People

- Leadership

Shin Hyun-Sang 

Head of Global Social Innovation Foundation



Research Interests

#Impact #social innovation 
#strategic CSR #collective impact #cross-sector partnerships

  • Professor, School of Business, Hanyang University, Seoul
  • Head of Global Hanyang University Social Innovation Center, Impact Science Research Center
  • Ashoka U Change Leader
  • Director of Stanford Social Innovation Review Korea Center
  • CEO of Impact Research Lab
  • Major advisory and research organizations:
    • Corporations: Samsung, Hyundai Motor, BGF, LG, POSCO, SK, etc.
    • Foundations: Social Value Institute, Smilegate Hope Studio, Asan Sharing Foundation, Beautiful Foundation, Hyundai Motor Company Jung Mong-Koo Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, etc.
    • Non-profit organizations: Good Neighbors, Good People, Warm Companions, Ashoka Korea, World Vision, etc.
    • Public companies/public institutions: Gyeonggi-do Social Economy Institute, Social Enterprise Promotion Agency, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Korea Venture Investment, Korea Research Foundation, KOFIH, KOICA, KOTRA, etc.
    • Social enterprises: Sangsangwoori, Happy Narae, D3 Jubilee Partners, MYSC, Mongolia Good Sharing, Uganda Mango Fund, etc.
  • B.A./M.B.A. - Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea 
  • M.S. - Economics, University of Illinois, USA 
  • PhD - UCLA Business Administration
  • Former Assistant Professor at Long Island University and Ewha Womans University, USA

Christian J. Park

Deputy Director, Global Social Innovation Foundation

Research Interests

#multiculturalism #migrants #globalisation #urban citizenship #intercultural cities #digital anthropology


  • Associate Professor, Department of Cultural Anthropology, ERICA Campus, Hanyang University
  • Deputy Director of Global Social Innovation Center, Hanyang University
  • Change Leader, Ashoka U
  • President of Global Multicultural Research Center
  • President of the Korean Oral History Association
  • B.A. - Interdisciplinary Studies, State University of New York at Stony Brook
  • M.A. - Religion and Education, Union Theological Seminary of New York
  • M.A. - Korean Studies, Graduate School of International and Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
  • Ph.D. - Anthropology, Graduate School of Korean Studies, Korea Institute of Advanced Study

Jeon Young-soo

Head of the Social Innovation Convergence Programme

Research Interests

#Social Innovation #Demographic Change #Regional Balanced Development #Sustainability


  • Professor, Department of Global Social and Economic Studies, Graduate School of International Studies, Hanyang University / Chair, Undergraduate Social Innovation Convergence Major
  • Policy research and advisory for Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Ministry of Employment and Labor, Seoul Metropolitan Government, etc.
  • B.A. - Department of Japanese, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
  • M.A. - International Economics, Hanyang University
  • Doctorate - Hanyang University Graduate School of International Studies
  • Former expert member of the Presidential Committee on Jobs
  • Books:
    • 『How Endangered Provincial Cities Became Luxury Cities』 (Co-author)
    • 『Korea Population Trends 2022-2027』
    • 『Korea's Population - The Future of Consumption』
    • 『The End of Korea』

Roh Tae-Woo 

Associate Director, Collective Impact Center

Research Interests

#ESG #Sustainability #Environmental Management #Global Strategy #Knowledge and Innovation #Business Ethics


  • Associate Professor of Strategy and International Management, School of International Studies, Hanyang University
  • Deputy Director of the Collective Impact Center
  • Runs the Research in Internationalization, Innovation, Business Strategy, and Sustainability (RIIBS) Lab
  • First Korean editorial board member of the journal Business Strategy and the Environment
  • Winner of the Emerald Literacy Award 'Outstanding Academic Research Judge' Award
  • Received the 'Academic Award' from the Korea International Trade Association
  • Major advisory and research organizations:
    • KIPA, NIGT, NABO, KOTRA, IPS, ASEIC, CIAST, CTP, KISTEP, KREI, KOFPI, Hyundai Motor Group Human Resources Development Center, etc.
  • Associate Editor / Review Editor / Editorial Board Member of domestic and international journals:
    • Domestic journals - Strategic Management Research, International Management Research, Trade Research, International Commerce, Practical Management Research, Creation and Innovation, etc.
    • Overseas journals - Business Strategy and the Environment, Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration, Asian Business & Management, Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, Journal of Korea Trade, etc.
  • B.S. - Business Administration, Korea Air University
  • M.A. - International Studies, Seoul National University
  • Doctorate - Business Administration, Seoul National University
  • Former Assistant Professor, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Associate Professor, Sunchonhyang University, Visiting Researcher, KAIST

Kim Aa-ron

Professor, Collective Impact Center

Research Interests

#Development Cooperation #SDGs


  • Professor of Development Cooperation and SDGs at the Collective Impact Center
  • Developed and taught courses related to the Social Innovation Convergence Major and International Affairs
  • Major projects:
    • Head of Distance Education for the National University of Rwanda Project
    • Head of FS Education Planning for Ghana Sustainable Development University Project (EDCF)
    • PM for Lao PDR Civil Service Capacity Building Project (World Bank)
    • Co-researcher for the Public Service Value Education Program and PM for the Development of Competency Education Program for Foreign Public Service Managers (Ministry of Personnel and Innovation)
    • Evaluation Expert for KSP Policy Advisory Project (Ministry of Strategy and Finance)
    • Policy Evaluation for Korea-UNDP Cooperation Project (Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning)
    • Research on risk management plan for KOICA project type business PM
    • PM for ICT Utilization Capacity Building for Secondary School Teachers in Rwanda (Korea International Cooperation Agency)
    • Research on Comprehensive Evaluation and Performance Management for ASEAN Cyber University Establishment Project (Ministry of Education, Korea)
  • M.S. - Florida State University, Educational Engineering, Measurement and Statistics
  • Doctorate - Florida State University, Educational Engineering
  • Former Instructional Designer and Performance Improvement Consultant at Citibank
  • Former Researcher, Florida State University Learning System Institute
  • Former Head of Evaluation Team, Florida State University Evaluation Center
  • Founded Korea's first private development cooperation consulting firm in 2012