Title: Digitalization of GVCs and the Political Economy of Vocational Education Privatization
PhD Supervisor & Co-supervisor: Liliana Andonova and Sungmin Rho
Expected completion date: 2024
The central aim of the research is to identify the ways in which and to what extent digitalization of global supply chain affects skills mismatch of workers, whether the threats of disruptive changes in the manufacturing sector and workers’ skills mismatch encourage policy makers to apply neoliberal ideas more rigorously to the education policy, and to determine the level of engagement of the private sector in the provision of vocational education as a solution to them.
Jaewon is a PhD candidate whose research explores the growing role of private sector actors in global governance and institutionalized co-operative arrangements between the public and private sector. The focus of her study at the Graduate Institute is particularly on public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the field of technical vocational education and training (TVET) in the ASEAN region. She holds a bachelor’s degree in International Liberal Studies and master’s degree in International Relations, both from Waseda University, Tokyo. Her recent 5-year work experience as a researcher at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and STI Policy Institute under the government of Thailand has motivated her to pursue research and career that can contribute to sustainable and inclusive development of Southeast Asian countries. Her work on global value chains, labour market, and skills development has been published in peer-reviewed journals, UN/OECD reports, and books.
Research Experience
Graduate Research Assistant at Waseda Institute for Korean Studies, Tokyo, Japan
Researcher at the Science Technology and Innovation Policy Institute (STIPI), Bangkok, Thailand
1. Abe and Kim (2020). Maximizing the Benefits of Mekong Value Chains for SMEs. Bangkok: UNESCAP.
2. Kim, Abe and Valente (2019). Impacts of Digital Economy on Manufacturing in Emerging Asia. Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy, 8(1), 001-030.
3. Elci, Kim and Ozge (2019). International Experience of Support for Innovation and Smart Specialisation: The Case of Korea. Smart Specialisation Hub, Knowledge Transfer Network, UK.
4. Lee, Kim and Hyun (2019). Creation of System Dynamics in an Uncertain and Complex Market: The Case of Korean Biopharmaceutical Industry Evolution. Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy, 8(2), 180-207.