Prof. Young-Pyo Seo studied Korean History at Seoul National University, and then received his MA and PhD degrees in sociology from the University of Essex, UK. He had worked for the Democracy Institute of the Sungkonghoe University as a research professor from 2008-2011. Since 2012 he has been teaching at the Sociology Department of the Jeju National University. The title of PhD thesis was “The Theoretical Reflections on the Radical Greater London Council (1981-6) and Its Implication for the British New Left.” His research interests began with British new left movement and local politics, and, after finishing the thesis, developed into environmental sociology. He published many academic papers on environmental sociology, urban sociology, social theory, political sociology, and British politics.