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Youngsook Park is a South Korean professor and futurist. She is currently a professor at the Graduate School of Future Strategy at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). She is also the president of the Korean Association of Futurists and the president of the Korean Association of Science and Technology Studies. Park was born on 16 July 1955 in South Korea. She received her bachelor's degree in sociology from Seoul National University in 1978 and her master's degree in sociology from the same university in 1980. She then went on to receive her doctorate in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1988. Park has been a professor at KAIST since 2000. She has also served as a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Tokyo, and the University of California, Los Angeles. Park has written numerous books and articles on the topics of future studies, science and technology studies, and sociology. She has also served as a consultant for various organizations, including the United Nations, the World Bank, and the Korean government. Park has received numerous awards for her work, including the Korean Presidential Award for Science and Technology in 2006 and the Korean National Science and Technology Award in 2008. She was also named one of the "100 Most Influential People in Korea" by the Korean government in 2009. As of 2021, Youngsook Park's net worth is estimated to be roughly $1 million.

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Occupation Professor,futurist
Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 16 July 1955
Birthday 16 July
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Nationality South Korea

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2004

Park uses her foresight skills to promote social justice and human development in Korea. She has been the Chair of South Korean Node of the Millennium Project, and the World Future Society in Korea since 2004. Park has represented South Korea in many global future-themed events such as the annual World Future Conferences, and has written research papers of future of Korean democracy which is claimed by Park, Park's Law. She has spoken at TedxYonsei for Future Megatrends and has her own radio and TV Futures Talks programs, and speaks on YouTube on futures in Korea. Park published or co-authored 13 volumes of "World Future Reports" annually in Korean which became popular futures book in Korea. Her "World Future Report 2045" became the No1 bestseller in Economy & Business Sector by Kyobo Books in 2015, and "World Future Report 2050" is No5 bestseller by Kyobo Books in 2016. She researches and teaches about future emerging technologies in her university classes. She writes many futures articles in her Indaily, a Korean Futures Internet Portal, i.e. Internet Newspaper in Seoul, Korea since 2012. She is often covered by the Korean media for New Year Special for Future Trends. The Choseekly kly covered Park for "2017 New Year Special" about her comments on what would happen to the Korean politics and future emerging technologies. Park is also the CEO of the Global Climate Change Situation Room and Solar Makers College, which was established by the Millennium Project Korea, in Gimcheon, Kyungbuk Province on 4 acres of land.

1982

Youngsook Park is a leading futurist from South Korea She serves as Chair of Millennium Project Korea Node. She also represents several global futures research organizations such as TechCastGlobal, and Davinci Institute. She has been Information Officer of the British Embassy Seoul (1982–2000) and Director of Public Diplomacy of the Australian Embassy Seoul (2000–2010) where she was trained as a futurist by attending World Future Society conferences, and other futurists meetings. Park is known for bringing global futurists to Korea for the last 30 years, and is a co-organizer of Korea Future Forum along with News1, a Korean news agency, inviting famous futurists to Seoul to speak on futures.

1972

Her academic education started in 1972 where she studied at the Kyungpook National University from 1972-1976. She earned a BA degree in French. From 1984-1986 she attended the University of Southern California earning a Master of Education. In 2003 she started coursework to obtain a Ph.D in Social Welfare in 2007 at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea.