Kim Taekyoon is professor of international development at the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), Seoul National University (SNU). Prior to SNU, he was assistant professor of Ewha Womans University and Waseda University. He received a B.A. in Sociology and an M.A. in International Studies from SNU, an M.Phil. in International Relations and a D.Phil. in Social Policy from the University of Oxford, and a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He is currently working for the Committee for International Development Cooperation at the Prime Minister’s Office as a Board Member and the SNU Social Responsibility as the Chairperson, and was appointed as a Board Member of the National Committee on Sustainable Development, a consultant of the UNESCO, a collaborative researcher of the UNRISD, a Fulbright Global Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and a visiting professor of Tuebingen University, the University of Paris IV (Sorbonne), and Lingnan University. His main research areas include international development, international political sociology, peace studies, global south studies, and global governance. He has published various scholarly journal articles and books.