Speaker
CHOI Dong Ju
Affliation
Sookmyung Women's University
Title
Professor
Session

Biography

Professor Dong Ju Choi has been with Sookmyung for the last 23 years, teaching international relations, political economy and development model of developing countries. His campus administrative posts include the Vice President of External Affairs and Dean of School of Global Service. History of Professor Choi’s higher education includes MA in international affairs from the American University and PhD in political economy from University of London. In academic field, he currently holds the posts of the President of the Korean Association of African Studies, the Vice President of the Korean Association of International Studies and the Korean Association of Defense Policy Studies. Holding the position of Executive Director, he ran Asia-Pacific Women’s Information Network Center which is UNESCO Chair Organization from 2009 to 2014. As a Senior Consultant of UN circle, he has been working with UNESCO and UN headquarter on the issue of education for Development and Governance issues. Dr. Choi has been participating consultation bodies of the government as well. The ministries include foreign affairs, education, defense acquisition, science, technology and ICT, and personal management. Since 2016, he has been leading the Institute of Global Governance, government-funding research institute for globalization of Korean education and futuristic research for higher education development.