Taking stock of the trajectories of South Korea’s government-certified social enterprises: perspectives on a fluid semi-public sector model Available to Purchase

Casper Hendrik Claassen is an assistant professor at Hoseo University, a research fellow at the Institute for Welfare State Research at Yonsei University, and a visiting researcher at the Korea Institute of Public Affairs at Seoul National University’s Graduate School of Public Administration. He obtained a PhD in Governance from the Hertie School in 2020. His research areas include the third sector, social welfare, social policy and Korean studies.

Eric Bidet is an associate professor at the School of Law, Economics and Business Administration of Le Mans University (France). He obtained a PhD of Sociology from University of Paris X in 2001. His main research interests include social and solidarity economy, social enterprise, cooperatives and co-production of welfare services in a comparative perspective between Europe and Asia.

Junki Kim is a professor of public policy at Graduate School of Public Administration (GSPA) of Seoul National University and served as the Director of the National Assembly Budget Office in Korea between 2015 and 2017. He received BSc in Economics from London School of Economics and Political Science and completed his Masters and PhD in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He also served as the Dean of Graduate School of Public Administration of Seoul National University from 2012 to 2014 and as the Dean of International Affairs at SNU from 2010 to 2012. He later became Director of Korea’s National Assembly Budget Office where he served between 2015 and 2017. His main research area includes budgeting, financial administration, government-business relations, public enterprise and quasi-public sector.

Yeanhee Choi is a manager at Korea Social Enterprise Promotion Agency (KoSEA). She received her master’s degree in Public Policy from Seoul National University, where she is currently a PhD student. Her research interests are in social enterprises, policy delivery systems and policy evaluation.