Alan Brown is a lecturer in the Department of Economics at Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, and an Adjunct Researcher at the Center for Regional Development in Gwangju, South Korea. He earned a PhD in Urban and Regional Development, and his areas of interest include Social Capital and other socio-economic constructs such as Sense of Community and Resilience, as well as Human Rights focused Regional Development, and Sustainable Tourism.