Seong Ik Oh received master’s degrees from Harvard Kennedy School and Fletcher School, Tufts University, respectively. Also, he earned a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Continuing much of his career in public service, from the Korean Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, to the Presidential Committee on Regional Development, he is currently a director at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. He also teaches as adjunct professor at the Graduate School of Public Administration, Yonsei University.