2020 Voice of Youth
VIEW EVENT DETAILSVoice of Youth Research Presentations & Award Ceremony
Asia Society Korea held its third annual "Voice of Youth" Research Presentations on Friday, August 21, 2020. Many competitive applicants submitted their preliminary research plans, from which four finalists were ultimately chosen to develop their work over the past six months.
2020 VOY Judges:
Eunho Kim, CSR Manager, Citibank Korea
Young Joon Kim, Board member, Asia Society Korea; Chairman of the Board of Directors, Asian University for Women Support Foundation
Yvonne Kim, Executive Director, Asia Society Korea
Wooil Lee, Asia 21 Korea Chapter member; Vice Plant Manager, UNID Global Corp.
Scott Orrantia, Program Committee member, Asia Society Korea; Managing Director, Johnson Controls Korea
Mason Richey, Contributing writer, Asia Society Korea; Associate Professor of International Politics, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS)
Mark Tetto, Board member, Asia Society Korea; Partner, TCK Investment Management
About 2020 VOY Participants:
Junyoung Han
Korea University, Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and International Relations
Junyoung Han is an undergraduate student majoring in Political Science and International Relations. His research interests include international cooperation, voting behavior, public opinion and political methodology. He worked as an undergraduate researcher at Korea-Asia Center for Development and Cooperation in 2017, and he also completed an internship at Asiatic Research Institute of Korea University in 2018. As a participant of Voice of Youth 2020, his research paper addressed the impact of growing social diversity on foreign aid spending among major donor countries with special focus on the case of South Korea.
Haneul Kim
Yonsei University, Bachelor’s Degree in International Studies
Haneul Kim is a junior at Yonsei University Underwood International College, majoring in International Studies. Her research interests include international security, global environmental issues, and human rights. She interned at the Dartmouth Sustainability Office and the Seoul National University Center for Transnational Migration and Social Inclusion, where she explored the impact of international issues on individuals’ lives. As a participant of Voice of Youth 2020, she researched the South Korean public's perception of nuclear weapons and its implications on the country’s logic of nuclear decision-making.
SeoLa Kim
Korea University, Master’s Degree in Business Management
SeoLa Kim is a master candidate of Korea University Business School, majoring in the field of organizational behavior and human resource management (HRM). Her research focuses on meaningfulness, motivation, culture, counterproductive work behavior, and leadership. As a passionate student who intends to pursue further academic development, she has done a cross-cultural study regarding the effects of distinct leadership styles on employee behaviors and made a presentation about it.