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After completing his 26-months military service where he worked in the [[Cyber Terror Response Center]] of the [[ National Police Agency (South Korea)]], Seung Jin started his professional career when he joined the [[KPMG]] as a Senior [[Consultant]], focusing on developing firm's strategy and management. Upon successfully passing the [[UN Competitive Examination]] in 2009, he joined the United Nations, serving as an economist across various [[United Nations Secretariat]] entities where he primarily focused on knowledge production for the provision of evidence based advisory services to Member States on development plans, strategies and frameworks, including the [[United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean|Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean]],<ref name="f">{{cite web|url=https://www.cepal.org/sites/default/files/events/files/2.4_baek.pdf|title=Public Private Partnership on Institutional Arrangement and Policy Implications|date=18 November 2014}}</ref> the [[United Nations Economic Commission for Africa|Economic Commission for Africa]],<ref name="g">{{Cite web|title=NEW ACTORS, NEW MODELS, NEW OUTCOMES?|url=https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10546/620319/rr-africa-china-development-sdgs-260717-en.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia|Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia]]<ref name="h">{{Cite web|last=Baek|first=Seung-Jin|date=5 October 2017|title=Regional Prospects: Western Asia - Project LINK Meeting 2017|url=https://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/-/media/Files/Programs-and-Areas/RIIB/LINK2017/Western-Asia-Baek.pdf?la=en|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Resident Coordinator]] Office.<ref name="i">{{Cite web|title=UNSDG {{!}} UN in Action - Kuwait|url=https://unsdg.un.org/un-in-action/kuwait|access-date=2021-07-01|website=unsdg.un.org}}</ref>
After completing his 26-months military service where he worked in the [[Cyber Terror Response Center]] of the [[ National Police Agency (South Korea)]], Seung Jin started his professional career when he joined the [[KPMG]] as a Senior [[Consultant]], focusing on developing firm's strategy and management. Upon successfully passing the [[UN Competitive Examination]] in 2009, he joined the United Nations, serving as an economist across various [[United Nations Secretariat]] entities where he primarily focused on knowledge production for the provision of evidence based advisory services to Member States on development plans, strategies and frameworks, including the [[United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean|Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean]],<ref name="f">{{cite web|url=https://www.cepal.org/sites/default/files/events/files/2.4_baek.pdf|title=Public Private Partnership on Institutional Arrangement and Policy Implications|date=18 November 2014}}</ref> the [[United Nations Economic Commission for Africa|Economic Commission for Africa]],<ref name="g">{{Cite web|title=NEW ACTORS, NEW MODELS, NEW OUTCOMES?|url=https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10546/620319/rr-africa-china-development-sdgs-260717-en.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia|Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia]]<ref name="h">{{Cite web|last=Baek|first=Seung-Jin|date=5 October 2017|title=Regional Prospects: Western Asia - Project LINK Meeting 2017|url=https://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/-/media/Files/Programs-and-Areas/RIIB/LINK2017/Western-Asia-Baek.pdf?la=en|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Resident Coordinator]] Office.<ref name="i">{{Cite web|title=UNSDG {{!}} UN in Action - Kuwait|url=https://unsdg.un.org/un-in-action/kuwait|access-date=2021-07-01|website=unsdg.un.org}}</ref>


His policy research area of specialization lies at the nexus of [[sustainable development]], [[structuralist economics]] and [[economic transformation]]. He is the author of numerous scholarly journal articles in these fields,<ref name="j">[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=W8T8uusAAAAJ&hl=en Google Scholar]</ref> author of columns at South Korean newspaper companies, [[the Hankyoreh]] Newspaper<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ko:[Weconomy] 백승진의 지속가능 한국사회|url=https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/SERIES/1220/home01.html|access-date=2021-07-01|website=www.hani.co.kr|language=ko}}</ref> and the [[Maeil Business Newspaper]],<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ko:백승진의 아유레디 대한민국|url=https://www.mk.co.kr/premium/series/20169/|url-status=live}}</ref> and as well as three books, two of which were reviewed in South Korean press.<ref name="l">{{cite web|url=http://www.thescoop.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=10353|script-title=ko:'Why not?'이 만든 꿈의 공동체|date=7 January 2014|lang=ko}}</ref><ref name="m">{{cite web|url=https://www.kyongbuk.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=2015328|script-title=ko:백승진 씨 '어떤 나라에 살고 있습니까' 출간|date=18 September 2019|lang=ko}}</ref>
His policy research area of specialization lies at the nexus of [[sustainable development]], [[structuralist economics]] and [[economic transformation]]. He is the author of numerous scholarly journal articles in these fields,<ref name="j">[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=W8T8uusAAAAJ&hl=en Google Scholar]</ref> author of columns at South Korean newspaper companies, [[the Hankyoreh]] Newspaper<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ko:[Weconomy] 백승진의 지속가능 한국사회|url=https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/SERIES/1220/home01.html|access-date=2021-07-01|website=www.hani.co.kr|language=ko}}</ref> and the [[Maeil Business Newspaper]],<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ko:백승진의 아유레디 대한민국|url=https://www.mk.co.kr/premium/series/20169/|url-status=live}}</ref> and as well as four books, published by [[Palgrave Macmillan]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Baek|first=Seung Jin|date=2018|title=The Political Economy of Neo-modernisation|url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-91394-0|language=en-gb|doi=10.1007/978-3-319-91394-0}}</ref> [[Routledge]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Structural Transformation and Sustainable Development in the Global South: An Integrated Approach|url=https://www.routledge.com/Structural-Transformation-and-Sustainable-Development-in-the-Global-South/Baek/p/book/9781032195865|access-date=2021-11-05|website=Routledge & CRC Press|language=en}}</ref> and South Korean publishers.<ref name="l">{{cite web|url=http://www.thescoop.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=10353|script-title=ko:'Why not?'이 만든 꿈의 공동체|date=7 January 2014|lang=ko}}</ref><ref name="m">{{cite web|url=https://www.kyongbuk.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=2015328|script-title=ko:백승진 씨 '어떤 나라에 살고 있습니까' 출간|date=18 September 2019|lang=ko}}</ref>


He has also been serving a number of community and society activities, including the 19th Council Member of the [[National Unification Advisory Council]] in South Korea, Executive Director of the Korean Association in Lebanon and various invited speakers by the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (South Korea)|South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs]].<ref name="n">{{cite web|url=https://newsis.com/ar_detail/view.html?ar_id=NISX20140113_0012654553&cID=10301&pID=10300|script-title=ko:외교부, 17일 국제기구 진출 간담회 개최, 뉴시스|date=13 January 2014|lang=ko}}</ref><ref name="o">{{cite web|url=https://www.edaily.co.kr/news/read?newsId=02663366605957392&mediaCodeNo=257&OutLnkChk=Y|script-title=ko:유엔 중남미 경제정책관 초청 국제기구 진출 간담회, 이데일리|date=13 January 2014|lang=ko}}</ref><ref name="p">{{cite web|url=http://www.gukjenews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=69595|script-title=ko:외교부, 유엔 중남미경제위원회 간담회 가져, 국제신문|date=14 January 2014|lang=ko}}</ref>
He has also been serving a number of community and society activities, including Chairperson of the Middle East Standing Committee for Public Diplomacy of the [[National Unification Advisory Council]] in South Korea, Executive Director of the Korean Association in Lebanon and various invited speakers, including the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (South Korea)|South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs]].<ref name="n">{{cite web|url=https://newsis.com/ar_detail/view.html?ar_id=NISX20140113_0012654553&cID=10301&pID=10300|script-title=ko:외교부, 17일 국제기구 진출 간담회 개최, 뉴시스|date=13 January 2014|lang=ko}}</ref><ref name="o">{{cite web|url=https://www.edaily.co.kr/news/read?newsId=02663366605957392&mediaCodeNo=257&OutLnkChk=Y|script-title=ko:유엔 중남미 경제정책관 초청 국제기구 진출 간담회, 이데일리|date=13 January 2014|lang=ko}}</ref><ref name="p">{{cite web|url=http://www.gukjenews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=69595|script-title=ko:외교부, 유엔 중남미경제위원회 간담회 가져, 국제신문|date=14 January 2014|lang=ko}}</ref>


== Selected works ==
== Selected works ==

Revision as of 22:17, 5 November 2021

Baek Seung-Jin
백승진
Born1982
Seoul, South Korea
NationalitySouth Korean
Academic career
InstitutionUnited Nations
FieldPolitical economy

Sustainable development

Structuralist economics
Alma mater

Baek Seung-Jin (Korean: 백승진; born 1982) is a South Korean economist of the United Nations, specializing in political economy of sustainable development.

Early life and education

Born in Seoul, South Korea in 1982, Beak Seung-Jin studied mathematics at the Korea University where he earned qualification of U.S. Certified Public Accountants (CPA) and U.S. Associated Person (AP) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.[1][2] He pursued graduate studies in strategy at the KDI School of Public Policy and Management where he was inspired to explore Technology S-Curve (Technology Life Cycle) in application to the field of strategic management.[3][non-primary source needed] Later, he received his Ph.D. in political economy from the University of Bath.[4][failed verification]

Career

After completing his 26-months military service where he worked in the Cyber Terror Response Center of the National Police Agency (South Korea), Seung Jin started his professional career when he joined the KPMG as a Senior Consultant, focusing on developing firm's strategy and management. Upon successfully passing the UN Competitive Examination in 2009, he joined the United Nations, serving as an economist across various United Nations Secretariat entities where he primarily focused on knowledge production for the provision of evidence based advisory services to Member States on development plans, strategies and frameworks, including the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,[5] the Economic Commission for Africa,[6] the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia[7] and the Resident Coordinator Office.[8]

His policy research area of specialization lies at the nexus of sustainable development, structuralist economics and economic transformation. He is the author of numerous scholarly journal articles in these fields,[9] author of columns at South Korean newspaper companies, the Hankyoreh Newspaper[10] and the Maeil Business Newspaper,[11] and as well as four books, published by Palgrave Macmillan,[12] Routledge[13] and South Korean publishers.[14][15]

He has also been serving a number of community and society activities, including Chairperson of the Middle East Standing Committee for Public Diplomacy of the National Unification Advisory Council in South Korea, Executive Director of the Korean Association in Lebanon and various invited speakers, including the South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[16][17][18]

Selected works

Papers

  • "Limit to improvement: Myth or reality?: Empirical analysis of historical improvement on three technologies influential in the evolution of civilization". Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 77 (5): 712–729. 2010-06-01. doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2010.02.010. ISSN 0040-1625.
  • Armah, Bartholomew; Baek, Seung-Jin (2015-12-01). "Can the SDGs Promote Structural Transformation in Africa? An Empirical Analysis". Development. 58 (4): 473–491. doi:10.1057/s41301-016-0049-6. ISSN 1461-7072.

Bibliography

See also

References

  1. ^ "세계를 무대로 꿈을 펼치다". weekly.hankooki.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  2. ^ "백승진씨 해외 학위·해외 근무 경험 없이 유엔 시험 합격". 일요서울i (in Korean). 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  3. ^ When will runners and swimmers reach their physical limit?, ScienceDaily (2010.12.23)
  4. ^ GFMD Summit 2021 - Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) (2021.01.26)
  5. ^ "Public Private Partnership on Institutional Arrangement and Policy Implications" (PDF). 18 November 2014.
  6. ^ "NEW ACTORS, NEW MODELS, NEW OUTCOMES?" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Baek, Seung-Jin (5 October 2017). "Regional Prospects: Western Asia - Project LINK Meeting 2017" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "UNSDG | UN in Action - Kuwait". unsdg.un.org. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  9. ^ Google Scholar
  10. ^ [Weconomy] 백승진의 지속가능 한국사회. www.hani.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  11. ^ 백승진의 아유레디 대한민국.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ Baek, Seung Jin (2018). "The Political Economy of Neo-modernisation". doi:10.1007/978-3-319-91394-0. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  13. ^ "Structural Transformation and Sustainable Development in the Global South: An Integrated Approach". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  14. ^ 'Why not?'이 만든 꿈의 공동체 (in Korean). 7 January 2014.
  15. ^ 백승진 씨 '어떤 나라에 살고 있습니까' 출간 (in Korean). 18 September 2019.
  16. ^ 외교부, 17일 국제기구 진출 간담회 개최, 뉴시스 (in Korean). 13 January 2014.
  17. ^ 유엔 중남미 경제정책관 초청 국제기구 진출 간담회, 이데일리 (in Korean). 13 January 2014.
  18. ^ 외교부, 유엔 중남미경제위원회 간담회 가져, 국제신문 (in Korean). 14 January 2014.
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