History of Institute for Future Strategy
2026
- Sep. Appointment of Professor Injoo Sohn (Department of Political Science and International Relations) as Acting Director
2025
- Dec. Completion of the term of Ban Ki-moon, the 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), as Honorary Director
- Aug. Launch of cluster research: Balanced Regional Growth and Resilience
- Feb. Appointment of Professor Won-Taek Kang (Department of Political Science and International Relations) as the 3rd Director
2023
- Nov. Reorganization as an affiliated institution under the Seoul National University Headquarters
- May Launch of cluster research: Carbon Neutrality
- Feb. Appointment of Professor Jun-Ki Kim (Department of Public Administration) as the 2nd Director
2022
- Jul. Launch of cluster research: Economic Security
- Apr. Launch of cluster research: Future of Science and Technology, Population, Democracy, Global Korea, and Pandemic
- Feb. 24 Opening Ceremony held (attended by Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum, former Prime Minister Hong-Koo Lee, Seoul National University President Seong Nak-in, among others)
2021
- Dec. Appointment of Ban Ki-moon, the 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), as Honorary Director
- Dec. Appointment of Professor Byung-Yeon Kim (Department of Economics) as the founding Director
- Nov. Establishment of the Institute for Future Strategy as a research institute under the Seoul National University Headquarters
- Apr.–Jun. Formation of a task force for the proposed Institute for Future Strategy, marking the full-scale preparation for the establishment of a national policy think tank
2020
- Year-round Development of a plan to establish a social sciences research organization at Seoul National University
2016
- Year-round Establishment of an experimental foundation for national policy research through Seoul National University’s National Policy Forum
