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SON, Joonwoo Assistant Professor
Knowledge Science, Social System Management
◆Degrees
Ph.D. in Sociology Columbia University
M.Phil in Sociology Columbia University
M.A. in Sociology Columbia University
M.A. in Sociology Seoul National University
◆Professional Experience
2026 - : Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology , Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology , Assistant Professor
2023 - 2026 : Kyushu University , Center for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Studies , Assistant Professor
2018 - 2019 : The University of Tokyo , Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies , Junior Visiting Researcher
2015 - 2015 : The University of Tokyo , Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies , 国際研修員
2011 - 2012 : Seoul National University , Department of Sociology (M.A. Program) , Research Assistant (Developing New Textbook Cases for Advanced Research Ethics Education /PI: Yi-Jong Suh),
2009 - 2009 : Seoul National University , The Institute for Social Development and Policy Research , Research Internship (Developing Noblesse Oblige Index /PI: Jaeyeol Yee)
◆Specialties
Sociology/history of science and technology, Sociology
◆Research Keywords
science and technology studies, economic sociology, historical sociology, sociology of quantification, social history of statistics, research methods in social sciences

■Publications

◆Published Papers
Toward New Organizational Sociology of Quantification: From Interlopers to Plurality and Contestation
Hyunsik Chun, Joonwoo Son
Sociology Compass, 19, 7, 1-13, 2025
Cross-Border Investment in Forms: National Income Accounting and the Making of Reliable Government in Postwar Japan
Joonwoo Son
Ph.D. Dissertation in Sociology, Columbia University, -, 2023
A Study on Reflexive Knowledge Making in Information Society: The Case of 'Big Data' Frame and Reshape of Policy Knowledge in South Korea
Joonwoo Son
M.A. Thesis in Sociology, Seoul National University, -, 2013
Formation of Knowledge-Subject through Wikipedia Editorial Debate: ‘Notability’ Debate in Korean Wikipedia and Available Repertories
Joonwoo Son
Cultural Studies (The Journal of Korean Association of Cultural Studies), 1, 1, 187-243, 2012
◆Misc
Public Monitoring of Big Data Analytic Algorithms in Policymaking(pp.244-246); The Problem of Exclusion in the Use of Big Data Analytics in Public Policy(pp.275-279)
Joonwoo Son
2012 Technology Assessment: Big Data Analytics (Korean Institute of Science and Technology Evaluation and Planning ed.), -, 2013
◆Books
Word Map of Science, Technology, and Society (STS): Navigating the Era of Techno-Science
分担執筆, Shinyosha, 2021
Simulation, Prediction, and Society: The Politics of Forecasting
分担執筆, The University of Tokyo Press, 2019
◆Conference Activities & Talks
Numbers and Subjectivity: A Debate on Trust in Official Statistics in the 1950s Japan
The 24th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Science and Technology Studies, 2025
Rethinking "Representativity" in Participatory STI Policymaking: Developing a Workshop Based on Public Comments
Matching HUB Hokuriku 2025, 2025
Numbers in Markets, Numbers in a Hierarchy : How Competing Ideas of State-Society Relationships Shaped Statistics Reform in Occupied Japan
The 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for the History of Japanese Economic Thought, 2025
When "Representativeness" Goes Underrepresented: Toward a Workshop-Based Study of Civic "Representativeness" Tests in STI Policy
The 23rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Science and Technology Studies, 2024
"Indicator" as a Perspective: The Changing Social Expectations for Official Statistics as a Mediator
Matching HUB Hokuriku 2024, 2024

■Contributions to  Society

◆Academic Society Affiliations
Japanese Society for Science and Technology Studies, Social Science History Association, The Japanese Society for the History of Economic Thought, The Society for the History of Japanese Economic Thought, The Socio-Economic History Society in Japan, The Japan Sociological Society, American Sociological Association, Society for Social Studies of Science
◆Committee Memberships
・ Science, Knowledge, & Technology Workshop (Columbia University) , Coordinator , 2019- 2022
◆Social Contribution
・ A Citizen Panel on 2012 National Technology Assessment (Subject: Big Data Technology) , Korea Institute of Science and Technology Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP); National Science and Technology Commission, Republic of Korea 2012 - 2012
・ 2025 SciREX Summer Camp (Mentorship: Ethics in the Era of Artificial Intelligence) , Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2025 - 2025
・ 2024 SciREX Summer Camp (Mentorship: EBPM and Data Analysis in STI Policy) , Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2024 - 2024