Professional profile

Policy practitioner,
researcher, and connector.

Working across policy strategy, urban governance, development cooperation, public innovation, and social value.

Formal portrait of Wonseop Song
About

Wonseop Song is a public policy practitioner based in Seoul. He works on policy strategy, institutional coordination, and programme delivery across government, city networks, research, and private-sector social-value settings.

At the CITYNET Secretariat, he supports cooperation among local governments, public institutions, international organizations, and universities for sustainable and inclusive urban development. He also contributes to applied urban research as a Visiting Student Researcher at MIT Senseable City Lab–Senseable City Seoul.

His public-service work includes national youth-policy strategy, youth-impact implementation, policy evaluation, government-wide public innovation, and civic dialogue on social cohesion.

Professional experience

Professional experience.

2025–present

Programme Officer

CITYNET Secretariat · Republic of Korea

Supports stakeholder communications, programme planning with Korean partners, international city-to-city cooperation, and member-city knowledge sharing across the Asia-Pacific. Works with local governments, public institutions, international organizations, and universities on sustainable and inclusive urban development.

  • Contributed to project management and stakeholder coordination for Asian Development Bank technical-assistance work, 2025
  • Contributed to coordination for the EU International Urban and Regional Cooperation programme, 2025
2024–2025

Research Assistant

Korean Association for Policy Studies / Ministry of National Defense
Selected public service

Public service
and advisory roles.

Upcoming invited speaker — International Youth OPC Co-Creation Dialogue, Hangzhou · 24 September 2026

Education & recognition

Education
and recognition.

Academic training and selected national awards.

2026

Master of Public Policy

Seoul National University · Republic of Korea
2024

Bachelor of Business Administration & Sustainability Studies

Kyung Hee University · Republic of Korea
National recognition

Korea Talent Award

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Award for technology-based ESG, human-rights, and social-contribution policy initiatives.

Policy competition

Grand Prize · 1st Place

8th Youth Policy Competition, Minister of Gender Equality and Family Award — policy for a data platform for young people leaving care.

Policy competition

Excellence Award · 2nd Place

9th Youth Policy Competition, National Assembly Environment and Labor Committee Chairperson’s Award — employment policy for people with borderline intellectual functioning.