Kyung Ryul Park
Center Director- Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy
- park.kr@kaist.ac.kr
- di-Lab
- Global Technology Governance
- Sustainable Development
- National Development Strategy
- AI Governance
Profile
- Park, Kyung Ryul is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy at KAIST and an Affiliated Professor in the AI Governance Research Cluster at New York University (NYU). He serves as the Director of the Center for Global Development and Strategy (KAIST G-CODEs).
- Professor Park’s research lies at the intersection of technology, development, and global governance. His scholarly work addresses a wide range of themes, including national development strategies, R&D policy, global technology governance, and sustainable development, and has appeared in leading journals across the fields of international development, information systems, and policy studies. His current research projects theorize digital inequality and explore the potential of artificial intelligence to transform development management, particularly through novel machine learning solutions for aid targeting and SDG monitoring.
- Before joining KAIST, Professor Park worked in the development sector for seven years. His field experience spans diverse roles, including a computer teacher in Tanzania (2004–07), an open data initiative project leader at the World Bank (2010–13), and a field researcher in Indonesia (2015–16).
- Professor Park serves as a member of the Presidential National Economic Advisory Council and has also advised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Meta.
- He holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems from LSE (thesis title: Why Aid Information Management Systems Fail? Understanding the Global Diffusion of Data-Driven Development Initiatives and Sustainability Failure in the Case of Indonesia), a Master’s degree from Harvard Kennedy School, and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a B.A. in International Relations from Seoul National University.