Name:Park, Keong-Suk

Institution: Department of Sociology, Seoul National University

Brief Self Introduction

Dr. Park is an associate professor of Sociology, her main research areas are demography, gerontology, and social inequality. She has done extensive work on the aging society, the Elderly life and consequent social problems. She was awarded Prime Minister’s Commendation in 2000 for her ‘Development Model for Imposition of Integrated Regional Medical Insurance’ and Best Thesis Award by Korea Sociological Association for her article, ‘the Future of Inequality in the Elderly Life’ in 2002.

She welcomes the GCOE program as an important and innovative attempt to discuss and develop researches on the emerging social problems in family and private sphere due to globalization and the aging society.

Main Publications

• ‘Life and Consciousness of the Poor: Domination of Inequality and its Resistance in Every Day Life’, Korea Journal of Sociology, vol. 42(1), 2008
• ‘Meaning of Discourses of Filial Piety Law in a Moral and Political Economy’, Family and Culture, vol. 19(3), 2007.
• ‘Diversity and Structure of Intergenerational Relationship: Elderly Parent – Adult Child Relations in Korea’, Cross Cultural Journal of Gerontology, vol. 20(4), 2005
• Aging Society, A Future Already Proceeded, Eui-am publishing, 2003.
• ‘Korean Women’s Life Courses and Self Perceptions: Isomorphism of “Family Centeredness”?’ in Emiko Ochiai and Barbara Molony (eds.), Asia’s New Mothers: Crafting Gender Roles and Childcare Networks in East and Southeast Asian Societies, Global Oriental publishing, 2009.

Introduction of Overseas Partners’ Institution

The Department of Sociology, Seoul National University was established in 1946, in order to provide important sociological insight for constructing Korean civil society. It is proud of the largest and most established Sociology Graduate Program in Korea. Currently, the Department has fifteen faculty members with an adjunct professor. Each year, 15 students enroll to Masters’ program and; 6 students start PhD program. It is renowned for the researches on social theory, industry/labor, social problem and policy and structural changes. Recently, researches on human rights issues are developing. The Department as well as the University offers internationally competitive scholarships. Each year, two or three foreign students enroll to our program, mainly from Japan and China. The most of modules are taught in Korean but a couple of modules each semester are taught in English, these modules are compulsory. For further information, please visit
http://sociology.snu.ac.kr/index_eng.php

In 1966, the Institute for Social Development and Policy Research (ISDPR) was launched as a research center for population and industrialization and other social issues. The ISDPR was named as ‘Future Research Center’ for Seoul National University in 2007. Its project “Social Development and Social Quality: a Comprehensive Perspective on Korea, East Asia and OECD Countries” was granted a nine-year research fund by Korean Research Foundation. Twice a year, It publishes an academic journal, ‘Development and Society’ in English. The journal provides an international and interdisciplinary forum for new research and ideas on social, cultural, political as well as economic development.

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