Kadir Jun Ayhan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4097216 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kadir Jun Ayhan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kadir Jun |
| FAMILY NAME | Ayhan |
| SIGNATURE | AYHAN K J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hankuk University of Foreign Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8052-1938 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
What are the Consequences of the Social and Cultural Exchanges between the Two Koreas? Insights from an Experimental Study on the Effect of Superordinate Korean Identity
This study explores whether South Koreans' superordinate identification with North Koreans leads to increased humanization of and empathy for North Koreans as well as reduced negative feelings toward North Koreans. This study also examines whether superordinate identification intensifies support for people-to-people exchanges and unification using an experiment. South Koreans' increased superordinate identification with North Koreans leads to gre…
Comprehensive Peacebuilding on the Korean Peninsula: Internal Dynamics in North Korea and South Korean Approaches
This book explores the state of play on the Korean peninsula where old conflicts remain latent and is of interest to scholars of the region and journalists
Inter-Korean People-to-People Diplomacy: Social and Cultural Exchanges across the 38th Parallel
The people of the two Koreas cannot communicate directly with one another. Since the early 1990s, South and North Korea have allowed a limited number of people-to-people exchanges. In this article, we map the South Korean government’s theories of change regarding inter-Korean exchanges based on policy documents and semi-structured interviews with five high-level Ministry of Unification bureaucrats. We also explore the outcomes of inter-Korean exc…
Exploring Global Korea Scholarship as a Public Diplomacy Tool
Through international student mobility programs, such as Global Korea Scholarship (GKS), countries aim to influence international students' beliefs about and attitudes toward the host country. In this article, we explore GKS's role in bringing international students to the country and analyze changes in GKS students' and alumni's affective and cognitive evaluation of Korea after coming to the country. We compare results based on students' and alu…
Determinants of Global Korea Scholarship students’ word-of-mouth about Korea
Capturing country images: A methodological approach
Country images have been notoriously difficult to capture and measure effectively. In this article, we propose a methodological approach that combines designed and found data to capture public attitudes. We demonstrate how a mixed-method design with survey data and digital data – namely tweets and Google Trends – make it possible to better capture what target audiences think about a country. We make the case for such a combination by highlighting…
International scholarship for social change? Re‐contextualizing Global Korea Scholarship alumni’s perceptions of justice and diversity in South Korea
This study examines South Korea’s international scholarship program based on responses to the Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) alumni survey to find how the participants perceive the host country’s dimensions of justice and diversity. We employ the concept of justice in terms of redistribution, recognition, and representation. Analysis of GKS alumni perceptions of Korean society revealed that international mobility programs may provide positive and…
Global Korea Scholarship students: Intention to stay in the host country to work or study after graduation
Over the past few decades, South Korea has increasingly sought to attract international talent. Every year, hundreds of students are invited to study in the country on a competitive scholarship provided by the government. Upon graduation, students are equipped with a tertiary degree, as well as knowledge of the Korean language and culture. This study examines the determinants of intention to stay in South Korea to work or study after graduation, …
Satisfied or dissatisfied: The determinants of Global Korea Scholarship recipients’ satisfaction with life in Korea
Sponsored international student mobility programs are important public diplomacy tools for governments. These programs’ positive outcomes are usually taken for granted and are rarely assessed. International students’ satisfaction with life in the host country is an important variable for their behavioral outcomes related to the host country. This study used data from two surveys of Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) recipients from 136 countries to e…
Evaluations of people, affection, and recommendation for a host country: A study of Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) recipients
Extant research has examined the significance of interpersonal relationships in affecting public diplomacy outcomes. Relational public diplomacy is a long‐term approach to public diplomacy which posits the importance of people‐to‐people exchange programs that facilitate two‐way interactions between people from two different countries. Using survey data ( n = 385) collected from alumni of the Global Korea Scholarship in 2018, this study found that…
Introduction to the special issue—Global Korea Scholarship: Empirical evaluation of a non‐Western scholarship program from a public diplomacy perspective
Most governments offer scholarships for international students as part of their public diplomacy toolbox. However, empirical assessments of these programs are relatively rare. The limited number of existing works often concern Western countries, while international student mobility programs in non‐Western countries remain insufficiently researched. This special issue addresses these two gaps in the literature. All the articles utilize a unique an…
Competition for Hearts and Minds: Cold War Public Diplomacy
Rethinking Korea's Middle Power Diplomacy as a Nation Branding Project
South Korea s (hereafter Korea) recent middle power diplomacy has attracted worldwide attention. Korean administrations have attempted to steer the country along a middle power path, where it can play a more active global role that is commensurate with the size of its economy. Most accounts take Korea s self-declared identity as a middle power for granted; that is, they do not evaluate the non-conforming data. On the other hand, this paper traces…
Transferring Knowledge to Narrative Worlds: Applying Power Taxonomy to Science Fiction Films
Instructors of courses in international relations increasingly use films to facilitate students’ learning of abstract concepts and to deepen their understanding of theories. This paper introduces how the fictional universes presented in films can be utilized as platforms for students to learn about the application of analytical frameworks. This method aims to enhance students’ abilities to transfer learned knowledge to a different setting. Knowle…
South Korea at the crossroads: Autonomy and alliance in an era of rival powers
South Korea at the crossroads provides readers with a well-written chronicle of South Korea's contemporary foreign policy history, particularly regarding its relations and security alliance with the United States. The book is an easy read for non-experts on foreign policy or Korea but it should be of interest to academics too. The first seven chapters give an overview of the evolution of South Korea's foreign policy, when the country navigated be…
Branding Korea as My Friend s Country: The Case of Vank s Cyber Public Diplomats
The role of non-state actors in public diplomacy remains an unsettled question in the literature. However, various transnational activities of non-state actors are often called public diplomacy, without discrimination. The lack of empirical studies on non-state public diplomacy is to blame for this conceptual confusion. Analytical and empirical studies of non-state public diplomacy are needed to consolidate this phenomenon, which is relatively ne…
The Boundaries of Public Diplomacy and Nonstate Actors: A Taxonomy of Perspectives
Public diplomacy (PD) lacks an agreed-upon definition and boundaries. The ambiguity surrounding the conceptualization of the term leads to confusion among scholars and practitioners and hinders the consolidation of PD as an academic field. This article surveys 160 articles and books on PD, categorizes diverse perspectives into a taxonomy, and explores the coherence of each. The taxonomy can be categorized into these perspectives: state-centric, n…
Connecting Public Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
The term public diplomacy was coined in the 1960s, but it only achieved widespread use in the 1990s, after Joseph Nye's coining of the term “soft power.” As a result of the field's novelty, public diplomacy scholars are still searching for theories from disciplines ranging from communication to public relations, from international relations (IR) to marketing. The interdisciplinary nature of the study of public diplomacy sometimes overshadows the …
The Boundaries of Public Diplomacy and Nonstate Actors: A Taxonomy of Perspectives
Public diplomacy (PD) lacks an agreed-upon definition and boundaries. The ambiguity surrounding the conceptualization of the term leads to confusion among scholars and practitioners and hinders the consolidation of PD as an academic field. This article surveys 160 articles and books on PD, categorizes diverse perspectives into a taxonomy, and explores the coherence of each. The taxonomy can be categorized into these perspectives: state-centric, n…
Exploring Global Korea Scholarship as a Public Diplomacy Tool
Through international student mobility programs, such as Global Korea Scholarship (GKS), countries aim to influence international students' beliefs about and attitudes toward the host country. In this article, we explore GKS's role in bringing international students to the country and analyze changes in GKS students' and alumni's affective and cognitive evaluation of Korea after coming to the country. We compare results based on students' and alu…
Evaluations of people, affection, and recommendation for a host country: A study of Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) recipients
Extant research has examined the significance of interpersonal relationships in affecting public diplomacy outcomes. Relational public diplomacy is a long‐term approach to public diplomacy which posits the importance of people‐to‐people exchange programs that facilitate two‐way interactions between people from two different countries. Using survey data ( n = 385) collected from alumni of the Global Korea Scholarship in 2018, this study found that…
Global Korea Scholarship students: Intention to stay in the host country to work or study after graduation
Over the past few decades, South Korea has increasingly sought to attract international talent. Every year, hundreds of students are invited to study in the country on a competitive scholarship provided by the government. Upon graduation, students are equipped with a tertiary degree, as well as knowledge of the Korean language and culture. This study examines the determinants of intention to stay in South Korea to work or study after graduation, …
Transferring Knowledge to Narrative Worlds: Applying Power Taxonomy to Science Fiction Films
Instructors of courses in international relations increasingly use films to facilitate students’ learning of abstract concepts and to deepen their understanding of theories. This paper introduces how the fictional universes presented in films can be utilized as platforms for students to learn about the application of analytical frameworks. This method aims to enhance students’ abilities to transfer learned knowledge to a different setting. Knowle…
Inter-Korean People-to-People Diplomacy: Social and Cultural Exchanges across the 38th Parallel
The people of the two Koreas cannot communicate directly with one another. Since the early 1990s, South and North Korea have allowed a limited number of people-to-people exchanges. In this article, we map the South Korean government’s theories of change regarding inter-Korean exchanges based on policy documents and semi-structured interviews with five high-level Ministry of Unification bureaucrats. We also explore the outcomes of inter-Korean exc…
International scholarship for social change? Re‐contextualizing Global Korea Scholarship alumni’s perceptions of justice and diversity in South Korea
This study examines South Korea’s international scholarship program based on responses to the Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) alumni survey to find how the participants perceive the host country’s dimensions of justice and diversity. We employ the concept of justice in terms of redistribution, recognition, and representation. Analysis of GKS alumni perceptions of Korean society revealed that international mobility programs may provide positive and…
Competition for Hearts and Minds: Cold War Public Diplomacy
South Korea at the crossroads: Autonomy and alliance in an era of rival powers
South Korea at the crossroads provides readers with a well-written chronicle of South Korea's contemporary foreign policy history, particularly regarding its relations and security alliance with the United States. The book is an easy read for non-experts on foreign policy or Korea but it should be of interest to academics too. The first seven chapters give an overview of the evolution of South Korea's foreign policy, when the country navigated be…
Branding Korea as My Friend s Country: The Case of Vank s Cyber Public Diplomats
The role of non-state actors in public diplomacy remains an unsettled question in the literature. However, various transnational activities of non-state actors are often called public diplomacy, without discrimination. The lack of empirical studies on non-state public diplomacy is to blame for this conceptual confusion. Analytical and empirical studies of non-state public diplomacy are needed to consolidate this phenomenon, which is relatively ne…
The Boundaries of Public Diplomacy and Nonstate Actors: A Taxonomy of Perspectives
Public diplomacy (PD) lacks an agreed-upon definition and boundaries. The ambiguity surrounding the conceptualization of the term leads to confusion among scholars and practitioners and hinders the consolidation of PD as an academic field. This article surveys 160 articles and books on PD, categorizes diverse perspectives into a taxonomy, and explores the coherence of each. The taxonomy can be categorized into these perspectives: state-centric, n…
Connecting Public Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
The term public diplomacy was coined in the 1960s, but it only achieved widespread use in the 1990s, after Joseph Nye's coining of the term “soft power.” As a result of the field's novelty, public diplomacy scholars are still searching for theories from disciplines ranging from communication to public relations, from international relations (IR) to marketing. The interdisciplinary nature of the study of public diplomacy sometimes overshadows the …
Rethinking Korea's Middle Power Diplomacy as a Nation Branding Project
South Korea s (hereafter Korea) recent middle power diplomacy has attracted worldwide attention. Korean administrations have attempted to steer the country along a middle power path, where it can play a more active global role that is commensurate with the size of its economy. Most accounts take Korea s self-declared identity as a middle power for granted; that is, they do not evaluate the non-conforming data. On the other hand, this paper traces…
Transferring Knowledge to Narrative Worlds: Applying Power Taxonomy to Science Fiction Films
Instructors of courses in international relations increasingly use films to facilitate students’ learning of abstract concepts and to deepen their understanding of theories. This paper introduces how the fictional universes presented in films can be utilized as platforms for students to learn about the application of analytical frameworks. This method aims to enhance students’ abilities to transfer learned knowledge to a different setting. Knowle…
South Korea at the crossroads: Autonomy and alliance in an era of rival powers
South Korea at the crossroads provides readers with a well-written chronicle of South Korea's contemporary foreign policy history, particularly regarding its relations and security alliance with the United States. The book is an easy read for non-experts on foreign policy or Korea but it should be of interest to academics too. The first seven chapters give an overview of the evolution of South Korea's foreign policy, when the country navigated be…
Competition for Hearts and Minds: Cold War Public Diplomacy
Determinants of Global Korea Scholarship students’ word-of-mouth about Korea
Capturing country images: A methodological approach
Country images have been notoriously difficult to capture and measure effectively. In this article, we propose a methodological approach that combines designed and found data to capture public attitudes. We demonstrate how a mixed-method design with survey data and digital data – namely tweets and Google Trends – make it possible to better capture what target audiences think about a country. We make the case for such a combination by highlighting…
International scholarship for social change? Re‐contextualizing Global Korea Scholarship alumni’s perceptions of justice and diversity in South Korea
This study examines South Korea’s international scholarship program based on responses to the Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) alumni survey to find how the participants perceive the host country’s dimensions of justice and diversity. We employ the concept of justice in terms of redistribution, recognition, and representation. Analysis of GKS alumni perceptions of Korean society revealed that international mobility programs may provide positive and…
Global Korea Scholarship students: Intention to stay in the host country to work or study after graduation
Over the past few decades, South Korea has increasingly sought to attract international talent. Every year, hundreds of students are invited to study in the country on a competitive scholarship provided by the government. Upon graduation, students are equipped with a tertiary degree, as well as knowledge of the Korean language and culture. This study examines the determinants of intention to stay in South Korea to work or study after graduation, …
Satisfied or dissatisfied: The determinants of Global Korea Scholarship recipients’ satisfaction with life in Korea
Sponsored international student mobility programs are important public diplomacy tools for governments. These programs’ positive outcomes are usually taken for granted and are rarely assessed. International students’ satisfaction with life in the host country is an important variable for their behavioral outcomes related to the host country. This study used data from two surveys of Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) recipients from 136 countries to e…
Evaluations of people, affection, and recommendation for a host country: A study of Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) recipients
Extant research has examined the significance of interpersonal relationships in affecting public diplomacy outcomes. Relational public diplomacy is a long‐term approach to public diplomacy which posits the importance of people‐to‐people exchange programs that facilitate two‐way interactions between people from two different countries. Using survey data ( n = 385) collected from alumni of the Global Korea Scholarship in 2018, this study found that…
Introduction to the special issue—Global Korea Scholarship: Empirical evaluation of a non‐Western scholarship program from a public diplomacy perspective
Most governments offer scholarships for international students as part of their public diplomacy toolbox. However, empirical assessments of these programs are relatively rare. The limited number of existing works often concern Western countries, while international student mobility programs in non‐Western countries remain insufficiently researched. This special issue addresses these two gaps in the literature. All the articles utilize a unique an…
Inter-Korean People-to-People Diplomacy: Social and Cultural Exchanges across the 38th Parallel
The people of the two Koreas cannot communicate directly with one another. Since the early 1990s, South and North Korea have allowed a limited number of people-to-people exchanges. In this article, we map the South Korean government’s theories of change regarding inter-Korean exchanges based on policy documents and semi-structured interviews with five high-level Ministry of Unification bureaucrats. We also explore the outcomes of inter-Korean exc…
Exploring Global Korea Scholarship as a Public Diplomacy Tool
Through international student mobility programs, such as Global Korea Scholarship (GKS), countries aim to influence international students' beliefs about and attitudes toward the host country. In this article, we explore GKS's role in bringing international students to the country and analyze changes in GKS students' and alumni's affective and cognitive evaluation of Korea after coming to the country. We compare results based on students' and alu…
Comprehensive Peacebuilding on the Korean Peninsula: Internal Dynamics in North Korea and South Korean Approaches
This book explores the state of play on the Korean peninsula where old conflicts remain latent and is of interest to scholars of the region and journalists
What are the Consequences of the Social and Cultural Exchanges between the Two Koreas? Insights from an Experimental Study on the Effect of Superordinate Korean Identity
This study explores whether South Koreans' superordinate identification with North Koreans leads to increased humanization of and empathy for North Koreans as well as reduced negative feelings toward North Koreans. This study also examines whether superordinate identification intensifies support for people-to-people exchanges and unification using an experiment. South Koreans' increased superordinate identification with North Koreans leads to gre…
Political science (17 works) · Politics (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Diplomacy (10 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Public Diplomacy (7 works) · Scholarship (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Public relations (6 works)