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Future of science and technology Cluster

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Title

Designing Science and Technology Futures through Challenging Questions

Topic

    Achievements
    -Collaborative Technology Sovereignty: Established the concept and developed quantitative indicators integrating innovation capability, production capability, and supply chain independence.
    -Analytical Tools: Advanced quantitative methods for evaluating industrial/national technology partnerships and detecting supply chain vulnerabilities.
    -GrandQuests Project: Reframed scientific and technological challenges into “Challenging Questions”, proposing a problem-design-oriented paradigm for science and technology planning.
    -Dissemination & Institutionalization: Expanded a question-driven research culture through publications, forums, international conferences, and prize programs.

    Future Directions
    -Theoretical Framework: Redefining the analytical unit of science and technology planning around “What should we ask?”.
    -Protocols for Question Derivation: Developing systematic procedures and tools to reframe grand challenges into strategic questions.
    -Execution Models: Testing cross-generational and interdisciplinary collaboration models linking senior scholars, emerging researchers, and the next generation.
    -Ecosystem Building: Establishing sustainable infrastructures—open archives, communicators, and educational programs—to ensure the accumulation, diffusion, and succession of challenges.

Homepage

http://snugrandquests.org/

Director

교수
Jeong-Dong Lee Professor (Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Applied Engineering)
  • - Ph.D. in Resource Engineering, Seoul National University
  • - Professor, SNU(1999-present)
  • - Special Assistant to the President on Economic Sciences(2019-2021)

Researcher

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Cluster Leader

Jeong-Dong Lee

Cluster Leader, Professor
College of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Practice, Technology Management, Economic Policy, SNU
Research Field :
Industry and Firm dynamics, Productivity and efficiency analysis, Evolutionary economics, Innovation Policy
Future of Science and Technology Cluster
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Participating Researcher

Junghye Lee

Associate Professor
College of Engineering, SNU Graduate School of Engineering Practice, Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program
Research Field :
Data Mining, Machine Learning, AI+X
Future of Science and Technology Cluster
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Participating researcher

Jongsu Lee

Professor
Graduate School of Engineering Practice, Technology Management, Economics, and Policy Program, SNU
Research Field :
Technology, Economy, and Management, Consumer Preference Analysis on New Products, Demand Forecasting of New Products
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Participating researcher

Joonhwan Lee

Professor
College of Social Sciences, Department of Communication, SNU
Research Field :
Human-Computer (AI) Interaction, Social Computing, Information visualization
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Footage

SBS X Grand Quest Live Broadcast | Securing Technology Sovereignty: Ten Key Questions
Technological Innovation and Economic Security, and the Work of a New Nation
2023 SNU Grand Quest Open Forum: Challenging Questions for the Future of Science and Technology
Future Generation Debate
International Forum (Technology Sovereignty)

Events

[국가미래전략원 과학과기술의미래] 제1기 『그랜드퀘스트 커뮤니케이터』 선발 공모전

[Institute for Future Strategy Future of Science and Technology Cluster] 1st Grand Quest Communicator Recruitment Contest

  • Date : 2025-08-01
  • Host :
그랜드 퀘스트 2025 오픈 포럼: 과학기술의 미래를 향한 도전적 질문

Grand Quest 2025 Open Forum

  • Date : 2024-11-05
  • Host :
기술혁신과 경제안보, 새로운 국가의 일

Technological Innovation, Economic Security, and the Work of a New Nation

  • Date : 2023-12-07
  • Location : Seoul National University Wooseok Economics Hall room 504
  • Host : Future of Science and Technology Cluster, Economic Security Cluster
SNU 그랜드 퀘스트 오픈포럼(2023년9월 6일(수)~8일(금)과 13일(수)~15일(금))

SNU Grand Quest Open Forum (September 6 (Wed) ~ 8 (Fri) and 13 (Wed) ~ 15 (Fri), 2023)

  • Date : 2023-09-06
  • Location : SNU Sangsan Mathematical Science Museum, Yangduseok Hall, International Conference Room 25-1
  • Host : Future of Science and Technology Cluster
[미래 기술 포럼 시리즈 4차]“기술 진화계통도를 활용한 핵심기술 예측” “신기술의 시장기회 식별 및 예측”

The SNU-IFS Future Tech Forum

  • Date : 2023-02-28
  • Location : Zoom(Online)
  • Host : Future of Science and Technology Cluster
[미래 기술 포럼 시리즈 3차]“기술예측을 위한 인공지능 알고리즘”

The SNU-IFS Future Tech Forum

  • Date : 2023-02-15
  • Location : Zoom(Online)
  • Host : Future of Science and Technology Cluster
[미래 기술 포럼 시리즈 2차] “신산업기술 정책의 국제동향과 한국에의 시사”“역대 정부의 유망기술 선정과 신산업 욱성정책-회고와 함의”

[Future Technology Forum Series 2nd] "International Trends of New Industrial Technology Policy and Implications for Korea" "Selection of Promising Technologies and New Industry Promotion Policy of Past Governments: Retrospective and Implications"

  • Date : 2023-02-06
  • Location : Zoom(Online)
  • Host : Future of Science and Technology Cluster
[미래 기술 포럼 시리즈 1차] “한국의 국가전략기술선정 및 주요 육성방안”

[Future Technology Forum Series 1st] "Korea's National Strategic Technology Selection and Major Development Plans"

  • Date : 2023-01-19
  • Location : Zoom(Online)
  • Host : Future of Science and Technology Cluster
독일 프라운호퍼와 기술주권 주제 학회 개최

Conference with Fraunhofer in Germany on the topic of technological sovereignty

  • Date : 2022-10-05
  • Location : Korea Foundation for Higher Education Conference Hall
  • Host : Future of Science and Technology Cluster, Korea Foundation for Higher Education
미래세대토론회

Future Generation Debate

  • Date : 2022-08-25
  • Location : SK Arcadia
  • Host : Future of Science and Technology Cluster, Korea Foundation for Higher Education

Publication

그랜드 퀘스트 10세상을 뒤흔들 도전적인 최초의 질문 시즌 2
Grand Quest: Season 2 – The First Challenging Question to Shake the World of Ten Realms
Apr, 2025
국가미래전략원 이슈브리프 2024년 9월 Vol. 02
IFS Issue Brief 2024 Sep. Vol. 02
Sep, 2024
기술주권 수준의 측정 프레임워크와 국제비교
Empirical Measurement of Technology Sovereignty
Aug, 2024
과학과 기술의 미래 클러스터 2차 연도 결과보고서
Future of Science and Technology Cluster 2nd Year Annual Report
Jul, 2024
과학과 기술의 미래 클러스터_1차 연도 결과보고서
Future of Science and Technology Cluster_1st Year Results Report
Nov, 2023
미래 관찰자의 살아 있는 아이디어 서울대학교 국가미래전략원 미래 세대의 질문 10
Living Ideas from Future Observers: Seoul National University, Institute for Future Strategy, Questions of Future Generations 10
Nov, 2023
그랜드 퀘스트 2024 대한민국 과학기술과 산업의 미래에 ‘질문’을 던지다
Grand Quest 2024 Asking 'Questions' on the Future of Korea's Science and Technology and Industry
Nov, 2023
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