The Demand for New Knowledge and Interdisciplinary Education at Yonsei University

Speaker Details

Kap-Young Jeong, Ph.D., is an economist with expertise in the fields of industrial organization, public policy, and East Asian economy, as well as a visionary educator and education administrator.

After graduating from Yonsei University, Kap-Young Jeong obtained his master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and his doctoral degree in Economics from Cornell University. Since becoming a professor at Yonsei University in 1986, he has focused his research on areas of industrial organization, public policy, and East Asian economy.

For his research accomplishments in economics, he has been listed in the Marquis Who’s Who in the World and has received a wide range of awards such as the Dasan Economics Award from Hankyung Economic Daily, as well as the Economist of the Year from Maeil Economic Daily.

Jeong has held a variety of posts, including president of the Korea Academic Society of Industrial Organization, president of the Korea Association for Comparative Economics, commissioner of Korea Communications Commission, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Samsung Economics Research Institute, chairman of The Center for Free Enterprise and guest editorial writer for The Dong-A Ilbo. Currently, he is an editor at the Global Economic Review (SSCI Journal, Published by Institute of East and West Studies, Yonsei University). He also serves as member and chair of the Policy Planning Committee under the Ministry of Justice, as well as the member of the Macroeconomy and Finance Subcommittee Chairperson under the National Economic Advisory Council.

His major scholarly publications include The Third Capital (2009, Samsung Economic Research Institute), Industrial Organization Theory (2009, Ed. 6, Pakyoungsa), Comparative Analysis of Korea and Japan’s Economic Development and Political Environment (Joint authorship; 2003, Jipmoondang), and many more.

He has shared his economics expertise with public—and even children—by publishing a series of educational books and cartoons including Nine is Greater Than Ten, A Coin for Charon, and Economics Read with Cartoons. He makes regular appearances on a variety of television shows such as Economics in My Hand at MBC, Economics Focus at KBS, and TV Column at SBS.

In addition to his profession as an economist, Professor Kap-Young Jeong has demonstrated outstanding capabilities as an educational administrator. At Yonsei University, he has held various posts such as the dean of Academic Affairs, dean of the Graduate School of Information, and senior vice president of Wonju Campus. He has served as president of Yonsei University since February 2012.