Seung-Ook Lee
Associate Professor(KAIST Endowed Chair Professor)
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N4, Rm.1425
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82-42-350-4636
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Degree
- The Ohio State University, PhD in Geography
- Seoul National University, M.A. in Geography
- Seoul National University, B.A. in Geography
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Research field
- East Asian Geopolitics
- Urban Studies
- Development Geography
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Teaching
- Introduction to Contemporary China
- Geopolitics and Development in East Asia
- Geography of International Development
- Issues in Urban and Regional Development
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Major Career
- Joint Researcher, Center for Asian Urban Societies, Seoul National University (Sep 2014-)
- Visiting Professor, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, KAIST (Sep 2013-Jan 2016)
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Major external activities and awards
- Chairman of the Academic Committee, Korean Association of Space & Environment Research
- Editorial Board, Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
- KAIST 47th Anniversary Grand Prize for Excellence in Teaching Award (2018), KAIST 46th, 45th, 44th Anniversary Excellence in Teaching Award (2017, 2016, 2015)
- Excellent Prize in Research Innovation, College of Liberal Arts and Convergence Science, KAIST (2017)
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Representative Research Performance
- Lee, S-O. (2023) "Unraveling the frontier: A new look at the Inter-Korean border," Political Geography 107, 102992
- Park, B-G, Lee, S-O, Chi, S-H (eds.). (2019) The New Geopolitics of the Korean Peninsula: A New Imagination of Border, Division, and Unification. Seoul: Hanul Academy (In Korean)
- Lee, S-O., Wainwright, J. and Glassman, J. (2018) “Geopolitical economy and the production of territory: The case of US–China geopolitical-economic competition in Asia,” Environment and Planning A 50(2): 416-436.