Pukyong National University Selected for 2020 Humanities and Social Sciences Research Institute Support Project

12 Billion KRW Research Funding Over 6 Years... Study on Peaceful Co-evolution of Pan-Pacific Multicivilizations

Director Sanghyun Park of the Institute of Global Area Studies at Pukyong National University.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The Global Area Studies Institute at Pukyong National University (Director Park Sang-hyun, Professor of International Area Studies) has been selected for the '2020 Humanities and Social Sciences Research Institute Support Project' funded by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea.

The Humanities and Social Sciences Research Institute Support Project is a program aimed at fostering research hubs and producing excellent academic research outcomes by specializing and professionalizing research institutes in the humanities and social sciences fields. This year, 20 research institutes nationwide, including Pukyong National University, were selected.

The Global Area Studies Institute at Pukyong National University was selected under the pure academic research category with the research theme "Exploring the Peaceful Co-evolution of Multiple Civilizations in the Pan-Pacific as a Mega-Region: Regional Integration, National Rivalry, and Urban Hospitality," and will receive a total research fund of 1.2 billion KRW over a maximum of six years (3+3 years).

With this project selection, the institute will analyze the patterns of multiple risks threatening the sustainability of the Pan-Pacific region as a mega-region following the global outbreak of COVID-19.

Additionally, based on the maritime culture accumulated in Pan-Pacific port cities, the institute plans to explore the logic of peaceful co-evolution through a culture of multi-civilizational empathy, reciprocity, hospitality, and inclusion that transcends the logic of power and confrontation.

Director Park Sang-hyun said, "By understanding the interconnections of multiple civilizations constituting the Pan-Pacific as a mega-region, we expect to expand Korea's perception horizon of the Pan-Pacific and contribute to establishing Busan's regional identity as a gateway city to the Eurasian continent and a Pacific city."

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