AHN Se Young is a full professor at the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) at Sogang University.
He recently served as the chairman of the National Research Council for Economics, Humanities and Social sciences (Governor of the 23 National Think Tanks such as KDI, KIEP, KIET) from 2013-2016. He serves as the chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiation. He is also a member of the National Development Committee (MOSF) which is chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister.
Prior to joining the faculty of the Sogang University, he had been working in the Korean government for 24 years. Also, he served as an Assistant Secretary for Trade Policy in the Office of President (Blue House) and an Investment Promotion Officer in the United Nation's Industrial Development Organization (Washington IPS, U.S.A). His major job in the government agencies was to negotiate with Korea's trading partners and coordinate trade policy in Korea. He retired as the Director General of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy in 2000, and joined the faculty of the Sogang GSIS. He served as a dean of Sogang GSIS and a member of the ‘Presidential Committee on Economic Policy’.
His major academic concerns are trade policy and economic integration in the Asia-Pacific region as well as TPP, RCEP, China-Japan-Korea FTA. He was graduated from the Seoul National University and received a Doctor degree from the PANTHEON-SORBONNE(Paris I) University in France.
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