History of PDI | PDI : Peace & Democracy Institute

2020s

2024.03.: Inaguration of Dr. Nam-Kook Kim (Professor of the Political Science and International Relations) as the fourteenth director

2022.03.: Inaguration of Dr. Dong Sun Lee (Professor of the Political Science and International Relations) as the thirteenth director
2020.03.: Inaguration of Dr. Shin-wha Lee (Professor of the Political Science and International Relations) as the twelfth director

2017.09.: Initiation of SSK (Social Science Korea) Project Team funded by National Research Foundation of Korea (“Conflict and Coordination of Market Economy and Democracy in the Age of Inequality”)
2017.03.: Inauguration of Dr. Hong-Kyu Park (Professor of the Political Science and International Relations) as the eleventh director
2015.09.: Inauguration of Dr. Nae-Young Lee (Professor of the Political Science and International Relations) as the tenth director
2014.12.: Initiation of Research Project for Humanities and Social Sciences funded by National Research Foundation of Korea (“Dynamics of Political Resistance in Authoritarian Regime”)
2014.09.: Initiation of SSK (Social Science Korea) Project Team funded by National Research Foundation of Korea (“Political Economy of Inequality and Social Integration”)
2012.03.: Inauguration of Dr. Byung-Kon Kim (Professor of the Political Science and International Relations) as the ninth director
2011.05.: Initiation of SSK (Social Science Korea) Project Team funded by National Research Foundation of Korea (“Unequal Democracy: Comparative Study”, “Multicultural Challenges and Sustainable Democracy”)
2010.05.: – Agreement on Academic Partnership with National Chengchi University, Taiwan
– Initiation of Joint Research Project funded by National Research Foundation of Korea (“East Asian Community and Multicultural Coexistence”)
2010.03.: Renamed the Peace & Democracy Institute

2009.12.: Peace Studies Listed by the National Research Foundation of Korea
2009.11.: Initiation of Project for Supporting Social Science Research funded by National Research Foundation of Korea (“Searching for New Governance in South Korea Democracy: Institution in conjunction with Value System)
2009.06.: Winning a research contract funded by the National Research Council for Economics, Humanities, and Social Sciences (“Impact of Green Energy in International Relations”)
2008.12.: Initiation of Project for Supporting Social Science Research funded by National Research Foundation of Korea (“Emergence of Neo-pastoral Society and Change in Political Participation”)
2008.03.: Inauguration of Dr. Hyeok-Bag Im (Professor of the Political Science and International Relations) as the eighth director
2007.12.: Peace Studies Listed Candidate by the Korea Research Foundation
2006.09.: Inauguration of Dr. Byung-Kook Kim (Professor of the Political Science and International Relations) as the seven director
2002.09.: Inauguration of Dr. Sung-Hak Kang (Professor of the Political Science and International Relations) as the sixth director
2002.07.: Initiation of Project for Supporting Basic Arts and Sciences funded by the Korea Research Foundation (3 years)
2002.06.: Initiation of Project for Supporting Core Institute funded by the Korea Research Foundation (6 years)

1998.10.: A student debate on “Investigation of Consciousness on the Future of Sino-Korean Relations”
1998.09.: Inauguration of Dr. Jeong-Nam Jo (Professor of Political Science and International Relations) as the fifth director
Making CD-Rom of PDI publications
1995.07.: Inauguration of Dr. Jin-Young Seo (Professor of Political Science and International Relations) as the fourth director
1993.03.: Inauguration of Dr. Seung-Jo Han (Professor of Political Science and International Relations) as the third director
1991.03.: Inauguration of Dr. Sang-Yong Choi (Professor of Political Science and International Relations) as the second director
1990.08.: Agreement on Academic Partnership with Institute of Developing Economies, Japan

1988.11.: The 1st Academic Conference (“Korean Philosophy of Peace and Condition and Approach for Peace in the Korean Peninsula”)
1988.10.: Agreement on Academic Partnership with Peking University, Yanbian University, and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
1988.09.: Agreement on Academic Partnership with Russian Academy of Sciences and Institute for US and Canadian Studies
1988.03.: Establishment of the Peace Institute and inauguration of Dr. Ho-Jae Lee (Professor of Political Science and International Relations) as the first director