Sung Jin Kang is a professor in the Department of Economics and the director of the Institute for Economic Research and former director of the Institute for Sustainable Development at Korea University. Before he joined Korea University in 2003, he had worked at the University of Tsukuba (1999-2003) in Japan after receiving a Ph.D. in Economics at Stanford University. His main research fields are issues on sustainable development (economic transition countries), green growth and economic development (foreign direct investment, poverty reduction and foreign aid).