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Organization: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Affiliation: ALAC, Fellowship Program, NextGen@ICANN
Region: Europe
Country: Germany
Website:

   https://www.itas.kit.edu/english/staff_son_jaewon.php

LinkedIn:    Jaewon Son
Twitter:    @JaewonSon1

Jaewon Son is a Doctoral Researcher at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). She is passionate about the intersection of society, technology, and the environment. Her publications cover topics such as satellite remote sensing for water disaster management, digitalizing trees in Karlsruhe, technology assessment on nature-based solutions, energy transitions, and the Internet of Things.

Currently, she serves on the NetMission Advisory Board as an advisor, is the Youth4IG Capacity Building Lead, and is a member of several organizations including the ISOC Rural Development Community, Youth Standing Group, Interplanetary Chapter, and ICANN's Asia Pacific Regional At-Large Organisation (APRALO), At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG), and Noncommercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG). Additionally, she is an advisor at Greentech Alliance and a member of Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Cities (AISC).

With a keen interest in the Multistakeholder Model, Jaewon has served as a committee member of the Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF) where she initiated the first youth session and youth supporters in Korea during the 8th KrIGF. She also co-founded the first Korean youth stakeholder group, Voice of Youth at Internet Governance (VOY@IG).

Jaewon was recognized as an outstanding performer at the Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy (APIGA) in 2018 and later served as a mentor and keynote speaker at APIGA 2019. She attended ICANN 63 in Barcelona as a civilian expert appointed by the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA), ICANN 64 in Kobe as a NextGen, ICANN 66 in Montreal as a NextGen Ambassador, and ICANN 67 as a fellow. As a speaker and fellow, she participated in the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) 2019 in Vladivostok, Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) 48 in Chiang Mai, IGF 2019 in Berlin, APrIGF 2020, and the Asia Pacific School on Internet Governance (APSIG) 2020, among many other IG event.

Career History[edit | edit source]

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (2021-Present)

Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (2020-2021)

UNDP Seoul Policy Centre (2020)

UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (2019-2020)

Knowledge For Development Without Borders (2019)

Korea Information Society Development Institute (2018-2019)

Korea University (2017-2018)

VM Value Management GmbH (2017-2018)

Science and Technology Policy Institute (2016)

ICANN and Internet Governance Participation[edit | edit source]

Current Role

  • Youth4IG Capacity Building Lead
  • Asia Pacific Regional At-Large Organisation (APRALO) and At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) Member [1]
  • ISOC Community Networks SIG, InterPlanetary Networking SIG, and Youth SIG Member

Fellow & Speaker

  • APIGA 2019 Speaker and Mentor (Seoul, Korea)
  • Attended ICANN 63 on behalf of KISA as a Civilian Expert (Barcelona, Spain)

Education[edit | edit source]

Doctoral Candidate in Geography at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

M.A in International Development and Cooperation at Korea University

B.A in International Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS)

Selected Publications & Science Communication[edit | edit source]

Peer reviewed article

  • Book review: Timon, McPhearson; Nadja, Kabisch; Niki, Frantzeskaki (eds.) (2023): Nature-based solutions for cities [11]
  • Public perceptions and willingness to pay for cultural ecosystem services from urban forests [12]
  • Sustainable energy technologies for the Global South: Challenges and solutions toward achieving SDG 7 [13]
  • Assessing the Realization of Global Land Restoration: A Meta-analysis [14]
  • Sustainable Water Security Based on the SDG Framework: A Case Study of the 2019 Metro Manila Water Crisis [15]

Blog

  • The role of urban green spaces as nature-based solutions in Korea and Germany [16]
  • DNS in times of COVID-19: the ccTLD experience – [ICANN68] Session Report [17]
  • Korea’s response to COVID-19: ICT’s role in flattening the curve [18]
  • Can China’s Economic Rise and Sustainable Development Coexist? [19]
  • Girls’ Educational Challenge in Rural Vietnam [20]
  • From Sensing to Preventing: Satellite Remote Sensing for Water Disaster Management [21]

Report

  • The Lost Protected Areas: A Report on the State of Protected Area Management. Vol. 2 (available in Korean) [22]
  • British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2023 Conference Report (available in Korean) [23]

Interview

  • Interview with Youth Observatory [24]
  • Towards an EcoInternet (Interview with APNIC) [25]

Thesis

  • Impacts of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Facilities on Women's Access to Education -The Case of Lao Cai Province, Vietnam [26]

Selected Honors & Awards[edit | edit source]

Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Europe Scholarship Award 2023 from the Korean Scientists and Engineers Association in Germany (VeKNI)

DAAD Research Grants for Doctoral Programme in Germany

Graduate Funding from the German States Program (Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg)

DAAD STIBET for international Doctoral Candidate

Korean delegate and Digital Society & the Internet Policy Team Lead for Indo-Pacific Youth Dialogue - sponsored by the U.S. Department of State

Green Talents Awards 2019 - awarded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Science & Technology Delegate at the Harvard College Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) 2019

Leader of Tomorrow at the 49th St. Gallen Symposium

Outstanding Performance Award at the Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy (APIGA) 2018

At-Large Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN related to the interests of individual Internet users (ICANN Bylaws). Not to be confused with the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group.

Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group. Represents the full range of non-commercial entities of the Internet (ICANN Bylaws). Not to be confused with the At-Large Advisory Committee.

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