Education

• B.S. Department of Forest Resources, Seoul National University
• M.A. Interdisciplinary Program in Environmental Education, Seoul National University
• Ph.D. Institute of Forest Policy and Nature Conservation, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, Georg-August-University Gottingen (Germany)

Professional Experiences

• Professor, Graduate School of International Agricultural Technology, Seoul National University, 2025. 03 - present
• Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Agricultural Technology, Seoul National University, 2020. 03 - 2025.02
• Assistant Professor, Graduate School of International Agricultural Technology, Seoul National University, 2017. 09 - 2020.02
• Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Konkuk University, 2016. 03 - 2017. 08
• Research Professor, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, 2012. 08 - 2014. 07
• Researcher. Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, 2010. 06 - 2012. 07
• Research Associate, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, 2007. 06 - 2010. 05


• University affiliate positions
• Director, Center for Global Development and Cooperation, Seoul National University Social Responsibility, 2023 - 2025
• Chair, Department of International Agricultural Technology, Graduate School of International Agricultural Technology, 2021 - 2023
• Director, Center for International Agricultural Development, Institutes of Green Bio Science and Technology, 2020 - 2021
• Affiliate Professor, Interdisciplinary Program in Environmental Education (Graduate program), 2024 - present
• Affiliate Professor, Integrated Program in Regional Studies and Spatial Analytics (Graduate program), 2020 - present
• Affiliate Professor, Interdisciplinary Program in Global Environmental Management (Undergraduate program), 2017 - present

Society Memberships & Activities

International

• Editor, Trees, Forests and People, Elsevier (ISSN 2666-7193), 2022 - present
  https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/trees-forests-and-people/about/editorial-board
• Coordinating Lead Author, IPBES (The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) Thematic Assessment of Sustainable Use of Wild Species, 2018 - 2022
• Lead Author, IPBES (The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) Methodological Assessment of Business and Biodiversity, 2023 - 2025
• Board member, Journal of Forest Research, Taylor & Francis, 2018 - present


• International Union for Forest Research Organizations
• Deputy Coordinator, 9.03.00 Forestry History and Traditional Knowledge (2024 - 2029)
• Coordinator, 9.03.04 Traditional Forest Knowledge (2019 - 2029)
• Deputy Coordinator, 9.01.07 Forests and the Media (2019 - 2029)
  https://www.iufro.org/profiles/97169/park

National

• Non-standing director, Korea Forestry Promotion Institute (under the Korea Forest Service), 2023 - present
• Science and Technology Commission of Food, Agriculture and Forestry (under the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs), Member, 2020 - 2026
• Associate-Editor, Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science, 2022 - 2026
• Overseas Agricultural and Forest Resources Development Deliberative Council (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Republic of Korea), 2021 - 2023
• Forest Policy Evaluation Committee (under the Korea Forest Service), 2020 - 2026

Research Interests

• International Agricultural and Forest Policy (국제농림정책)
• International cooperation strategies in agriculture and forestry (국제농림협력전략)
• International governance and regime in agriculture and forestry (글로벌농림거버넌스)
• Agricultural and forest development policy instruments (농림개발정책수단)
• International communication and discourse in agriculture and forestry (국제농림커뮤니케이션과 담론)
• Inter-Korean cooperation for agricultural and forest development (남북농림개발협력)
• International policy on climate change and biodiversity (기후변화와생물다양성정책)
• Agroforestry and non-timber forest products (혼농임업과비목재임산물)

Lectures

• Aid and International Agricultural Development (원조와국제농업개발)
• International Agricultural and Forest Policy (국제농업산림정책)
• Global Governance for Agricultural and Forest Management (국제농림거버넌스)
• International Agricultural and Forest Policy Analysis (국제농림정책분석)
• Forest and Environmental Policy in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (북한산림환경정책)
• Green Bioindustry Technology and Policy (그린바이오산업기술정책)
• Seminar in International Agricultural Development and Cooperation 1 (국제농업개발협력 세미나 1)
• Seminar in International Agricultural Development and Cooperation 2 (국제농업개발협력 세미나 2)
• International Environmental Agreements and Forest Development Cooperation (국제환경협약과 산림개발협력)