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    Jong Sun Lee

    Jong Sun Lee

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    jlee67@kent.edu

    Biography

    Areas of Concentration:
    • Policy Analysis and Administration
    • Transnational & Comparative Politics and Policy
    Research Interests:
    • Social Policy
    • Comparative Public Policy
    • Innovation System and Cluster 
    Publications:
    • 2015. World of Future Occupations 2015 (With Han, Sang-Geun et al.). Seoul: Ministry of Education & KRIVET. 
    • 2014. A Study on Cultivating Ecosystem of Entrepreneurship Education and Training in Korea’s Universities (With Tong Park and Cheon-Soo Park). Seoul: KRIVET. 
    • 2013 A Study on Acceleration of Knowledge Start-ups through University Entrepreneurship Societies (With Tong Park and Soo-Jin Kim). Seoul: KRIVET.
    • 2010. Research on Youth Start-ups in Knowledge and Technology Industries (With Park,Tong et al.). Seoul: KRIVET. 
    • 2010. Development of KRIVET Occupation Outlook Index 2010 (With Han, Sang-Geun et al.). Seoul: KRIVET.
    • 2002. DJ Government's Structural Reforms and Labor Market. Seoul: Paeksan.  
    Professional Activities:
    • Research Fellow, Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education & Training (KRIVET), Seoul, Korea, 2005 - 2007
    • Assistant Secretary to the President for Social Policy, President Office, Korea, 2006
    • Visiting Research Fellow (Post-doc), Center for Asia and Pacific Studies (CAPS), University of Iowa, 2002 - 2005
    • Senior Researcher, Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU), Seoul, Korea, 1996 - 2002

    Education

    B.A., Korea University, Sociology, 1986
    M.A., Korea University, Sociology, 1989
    Ph.D., Korea University, Sociology, Seoul, Korea, 2001
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