hak kyu sohn

Hak-kyu Sohn, Ph.D.

  • Visiting Scholar
616 Serra StreetEncina Hall E301Stanford, CA94305-6055

Biography

Hak-kyu Sohn joins the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center as a Visiting Scholar during the 2017-18 academic year.

Sohn is founder and chairman of East Asia Future Foundation; former chairman of the Democratic Party; and former governor of Gyeonggi Province, in South Korea. His research interest is in how South Korea can be prepared for changes in international relations as well as for the fourth industrial revolution.

Sohn received a DPhil in Politics from University of Oxford, UK, and a BA in Political Science from Seoul National University.