Dong-Eui University Selected for Phase 2 of Ministry of Education's Humanities and Social Sciences Research Institute Support Project... 'Dignitas Research Institute' Receives 1 Billion KRW over 3 Years

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The Dignitas Liberal Arts Education Research Institute at Dong-Eui University (Director Yoon Hye-kyung) was recently selected for the second phase of the "Humanities and Social Sciences Research Institute Support Project" supported by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea, securing over 1 billion KRW in funding for three years.

The Dignitas Liberal Arts Education Research Institute was chosen in 2019 for the first phase of the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Institute Support Project under the education-linked category with the research theme "Future-Oriented Basic Liberal Arts Education Embracing Posthuman," and has been conducting the first phase project for three years.

In this year's continuation project phase evaluation, based on excellent research capabilities and achievements such as academic research and course offerings during the first phase, the institute will receive approximately 1.09 billion KRW in funding for the next three years until August 31, 2025, to carry out the second phase project.

In the second phase project, the institute plans to conduct research and programs focused on future-oriented basic liberal arts education with key themes including "AI Translation and Human Translation Education as Liberal Arts," "Robot Ethics and Character Education as Liberal Arts," and "Cyborg and Emotional Education as Liberal Arts."

Director Yoon Hye-kyung stated, "Through research on the humanities-convergence agenda required by future society, we aim to establish a foundation for expanding research on the essence of basic liberal arts education, including academic, educational, and policy needs, the linkage of multiple intelligences of posthuman, and future-oriented basic liberal arts education."

The Dignitas Liberal Arts Education Research Institute at Dong-Eui University was established in 2016 to lay the academic foundation for liberal arts education in the digital civilization era.

The institute's publication, "Research on Liberal Arts Education Practice," was selected as a candidate journal for KCI (Korea Citation Index) in the field of liberal arts education for the first time in the southeastern region, providing a scholarly platform for liberal arts education researchers and contributing to the expansion of the liberal arts education base.

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