Sunhyuk Kim is a Professor in the Department of Public Administration at Korea University. He has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Southern California, Visiting Professor at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University, and a Research Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. In 2015-19, he was the Vice President for International Affairs of Korea University. He is the author of The Politics of Democratization in Korea, Economic Crisis and Dual Transition in Korea, and numerous scholarly journal articles and book chapters. His research focuses on Korean politics, comparative democratization, civil society, and social movements. He received his B.A. in Economics from Seoul National University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford University.