Dr. Goosoon KWON is the dean of Future Multidisciplinary Studies and a professor at the Department of Global Development Cooperation at Seoul Cyber University (SCU). His research interest is international humanitarian assistance regime, resilience in post-conflict and/or post-disaster reconstruction, peacebuilding & state building, and civil-military coordination in complex emergencies. Before joining academia, he gained a variety of field experiences in arenas of humanitarian assistance, post-conflict reconstruction and peacebuilding, and international development as a practitioner at the Korean Red Cross Movement (2001-2006), Good People Int’l (2008-2009) and UN Peacekeeping Mission (UNMIL / 2009-2010).
Dr. KWON is currently the chair of the international affairs committee of the Korea Association of International Development and Cooperation (KADEC); a member of the advisory board on humanitarian affairs of the Korean NGO Council for Overseas Cooperation (KCOC); and an advisor of Reshaping Development Institute (ReDI).