{"id":13565,"date":"2017-12-19T16:43:46","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T17:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conference.iramot.ir\/prof-kong-rae-lee\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T02:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T23:29:21","slug":"prof-kong-rae-lee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conference.iramot.ir\/en\/prof-kong-rae-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Kong-Rae Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13565\" class=\"elementor elementor-13565\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c446c6e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c446c6e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9adbe2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d9adbe2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-816eb99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"816eb99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/conference.iramot.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Prof.-Keun-Lee-03.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-13067\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conference.iramot.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Prof.-Keun-Lee-03.png 600w, https:\/\/conference.iramot.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Prof.-Keun-Lee-03-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/conference.iramot.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Prof.-Keun-Lee-03-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f48012 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"8f48012\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"display: flex; gap: 12px; align-items: center; margin-top: 8px;\">\r\n  <!-- Personal Website -->\r\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keunlee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Personal Website\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conference.iramot.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Cyan-Globe-and-Link-Icon2.png\" alt=\"Website\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" style=\"display: block;\">\r\n  <\/a>\r\n  <!-- Google Scholar -->\r\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=R54yVLcAAAAJ&hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Google Scholar\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/c\/c7\/Google_Scholar_logo.svg\" alt=\"Google Scholar\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" style=\"display: block;\">\r\n  <\/a>\r\n  <!-- ResearchGate -->\r\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Keun-Lee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"ResearchGate\">\r\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/5\/5e\/ResearchGate_icon_SVG.svg\" alt=\"ResearchGate\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" style=\"display: block;\">\r\n  <\/a>\r\n  <!-- Project Syndicate -->\r\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.project-syndicate.org\/columnist\/keun-lee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Project Syndicate\">\r\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.project-syndicate.org\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"Project Syndicate\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" style=\"display: block;\">\r\n  <\/a>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4ff0d8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e4ff0d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdd2ed1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bdd2ed1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Keun Lee<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a2c688 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a2c688\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"auto\">South Korean economist and distinguished academic specializing in the economics of innovation and catch-up by latecomer economies. He is a Distinguished Professor at the School of Economics, Chung-Ang University (since 2025) and Distinguished Emeritus Professor at Seoul National University. He founded and directs the Center for Economic Catch-up and has over three decades of experience in research and policy work on innovation and economic development.<\/p><p dir=\"auto\">He previously served as Vice-Chairman of the National Economic Advisory Council for the President of Korea, President of the International Schumpeter Society (2016\u20132018), and a member of the UN Committee for Development Policy (2013\u20132019) and the World Economic Forum\u2019s Global Future Council. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley (1989). He received the 2014 Schumpeter Prize for his book <em>Schumpeterian Analysis of Economic Catch-up<\/em> and the 2019 Kapp Prize from EAEPE. He is Editor of <em>Research Policy<\/em> and Associate Editor of <em>Industrial and Corporate Change<\/em>, and the author of books including <em>The Art of Economic Catch-up<\/em> (2019), <em>China\u2019s Technological Leapfrogging and Economic Catch-up<\/em> (2021), and <em>Innovation-Development Detours for Latecomers<\/em> (2024).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d121cb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d121cb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Specialization<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd3ec7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd3ec7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"auto\">Economics of innovation and development, catch-up and leapfrogging by latecomer economies, national innovation systems, the middle-income trap, short-cycle technologies, science and technology policy, and East Asian industry studies<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keun Lee South Korean economist and distinguished academic specializing in the economics of innovation and catch-up by latecomer economies. 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