Sun is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University of British Columbia. She also is a MOFA Taiwan Fellow (2024), PAFTAD Young Scholar (2023), Liu Scholar (2021-2022) in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, and a Centre for Korean Research Fellow (2021-2023) at the Institute of Asian Research. Her research topic centers around green industrial policy and innovative strategies in East Asia with a focus on Korea, Japan, and Taiwan in the broader context of the US-China competition in the region. She is interested in analyzing what drives a rapid acceleration of the green tech race and what causes distinct national profiles in rejuvenating old and new tools of industrial policy to claim leadership in a future strategic industry.

Featured Works

• Park, Sun Ryung. (November 2023). An Entrepreneurial State in Green Transition: Korea’s Energy Security and Canada-ROK Co-operation. Policy Perspective. Calgary: Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI). [Link to publisher]
• Park, Sun Ryung & Tiberghien, Yves. (April 2023). The Green Tech Race Is a Story for the Entrepreneurial State. In Filippo Fasulo, ed., The EU Indo-Pacific Bid: Sailing Through Economic and Security Competition. (Milan: Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI)), 99-129. [Link to publisher]
• Park, S. R. (2017). Weaponization and Vulnerability in China’s Rare Earths Hegemony. In Joo-Youn Jung eds. (in Korean), World Politics 27 (Seoul: Center for International Studies at Seoul National University, 2017), 243-295.
• Park, S. R., & Jung, J. Y. (2017). Centralization through Consolidation: Restructuring the Chinese Rare Earth Industry. Peace Studies, 25 (1), 117–154. [Link to publisher]
• Park, S. R., & Jung, J. Y. (2015). Between the Local Governments and Producers: Why Rare Earth Smuggling Persists in China. Journal of International Politics, 20 (2), 101–131. [Link to publisher]

• MOFA Taiwan Fellowship (2024)
• PAFTAD Fellowship for Young Scholars (2023)
• Dean of Arts Research Award (2023)
• IAR CKR Fellowship (2021-2023) & CKR Travel Grant (2022) & IAR Research Travel Grant (2023)
• Liu Scholars Fellowship (2021-2022)
• Faculty of Arts Graduate Award (2017-2023)
• Four-Year Fellowship (FYF/4YF) (2017-2021)
• International Tuition Award (2017-present)
• Supplementary Funding for External Methodology Program (2018)
• R Howard Webster Foundation Fellowship (2017)