSR and is currently working as an expert adviser for Innosocial Lab. Running the blog Beyond CSR, he has written books such as Activism Companies, Next CSR, Patagonia, and Beyond Good Companies.
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Director, Salim Health Welfare Social Cooperative​

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Sangwon Lee (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies and an Affiliate Faculty member of the Data Science and Applications Center at New Mexico State University. His research examines the impact of digital media on democratic processes. In particular, he focuses on how social media use changes the ways in which people learn about, engage with, and form opinions on political and social issues. His research has appeared in Communication Research, Human Communication Research, New Media & Society, Mass Communication and Society, and Political Behavior among others. ​

​Education

1982.3~1986.2 Seoul National University, S. Korea, BA in Law

1998.1~1999.12 University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Journalism, MA

2000.1~2002.5 University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Journalism, Ph.D.

Work Experience

1990.12~2005.6 Reporter, Chosun Ilbo daily

2002.9~2005.6 Director, Media Research Center, Chosun Ilbo daily
2005.9~현재 Professor, Korea University

​Jung-Kun Pae is a professor of Journalism at Sookmyung Women’s University, Korea. 
He received his Ph.D. in journalism from Korea University after a long career as a journalist with The Hankook Daily News and The Korea Times in Seoul.
 
His background helped him to serve as a key liaison in collaborating work between the media industry and journalism academia in Korea, 
and he is now chair of a special committee for journalism trust in the Korean Society for Journalism & Communication Studies (KSJCS), the oldest 
and largest academic organization in communication studies in Korea.
 
He was recently commissioned by the Journalists Association of Korea and the Korea Internet Newspaper Association to enact a new press ethics charter, 
and he served as a chair of the Journalist Award Jury Committee of the Journalists Association of Korea.
 
His research focuses on journalism practices and commercial influences on journalism. He was awarded the award for best research paper from the Korean Society 
for Journalism & Communication Studies in 2015 for the article “Experiencing the Traumatic Event of Sewol Ferry for Journalists”(Korean Journal of Journalism and Communication Studies, 2014, in Korean).​

Professor, Seoul National University​