Sojun Park is an Assistant Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. His primary field of research is international relations and political economy, with a focus on international trade and intellectual property rights. His broader research interests are globalization and innovation.
Sojun's research examines how technologies diffuse through the exchange of goods and services and the political environments surrounding this process. His ongoing book project examines intellectual property licensing as a sustainable form of technology transfer, highlighting the business interests and institutional environments that sustain it. His other research explores the extent to which products critical for artificial intelligence (AI) development are exported to geopolitical rivals and the role of allied countries in restricting these trade flows.
Sojun holds a B.A. in International Studies and a B.A. in Economics from Korea University and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University, where he studied under the U.S.-Korea Fulbright Scholarship. He was also a graduate affiliate at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton, a Global Political Economy Project Predoctoral Fellow at the Mortara Center for International Studies at Georgetown, and a Postdoctoral Associate at the Center for International Studies at MIT.
Sojun can be contacted via email at decb64_c29qdW5wQG51cy5lZHUuc2c=_decb64.