Dai-Yeun Jeong

Director of Asia Climate Change Education Center
South Korea

March 2012 – Present: Director of Asia Climate Change Education Center, South Korea

January 2013 – Present: Acting Director of Jeju Secretariat, UNESCO World Network of Island and Coastal Biosphere Reserves

March 2012 – Present: Emeritus Professor of Environmental Sociology at Jeju National University, South KoreaEducational Attainment

BA and MA in Sociology from Korea University, South Korea PhD in Environmental Sociology from The University of Queensland, Australia

Past Major Professional Activities Since 2000

Professor at Jeju National University, South Korea (March 1981 – February 2012)

President, Asia-Pacific Sociological Association

Teaching Professor at The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Member, Presidential Commission on Sustainable Development of the Republic of Korea

Delegate of South Korean Government to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Delegate of South Korean Government to OECD Environmental Meeting

Research Associate, Environmental Policy Committee for Sustainable Development, The National Assembly of Republic of Korea

Academic Research Publications: 13 books including Environmental Sociology and 60 academic research papers in domestic and international journals

Unpublished Research Projects; 100 environment-related projects funded by domestic and international organizations