Hyunjoon Shin is research professor in the Institute for East Asian Studies (IEAS) at Sunkonghoe University. Having received his PhD from the Economics Department of Seoul National University with a thesis on the transformation of the Korean music industry in the age of globalization (or: in a globalized age), he has carried out research into popular music, popular culture, cultural industries and cultural policy. He was also research fellow at ARI (Asia Research Institute) at the National University of Singapore in 2007 and taught at Leiden University in the Netherlands as visiting professor in 2008.