Sun-Jin YUN

Dept. of Environmental Planning / Environmental Management
Ph.D. in Energy and Environmental Policy | Professor

Environmental and energy policies, Political economy of environment and energy, Environmental sociology, Environmental education

ecodemo@snu.ac.kr
02-880-5640

Education

B.A. in Sociology, Seoul National University, Feb. 1989

M.A. in Urban Affairs and Public Policy, University of Delaware, Aug. 1997

Ph.D. in Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware, May. 2001

Professional Experience

Dec. 2020 -~ present, Chairperson, Commission on Sustainable Development, Ministry of Environment

Sep. 2019 - present, Head of program for Cultivating Innovative Professionals for Sustainable Cities in the Era of Great Transformation of BK 21 Four Supported by National Research Foundation of Korea

July 2019 - present, Member, Budget Policy Advisory Committee of National Assembly Budget Office

April 2019 - present, Member, professional committee of mitigation (Division of Transportation and Life), National Council on Climate and Air Quality

Feb. 2019 - present, Member, Special Committee on Measures for Fine Dust (Head of subdivision for Mitigation)

Sep. 2018 - present, Member, National Strategy Committee at Seoul National University

Dec. 2020 - present, Chairperson, Commission on Sustainable Development under the Ministry of Environment

April 2019 - present, Director, Institute for Sustainable Development at Seoul National University

Jul. 2018 – present, Chairperson, Korea Energy Information Culture Agency

Jan. 2019 – Dec. 2020, President, Korea Association for Environmental Sociology

Feb. 2018 - present, Board member, Energy Transition Forum Korea

Dep. 2017 – present, Member, Presidential Commission on Policy Planning (Dec. 2020 ~ present, Division head of Sustainable Society)

Jun. 2017 – Sep. 2020, Member, Seoul Regional River Management Committee

2012 – present, Free Minds Network, Foundation for Renewable Energy and Environment (FREE)

2011 – present, Co-executive Chairperson, De-nuclear Energy Professors' Meeting

2001 – Jun. 2017, Board Member, Korean Energy Transition Forum

Oct. 2016 – present, Member, Industry and Energy's New and Renewable Energy Policy Review Committee of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Jan. 2016 – present, Vice President, the Korea Association for Environmental Sociology

Jun. 2015 – present, Member, Comflict Management Committee of KEPCO

2015 – present, Member, Central Environmental Policy Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Environment

Jul. 2014 – Aug. 2016, Member, Self-evaluation Committee of the Ministry of Environment

2014 – 2016, Member, Seoul Metropolitan Council for Academic Services

2014 - 2016, Member, the deliberation committee on the operation of the levy of the Strategy and Finance Ministry

2014 - 2016, Member, the Seoul environmental impact assessment committee

2014 - 2016, Member, Self-evaluation committee of Seoul metropolitan government

2014 – 2015, Member, Seoul City Planning Committee

Jan. 2014 – present, Vice President, Korean Association of Space & Environment Research

Jan. 2014 – present, Vice President, the Korean Society for Environmental Education

2013 – 2015, Member, Environmental Impact Assessment Natural Landscape Review Committee of the Ministry of Environment

2013 – 2015, Member, Central Environmental Conservation Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Environment

2013 – 2015, Member, the Sustainable Development Committee in Seoul

Jan. 2013 – present, Board Member, the Korean Society of Climate Change Research

2012 – 2014, Member, the Energy Committee of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

2012 – 2013, Fellow Member, the Sustainable Development Committee under the German Chancellor's Office

Jan. 2012 – present, Member, the Executive Committee for One Less Nuclear Power in Seoul

2012 – 2014, Member, Architectural Review Committee of Seoul

2012 – 2014, Member, the Green Citizens' Committee in Seoul

2009 – 2011, Member, the Research and Development Special Zone Committee of the Ministry of Knowledge Economy

2008 – 2010, Consultant, the Environment and Labor Committee, the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea

Mar. 2008 – present, Professor, the Graduate School of Environmental Studies of the Seoul National University

Feb. 2006 – Feb. 2007, Member, the technical committee of the Ministry of Science and Technology

Jul. 2005 – Aug. 2008, Member, the Government Innovation and Regional Decentralization Committee

Jan. 2004 – Dep. 2004, Member of the casting committee, the Korean Association for Public Administration

Dep. 2003 – Dep. 2005, Specialist Member, the Energy Industry Committee of the Sustainable Development Committee

Sep. 2003 – Feb. 2008, Member, the Joint Evaluation Committee of Local Governments, the Ministry of the Interior

Sep. 2003 – Feb. 2008, Member, the Central Environmental Conservation Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Environment

Sep. 2003 – Jun. 2008, Member, the Power Policy Council of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy

May. 2003 – May. 2005, Dean, the Department of Administration of the University of Seoul

Jan. 2003 – Dep. 2003, a general affairs commissioner, the Korean Association for Public Administration

Sep. 2001 – Aug. 2005, Professor, the Department of Administration of the University of Seoul

Jul. 2001 – Jun. 2004, Editor, the Korea Association for Environmental Sociology

Nov. 2001 – present, Board Member, the environmental organization for energy transition, called the Center for Energy Alternatives

Jan. 2001 – Aug. 2001, Researcher, the Environmental Planning Institute of Graduate School of Environmental Studies, the Seoul National University

 

 

 

Sep. 1995 – Dep. 2000, Researcher, Delaware Energy Institute, the University of Delaware