OJERI’s first symposium was held on May 7 and 8 in Hana Square at the Science and Engineering Campus. Provided by www.veritas-a.com.



By Kim Jae-Hyun (kjh95@korea.ac.kr)

On May 7 and 8, the Korea University (KU) OJeong Eco-Resilience Institute (OJERI) opened its first international symposium “Resilience Thinking in a Changing World.” This was the first in Korea to ever have a symposium on the field of socio-ecology. During these two days, foreign experts, such as Javed Hussain Mir, one of the directors of Asian Development Blog (ADB), and professors, such as the KU Professor Sungjin Kang (Economics) gave lectures.
        
OJERI is the first Korean Institute on the study of the resilience of the ecosystem. Cofounded by KU and Nam Kyu Min, the current representative director of JaKang Materials (JKM), the institute seeks ways to preserve the stability of the environment and at the same time, maintain human survival. Since the industrial structure has entered non-sustainable growth due to its development based on mass production and consumption, this problem of balancing the ecosystem and human life is especially important.

Apart from lectures from prominent figures, the symposium also held a commemoration celebrating the publication of the book Resilience Thinking. The book was written by Brian Walker and David Salt, who specialize in ecological sustainability. “The researchers of OJERI finally translated it into Korean, in hopes of making people more aware of the ecological tasks coming in the future,” said Nam.

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