Sung Jin Park (ext.)

Masters of Arts

Research Interests

Dissertation Project: Politics of Memory in Post-conflict Societies

10/2022 - present:
- Doctoral candidate at the Institute for Political Science / Chair of International Relations
- MA Program IOCM (International Organization and Conflict Management) Summer School 2024 Director - Chair of International Relations, Institute for Political Science
- 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)

3/2024: Early Career Workshop of the Chair of International Relations - Volkenroda, Germany - Organizer
Presentation: The Social Reintegration of Child Soldiers: Questioning the Passive Victim Image
9/2023: Early Career Workshop of the Chair of International Relations, FSU Jena
Presentation: Politics of Memory in Post-conflict Societies
8/2023: 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
3/2023 : 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
10/2022 : 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

Summer Term 2024: International Human Rights and Armed Conflict (Advanced BA Seminar)
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)