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CHANWOONG BAEK

Chanwoong Baek

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS/POLITICAL SCIENCE
Director of NORRAG
UNESCO Co-Chair in Comparative Education Policy
Spoken languages
English, Korean
Theme
  • Education
  • Global Governance
  • Development and Cooperation

PROFILE


PhD, Columbia University

Chanwoong Baek is an Assistant Professor in the International Relations/Political Science Department, with a courtesy appointment in the Anthropology and Sociology Department. He is also UNESCO Co-Chair in Comparative Education Policy and Director of NORRAG. His current research critically assesses the claims made about “evidence-based policymaking” from a comparative and international perspective. In particular, he examines the social dynamics of legitimacy and power on the local, national and global levels, employing both quantitative and qualitative methods.

 

THEMATIC EXPERTISE
 

  • Politics of knowledge
  • Knowledge, education & aid policies
  • Experts & epistemic communities
  • Development, cooperation, aid policies
  • Governance & multilateralism
  • Local governance
  • International organisations, UN

 

RECENT PUBLICATIONSArticles

 

  • Baek, C., & Nordin, A. (2024). Understanding implicit reference societies in education policy. Journal of Education Policy, 39(5), 736-754.
  • Seitzer, H., Baek, C., & Steiner-Khamsi, G. (2024). Instruments of lesson-drawing: Comparing the knowledge brokerage of the OECD and the World Bank. Policy Studies, 45(6), 839-859.
  • Baek, C. (2023). How (do) school experiences contribute to students’ sense of belonging?, Asia Pacific Journal of Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02188791.2023.2206552.
  • Baek, C. (2022). Internalising externalisation: Utilisation of international knowledge in education policymaking. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 43(1), 159-176.
  • Antonio, A., & Baek, C. (2022). Beyond survey measures: exploring international male graduate students’ sense of belonging in electrical engineering. Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, 13(2), 132-150.
  • Baek, C. (2021). Understanding windows for global policy: an examination of the Free-Semester Program in Korea. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 51(3), 398-415.

Books

  • Baek, C., & Steiner-Khamsi, G. (Eds.). (2024). The rise of knowledge brokers in global education governance. Edward Elgar Publishing.

AWARDS

  • Shortlisted for Best Early Career Article, British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2023
  • Best Dissertation Award, Comparative and International Education Society, Globalization & Education SIG, 2022
  • Outstanding Research Paper Award, Korean American Educational Researchers Association, 2021

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