Dissertation Grant

The GDI encourages students of the Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU to conduct research in the fields of international development or developing countries. We welcome topics specifically address questions of poverty reduction and development issues but also topics that more generally address questions of public issues of developing countries. Each year, one Master student and one Ph. D student who are willing to visit the target country and collect field data are selected in April.

Master or Ph. D. students of GSPA who are at pre or post dissertation proposal stage are eligible. Students will be expected to carry out a field study in a topic country during their grant year. 

The GDI research grants provide up to 2,000,000 KRW. It depends on the research topic and the topic country. Students are required to submit travel and data collection proposals.

Name: Seyeon Kim, Seoyeon Lim, Jina Choi, and Younjung Heo

Affiliation: Graduate Students, Seoul National University

Funding Year: 2024

Research Topic: How can Cambodia adapt South Korea's social protection policies, particularly those related to women's empowerment and digital literacy, to enhance the effectiveness of its own policies for vulnerable populations?

Country:  Cambodia

Name: Ryan Dwi Firmansyah

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2024

Dissertation Title: Balancing Work And Life in Government: A Study of Flexible Work Practices in Governmental Agencies of Indonesia

Country:  Indonesia

Name: Sadaf Mehmood Shaikh

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2024

Research Topic: Implementation Challenges of SDG Goal 5 (Gender Equality) – A Comparative Study of Pakistan and Bangladesh: Gaps, Key Insights and Lessons Learnt

Country:  Pakistan, Bangladesh

Name: Islombek Saparmatov 

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2023

Research Topic: The Analysis of the Effectiveness of Foreign Direct Investments on Energy Efficiency in Uzbekistan

Country:  Uzbekistan

Name: Leabphea Chin

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2023

Dissertation Title: Understanding Cambodia's Development Assistance : A Look into the Impacts of ODA on Health Secotr Performance 

Country:  Cambodia

Name: Rodhie Febrian 

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2023

Research Topic: Measuring the Sustainble Public Procurement in Indonesia with Perspective an ISO 20400:2017: A Case Study of the Ministry of Finance 

Country:  Indonesia 

Name: Leia Vinia Georgia Valdellon 

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2023

Dissertation Title:  The Social Impact of Disaster Shocks on the Population: An Analysis of the Philippine Case 

Country:  Philippines

Name: Wilhelmsen Palmes 

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2023

Research Topic: The Effect of of Sinking Fund on National Government Cost of Debt (Evidence from the Philippines) 

Country: Philippines 

Name: Samantha Gabrielle Haro

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2022

Research Topic: What Happens to 4Ps Graduates? A research on the continuity of the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program(4Ps): The conditional cash grant poverty alleviation program of the Philippines 

Country:  Philippines

Name: Sergio Cassanova Vagas

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2022

Dissertation Title:  Barriers to innovate with the public sector in Colombia: ICT sector supplier's perspective

Country:  Colombia

Name: Teresa Joy

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2022

Research Topic: Fiscal soundness of the local government units in the Philippines: A path towards recovery from the pandemic-induced crisis 

Country:  Philippines

Name: Alvarez Maria

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2021

Research Topic: Determinants of MERCOSUR trade patterns with major trade partner and Asian countries-Multi country gravity model analysis

Country:  MERCOSUR member countries

Name: Jean David de Jesus Adon

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2021

Dissertation Title:  Conditional cash transfers programs and labor supply and in Dominican Republic: Analysis of policy outcomes in the context of its governance structure

Country:  Dominican Republic

Name: Pearl Offeibea Twum

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2021

Research Topic: Employees' perceptions on the impact of performance-based rewards system as a motivational tool in the public services of Ghana

Country:  Ghana

Name: Ramesh Parajuli

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2021

Dissertation Title:  The fiscal illusion of Napalese federalism: Magnitude and distribution

Country:  Nepal

Name: Rona Francia Lucero Palines

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2021

Research Topic: The impact of COVID-19 on criminal proceedings in the Philippines: An examination of criminal cases handled by the Public Attorney's Office(PAO)

Country:  Philippines

Name: Augustus Lito Molino Narag

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2020

Research Topic: Local Governance and Social Welfare and Development in the Philippines 

Country:  Philippines

Name: Elekeleme Molonga Rodrick

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2020

Dissertation Title:  Corruption in Court Proceedings: The need of Judicial Transparency in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Country:  Republic of Congo

Name: Karim Abdel Ghafar Elsayed

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2020

Research Topic: The Arab Spring: The Economic Consequences on the Middle East Countries

Country:  Middle East countries

Name: Marcer Angwyn

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2020

Dissertation Title:  Impact of PSBB on Job Satisfaction, Work Stress, and Teaching Misbehavior Tendency in Universtas Indonesia

Country:  Indonesia

Name: Norman Danilo Amoretty Ruiz 

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2020

Research Topic: Do Business Regulations matter for Foreign Direct Investment Inward in Latin America? A policy implication analysis. 

Country:  21 countries in Latin America

Name: YeEun Ha

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2019

Dissertation Title: A Study of Policy Change in Social Security in Indonesia - Policy Process and Implications

Country:  Indonesia

Name: Khristine Jane V Melencio

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2018

Dissertation Title:  Beyond the Call of Duty: A Study on the Effects of Organizational Mission on Work Motivation

Country:  Philippines

Name: Andrian Fauzi

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2018

Dissertation Title: The Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and Employee’s Motivation in Indonesian Public Sector: Centering on the Cabinet Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia 

Country:  Indonesia

Name: Agi Agung Galuh Purwa

Affiliation: Master Student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2017

Dissertation Title:  Social Media and Government Responsiveness: A Case Study of Bandung City, Indonesia

Country:  Indonesia

Name: Katoka Ben Kasongo

Affiliation: Ph. D. Candidate, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU

Funding Year: 2016

Dissertation Title: Natural Resources, Institutions, and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons for DR Congo 

Country:  DR Congo

Name: Hye Seon Na 

Affiliation: Master student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU 

Funding Year: 2015 

Dissertation Title:  Research on the Economic Development Strategy and Industrial Policy of Ethiopia : Analysis Based on the View of Developmental State 

Country:  Ethiopia 

Name: Danbi Seo 

Affiliation: Master student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU 

Funding Year: 2014 

Dissertation Title:  Study on Perception of Environmental-Development Nexus: Qualitative Approach on Vietnamese Case 

Country:  Vietnam 

Name: Busung Park

AffiliationMaster student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU 

Funding Year: 2013

Dissertation Title:  A study on the agenda setting process of air pollution prevention policy in Beijing (in Korean) 

Country:  China 

Name: Eunju Kim 

Affiliation: Ph. D. candidate, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU 

Funding Year: 2012 

Dissertation Title:  Does Governance Matter for Poverty Reduction? : Analysis of Quantitative Evidence from 98 Developing Countries (in Korean) 

CountryPhilippines 

Name: Hyojin Jang 

Affiliation: Master student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU 

Funding Year: 2011 

Dissertation Title:  Neoliberal Globalization and the Pension Reform in Panama (in Korean) 

Country:  Panama 

Name: Guihua Bai 

Affiliation: Master student, Graduate School of Public Administration, SNU 

Funding Year: 2010 

Dissertation Title:  A Study of Education Equity of Chinese Peasant Migrants' Children: The Case of Beijing City (in Korean) 

Country:  China