James Larson

Research Interests

ICT for development (ICT4D) with a focus on Korea’s experience; Telecommunications and ICT sector policy; Media, public opinion and foreign policy, Television and new media in the Olympics; Digitalization in Korea; Digital technologies for public safety networks and disaster risk reduction

Prior to joining SUNY Korea he was a Visiting Professor in the Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy at KAIST. He served as Associate and Deputy Director of the Fulbright Commission in Seoul for fourteen years and before that he taught at the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Washington, Yonsei University, the National University of Singapore and the University of Colorado. At Colorado in 1995-96 he directed a major executive training program for Korea Mobile Telecom (now SK Telecom).

At SUNY Korea his efforts aim to strengthen the university's executive training and lifelong learning activities. He first came to Korea as an American Peace Corps volunteer, teaching university English for two years. His books include (with Myung Oh) ) Digital Development in Korea: Lessons for a Sustainable World (Second Edition, Routledge 2020), (With Oh) Digital Development in Korea: Building an Information Society (Routledge, 2011) The Telecommunications Revolution in Korea (Oxford University Press, 1995), (with Park) Global Television and the Politics of the Seoul Olympics (Westview, 1993) and Television’s Window on the World: International Affairs Coverage on the U.S. Networks, (Ablex, 1984).