Sung Jin Park (ext.)

Masters of Arts

Sung Jin Park

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Research Interests

10/2022 - present: Doctoral candidate at the Institute for Political Science / Chair of International Relations
10/2022 - present: Guest Lecture & Early Career Workshop (ECW) Coordinator at the Institute for Political Science / Chair of International Relations
05/2020 - 02/2022: Research Assistant at the Department of Political Science & International Relations - Korea University
03/2020 – 08/2022: Postgraduate Degree (MA) in International Relations at Korea University (South Korea)
03/2013 – 02/2020: Undergraduate Degree (BA) in Area Studies (major: Japanese Area Studies), Undergraduate Degree (BA) in Northeast Asian Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (South Korea)

15-16 September 2023: Early Career Workshop of the Chair of International Relations, FSU Jena
Presentation: Politics of Memory in Post-conflict Societies
1-5 August 2023: The 4 ^th Annual IARS World Conference on Reconciliation, Kibuye, Rwanda
Presentation: The 'Victim Image' and its Impact on Child Soldier Reintegration: Evidence from Sierra Leone Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration Campaign
27-29 March 2023 : Early Career Workshop of the Chair of International Relations, FSU Jena
Presentation: The 'Victim Image' and the Child Soldier Reintegration: Evidence from Sierra Leone Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration Campaign
3-5 October 2022 : Early Career Workshop of the Chair of International Relations - FSU Jena

Park, Sung Jin. (2022). How do international campaigns for child soldiers affect their social reintegration? (MA thesis). Graduate School, Korea University

29 June 2023: Guest talk “The 'Victimhood' Dilemma of Child Soldiers: Conflicting Legal Norms, Interests, and Powers” at MA Seminar 'Between power and morality – debating the ethics of peace and conflict' by Prof. Dr. Rafael Biermann, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
17 May 2023: Guest talk “Explaining Korean Success: Overcoming Postwar Poverty through Inclusive Political and Economic Institutions” at MA Seminar 'Competitive regionalism and order contestation in Eastern Europe and Eurasia' by Dr. Bidzina Lebanidze, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Thesis supervision: Margvelashvili, Salome (2023) – MA Thesis, Exploring Structural Conditions for Volunteer Participation in Policy-making: A Study on Global South Volunteer Organizations Involved in Development Aid (Ongoing project) (First Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rafael Biermann, Second Supervisor: Sung Jin Park MA)