Jae Hyun Park

Course Instructor
jae.park@mail.utoronto.ca

Campus

  • Downtown Toronto (St. George)

Areas of Interest

  • Civil war
  • Rebel governance
  • Political violence
  • East and Southeast Asia

Biography

Jae Hyun is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at the University of Toronto. His dissertation project examines the ongoing civil war in Myanmar to understand why some rebel groups in civil wars establish large businesses while continuing to fight the state. Additionally, he is also interested in the political legacies of civil war violence in post-war societies.

Prior to his doctoral studies, Jae Hyun worked at the international development sector, developing knowledge transfer and cooperation projects for sustainable urban development in the Asia Pacific region.

Education

Hon BA, International Relations at the University of Toronto (2014)
MSc, Conflict Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science (2015)
PhD in progress, University of Toronto