Sangwon Ko

Sangwon Ko, Vice Chair of the WPIE, Executive Director, Division of Information Industry Research, Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI) Dr Sangwon Ko is the Director of the IT Industry Division and a Research Fellow of the Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI). He is also the Korean Delegate and Vice Chair for the Working Party on the Information Economy (WPIE) in OECD, and a member of the Evaluation Committee for Korea’s National R&D Program.

Dr Ko was previously a Research Fellow at the Science and Technology Policy Institute, and a Lecturer at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Area Studies, Hanyang University, as well as the Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University.

Dr Ko’s main research interests include ICT human resources development, IT R&D, national innovation system and telecommunication industry. He has published on a range of topics, including the Consequences of Educational Expansion in Less Developed Countries, Issues in Science & Technology Human Resources Development in Korea, Structural Change and Employment in Manufacturing Sector, the Effect of Government R&D Direct Subsidies on Corporate R&D Investment, and the Analysis of IT Labor Market and Policy Directions.

Dr Ko has a Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University in 1992, and a B.A. in Economics from Yonsei University in 1987.