Ph.D. in politics, Princeton University; M.A. in politics, Princeton University; B.A. in political science & international studies, University of Washington-Seattle Campus
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More ExpertsErik Mobrand is Korea Policy Chair and a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation. He studies political transformation in Asia with Korea as a central reference point. Mobrand is the author of Top-Down Democracy in South Korea (University of Washington Press, 2019) and articles on topics including corruption, political parties, law and politics, criminality, gender and politics, management of cities, and Korean relations with Southeast Asia. In 2016, Mobrand joined Seoul National University as an associate professor in the Graduate School of International Studies. He previously served as assistant professor of political science at National University of Singapore. He received his Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University.
Mobrand, Erik, South Korea's Policy Options in Asia: Summary of a Webinar Hosted by the RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy, RAND Corporation (CF-A2509-1), 2022
Erik Mobrand, Top-Down Democracy in South Korea, University of Washington Press, 2019
Erik Mobrand, "Cynical and Celebratory Sensibilities in South Korea's 2022 Presidential Election," Pacific Affairs, 95(2), 2022
Erik Mobrand, "Prosecution Reform and the Politics of Faking Democracy in South Korea," Critical Asian Studies, 2021
Erik Mobrand, "More than Anti-communism: Electoral Politics and the Meanings of Democracy in Taiwan," Journal of Contemporary Asia, 2020
Erik Mobrand, "Developmental Citizenship, Symbolic Landscapes, and Transformation in China and South Korea," Citizenship Studies, 2020
Erik Mobrand "Authoritarian Legality after Authoritarianism: Legal Governance of Parties and Elections before and after Democratic Transition in South Korea," in Hualing FU and Weitseng CHEN, Authoritarian Legality in Asia, Cambridge University Press, 2020
Interviews: Arirang News, Korea; france 24: international news 24/7
