Dong-A University Department of Public Administration Wins Top Prize at the 21st National University Student Mock Cabinet Meeting Competition

Team of 10 including Lee Joo-eun Proposes Policy Alternatives for Korea Disaster Safety Response System

Students from the Department of Public Administration at Dong-A University (President Lee Hae-woo) received the Grand Prize at the 21st National University Student Mock Cabinet Meeting Competition hosted by the Korean Association for Public Administration.

Students from the Department of Public Administration at Dong-A University who won the Grand Prize at the 21st National University Student Model Cabinet Meeting Competition.

A team of 10 students from Dong-A University's Department of Public Administration (Department Head Han Se-eok)?Lee Joo-eun, Kim Jae-won, Lim Young-yoon, Kim Seo-hee, Jeon Hye-bin, Kim Ga-yoon, Moon Chae-yeon, Jung Da-yeon, Jung In-yong, and Shin Ga-hee, supervised by Professor Kang Hye-jin?submitted a mock cabinet meeting video on the theme "Improvement Measures for Korea's Safety and Disaster Response System," competing against teams from universities nationwide and achieving excellent results.

The "National University Student Mock Cabinet Meeting Competition" has been held since 2003 for public administration major students, providing an opportunity to understand the deliberation and decision-making processes regarding national basic plans and major government policies through mock cabinet meetings, with participation from prestigious universities across the country.

In this project, Dong-A University students received high praise for presenting the positions and policy alternatives of various ministries to improve Korea's disaster safety response system.

Team leader Lee Joo-eun said, "I worked hard with my team members with the mindset of just winning an award, so I am delighted to receive the Grand Prize. Thanks to the cooperative team members, I was able to gain valuable experience." She added, "I am grateful to Professor Kang Hye-jin, who guided us well during the competition preparation, and to all the professors in the Department of Public Administration for their generous support."

Earlier, at the "Korean Association for Public Administration Public Reform Paper Contest," alumnus Cho Kyu-chul, who graduated from Dong-A University's Department of Public Administration and is currently enrolled in the master's program at Yonsei University, received the Chairman's Award of the Korean Association for Public Administration for his paper titled "Predicting Civil Servants' Turnover Intentions through Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): From Group Prediction to Individual Prediction."

In his paper, he developed a model using the machine learning algorithm "XGBoost" to identify factors influencing the rising turnover rate of civil servants by predicting variables affecting turnover intentions.

This work was recognized for its significance in identifying factors influencing turnover intention formation not only at the group level but also at the individual civil servant level.

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