Professor Soh is a professor of Graduate School of International Studies and Division of International Studies at Korea University. Also, Professor Soh is the director of Korea University Human Rights Center, and the president of Human Asia, which is a Human Rights NGO. He has been a member of UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee from 2014. He has done various researches focusing on Regional Human rights regime in Asia, Business and Human rights, North Korea Human Rights, and so on, and put a lot of efforts for improving human rights by adapting the researches to policy development, through UN and NGO activities.

• Graduate School of International Studies


• Korea University


• #539 Int’l Studies Hall


• E-mail: changroksoh@gmail.com


• Tel: (02) 3290-2402

Education

• Ph.D. in International Relations, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 1992
• M.A.L.D. (Masters of Arts in Law and Diplomacy) in International Relations, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 1987
• B.A. in Political Science, Department of International Relations, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 1984

CURRENT POSITIONS

• Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University, 1996-present

• Director, Korea University Human Rights Center, 2016-present
• Member, United Nations Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, 2014-present
• President, Human Asia, 2010-present

PREVIOUS TEACHING AND RESEARCH POSITIONS

• Visiting Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-2010
• Visiting Scholar, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2009
• Visiting Professor, Wagner School of Public Services, New York University, 2002-2003
• Research Associate, Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE), University of California, Berkeley, 1992-1994
• Research Fellow, Pacific Basic Research Center, Harvard University J. F. Kennedy School of Government, 1992-1993
• Visiting Research Associate, Center for Technology and International Affairs, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 1991-1993
• Intern, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1991
• Intern, United Nations (Geneva, Switzerland) Secretariat’s Office, 1989

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

• Dean, Korea University Division of International Studies, 2007-2008
• Dean, Korea University Graduate School of International Studies, 2006-2008
• Director, Korea University Global Research Institute, 2006-2008
• Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Korea University Graduate School of International Studies, 1998-2002

POLICY ADVISORY POSITIONS

• Advisory Group Member, Sentencing Commission of Supreme Court of Republic of Korea, 2017-present
• Member of Central Committee, The National Unification Advisory Council, 2015-present
• Commissioner, National Human Right Commission of Korea, The Consultative Council of Human Right Policy Officials, 2013-present
• Commissioner, The Deliberation Committee on Compensation and Support for Abduction Victims, Prime Minister’s Office, 2013-present
• Commissioner, Ministry of Unification Policy Advisory Committee, 2012-present
• Commissioner, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Self-Evaluation Committee, 2010-present
• Commissioner, National Human Right Commission of Korea, International Human Rights Committee, 2010-2016

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

• President, Korean Academic Council on the United Nations System, 2018-present
• Vice Chairperson, Korean Academic Association of Human Rights Studies, 2017-present
• Outside Director, Ildong Pharmaceutical, 2015-present
• Outside Director, Paradise Group, 2015-present
• Member, The Korea Foundation Committee for Recommendation of Executive Directors, 2014-present
• Director, The Korean Association for Public Administration Steering Committee, 2007-present
• Board Member, Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights, 2005-present
• Director, The Korean Association of International Studies, 2002-present
• Members of the Board of Trustees, KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School, 2012-2015
• Commissioner, Korean Social Science Research Council International Affairs Committee, 2012-2014
• Research Director, The International Society of Chomsky Studies, 2008-2010
• Deputy Director, Asia Center for Human Rights, 2006-2010
• Research Director, The Korean Association of International Studies, 2006
• Director, The Korean Association for Policy Studies, The Steering Committee, 2005-2007

PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED)

Books & Book Chapters

• Introduction to International Development Cooperation: Issues and Actors in the Global Arena (Korea University Press, 2017)
• International Organization: Politics of Global Governance, 2nd Edition (Dasan Publishing Co., 2016) (in Korean)
• International Organization in Human Rights, Refugees and Migration Issues: UN Human Rights Organizations∙UNHCR∙IOM (Oruem, 2015) (in Korean)
• Improving North Korean Human Rights Situation - Peaceful Engagement and International Experiences (Hanul, 2010) (in Korean).
• Diffusion and Internalization of Governance (DaeKyung, 2009) (in Korean)
• A Method of Improvement and Vitalization for Peace and Prosperity of Korean Peninsula (Korean Institute of National Unification, 2007) (in Korean)
• Enhancing Human Security in North Korea: A Multilateral Approach. Non-Governmental Six Party Talks on Cooperation in Northeast Asia (Korea Association of International Studies, 2006)
• Global Governance and Korea (Hanyang University Press, 2006) (in Korean)
• Survey Study on Peace and Prosperity of Korean Peninsula (Korean Institute of National Unification, 2006) (in Korean)
• Establishing Desirable Governance of Unification Policy for Integration of South and North Korea (Korean Institute of National Unification, 2005) (in Korean)
• International Organization: Politics of Global Governance, 1st Edition. (Dasan Publishing Co., 2004) (in Korean)
• Globalization and Korea (Eulyoo Publishing Co., 2003)
• Politics of Governance (Bummunsa, 2002) (in Korean)
• Realism in Theories of International Political Economy. In Jung-dong Yeo and Jong-chan Lee eds., Contemporary International Political Economy (Beopmoonsa, 2000) (in Korean)
• The World after the Cold War: Issues and Dilemmas (Seoul: Graduate School of International Studies in Korea University, 1999)
• Comparative Study of Korean and Japanese Trade Negotiations with the United States: The Case of Automobile Industry (International Trade and Business Institute, 1999) (in Korean)
• Korean Economic Diplomacy from 1993 to 1997 (International Trade and Business Institute, 1998) (in Korean)
• From Investment to Innovation?: The Korean Political Economy and Changes in Industrial Competitiveness (Global Research Institute, 1997)
• “Technological Dependence and Limits to Growth of the Korean Economy,” Europe-Asia: The Stakes of Interdependence (University of Le Harvre, 1997)
• “Industrial Strategies of Korea and Taiwan in the Age of Globalization.” Middle Powers in the Age of Globalization: Implications for Korean Political Economy and Unification, Korean Association of International Studies' International Conference Series No.5, 1996
• “Legacy of Mega-policy (Heavy and Chemical Industrialization): Can Korea Succeed in High-Technology?,” in John Montgomery ed., Great Policies in Asia (Pacific Basin Research Center, Harvard JFK School of Government, 1994)

Journal Articles

• "The Emergence of New Resettlement Countries: A Human Rights Norm Cascade?", Journal of International and Area Studies, Vol.24, No.1 (2017)
• “Permanent War: Oppositional Memory Work and North Korean Human Rights,” Development and Society, Vol.46, No.2 (2017)
• “Business and Human Rights Case Study of Korean Companies Operating Overseas: Challenges and a New National Action Plan,” Human Rights Quarterly (2017)
• “Once Resolved, Stay Resolved? The Refugee Policy of Jordan toward Palestinian Refugees,” Journal of International and Area Studies, Vol.23, No.1 (2016)
• “The Evolution of Corporate Human Rights Responsibility Norms,” Journal of International and Area Studies, Vol.25, No.2 (2016)
• “The Motivations for Voluntary Compliance with International Corporate Human Rights Responsibility (CHR) Guidelines by Korean Companies,” Journal of East and West Studies, Vol.28, No.2 (2016) (in Korean)
• “The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee’s Contribution to Global Human Rights,” The Institute of Korean Studies, Korea Observer, Vol.46, No.5 (2015)
• “Human Rights, Official Development Assistance (ODA), and Globalization: Quantitative Studies and the Case of South Korea,” The Institute of Korean Studies, Korea Observer, Vol.46, No.5 (2015)
• “The Current Status of National Human Rights Institutions and its Implications on the National Human Right Commission on Republic of Korea: Based on 69 National Human Rights Institutions Accredited with an “A” Status,” Peace Studies, Vol.22, No.2 (2014)
• “UN Charter-Based Human Rights System and East Asian Human Rights,” Korean Journal of International Relations, Vol.54, No.4 (2014) (in Korean)
• “The Refugee Act of Korea: The Limits of Civil Society Influence,” Korean Political Science Review, Vol.48, No.3 (2014)
• “Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Implementation in South Korea: Lessons from American and British CSR Policies,” Institute of International Affairs, Journal of International and Area Studies, Vol.21, No.2 (2014)
• “Cosmopolitan Memories in East Asia: Revisiting and Reinventing the Second World War,” International Journal of Transitional Justice, Vol.21, No.1 (2014)
• “Regional Governance of North Korean Human Rights,” Journal of International Politics, Vol.19 No.1 (2014)
• “Extending Corporate Liability to Human Rights Violations in Asia," Journal of International and Area Studies, Vol.20, No.1 (2013)
• “Forced Repatriation of North Korean Defectors: Granting Refugee Status under International Law,” Journal of Peace and Unification, Vol.2, No.1 (2012)
• “Representation of Human Rights Violations by Human Right NGOs,” Journal of International Politics, Vol.17, No.1 (2012)
• “Comprehensive Security Governance in East Asia: Converging Concepts, Institutions and Approaches,” East West Studies, Vol.24, No.2 (2012)
• “Characteristics of the Korean Human Rights Governance and Possibility of Diffusion into the Asian Region,” Korean Unification Studies, Vol.15, No.2 (2011) (in Korean)
• “A Study on Good Governance of Support Policy for North Korean Defectors: Focusing on Employment Policy,” East and West Studies, Vol.22, No.1 (2010)
• “Theoretical Considerations Why Countries Provide Development Aid,” Journal of International Politics, Vol.15, No.1 (2010)
• “Institutionalization of Regional Meta governance Framework to Enhance Human Security in East Asia,” GIARI Working Paper, Vol.2008-E-2 (2008)
• “Multilateral Cooperation to Advocate Human Security in East Asia,” Korea Review of International Studies, Vol.10, No.2 (2007)
• “Enhancing Human Security in North Korea through Development of a Human Rights Regime in Asia,” Korea Review of International Studies, Vol.10, No.1 (2007)
• “North Korean Human Rights and East Asian Human Rights Governance: Focusing on International Regime Theory,” The Institute of Peace Affairs, Vol.44 (2005)
• “United States Foreign Policy and United Nations: The Case of the War in Iraq,” The Korean Journal of International Relations, Vol.44, No.5 (2004)
• “The Role of NGOs in International Economic Organizations: Critical Theory Perspectives,” Korea Review of International Studies, Vol.7, No.1 (2004)
• “Heavy and Chemical Industrialization (HCI) Policy as a Mega-policy,” Korea Journal of Policy Studies, Vol.18, No.2 (2004)
• “Theories of Global Governance,” Korea Review of International Studies, Vol.5, No.1 (2003)
• “Theoretical Approaches to Global Governance,” Korea Review of International Studies, Vol.5, No.1 (2002)
• “Global Governance and International Organization,” A paper presented at Summer Academic Conference of the Korean Political Science Association (July 4, 2001) (in Korean)
• “The Influence of the United States on ‘WTO Plus’ in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation,” Korea Review of International Studies, Vol.3, No.1 (2000)
• “Dilemma of Politics of Reform in North Korea: Where Is It Going?,” East Asian Review, Vol.12, No.4 (2000)
• “Political Economy of Trade Negotiation: The Case Analysis of Korean Trade Negotiations with the United States in Automobile Industry,” Journal of Trade Law, Vol.32 (2000) (in Korean)
• “International Competitiveness of Korean Semiconductor Industry,” Korea Review of International Studies, Vol.1, No.1 (1997)
• “U.S.-Korea Industrial and Technological Cooperation: Implication for Regional Integration in the Asia-Pacific," Economic and Regional Cooperation in Northeast Asia, University of Chicago (1996) (with Denis F. Simon)
• “Comparative Study of Industrial Strategies of the United States and Japan: The Case of Co-Research and Development Program of Government and Enterprise in High-tech Industry,” Asian Studies, Vol. 34, No.1 (1996) (in Korean)
• “Orbital Mechanics of South Korea's Technological Development: An Examination of the 'Gravitational' Pushes and Pulls,” Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, Vol.6, No.4 (1994) (with Denis F. Simon)
• “Korea's Technological Development,” Pacific Review, Vol.7, No.1 (1994) (with Denis F. Simon)
• “Political Economy and Technology Innovation: Implications for Development of High-tech Industries in Korea," The Korea Journal of Policy Studies. Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University (1993)

Research Interests

International Politics, International Relations, Human Rights, International Organizations, International Development and Cooperation, Asian Human Rights, North Korean Human Rights

Undergraduate courses

Human Rights in a globalized world (DISS338), Principles of International relations (DISS122), NGOs and Global Governance (DISS337),

Graduate courses

World Politics: Theory and Practice (IRC040), Human Rights in a global and regional context (IDC315), International Organizations (IDC115), Special Topics in Human Rights Ⅱ (IDC312)