Prof. Dr. Sung-Hee Jwa
Visiting professor at Ajou University Graduate School of International Studies, South Korea
Cell: 1-82-105221-9420
1. Best Innovator Award
2. CV
Dr. Sung Hee Jwa is a distinguished South Korean economist and thought leader in the fields of development economics, institutional theory, and the political economy of capitalism. With over 40 years of academic and policy experience, he has made significant contributions to both the theory and practice of economic development, particularly through his work on Korea’s economic transformation and his conceptualization of the “corporate economy.”
A former senior economist at institutions like the Korea Development Institute and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Jwa has also served in high-level advisory roles for the Korean government. His scholarship bridges rigorous theoretical frameworks with practical policy application, making him a respected voice in both academic and governmental circles.
Dr. Jwa is currently affiliated with Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea. He has published 11 documents indexed in Scopus, with a total of 43 citations from 28 unique documents, and holds an h-index of 4, indicating consistent scholarly impact in his core research areas. His contributions reflect a long-standing engagement with institutional economics, development theory, and the political economy of Korea’s modernization.