Doctor Wonyong Park

Dr Wonyong Park

 BSc, MSc, DPhil
Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Science education
  • STEM education
  • Disaster education

More research

Accepting applications from PhD students.

About

Dr Wonyong Park is an Associate Professor of Science Education within the 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 Education School at the University of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载.

He is interested in exploring the role of science and STEM education in building disaster-resilient society in times of various local and global crises. He is committed to interdisciplinary approaches between science and other subjects such as history, citizenship and RE.

His work has been published in leading education journals including International Journal of Science Education, Science & Education, Asia Pacific Education Review, Research in Science Education, Cultural Studies of Science Education, Journal of Curriculum Studies and Educational Philosophy and Theory. Wonyong serves as a reviewer for journals such as Science Education, Science & Education, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Oxford Review of Education, Journal of Curriculum Studies, Cultural Studies of Science Education, Asia-Pacific Science Education, The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, European Journal of Education and Education Sciences.

Wonyong enjoys sharing his work with diverse audiences. Alongside regular appearance at academic conferences, he has been invited as a guest speaker at University of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载, University of Birmingham, King's College London, UCL Institute of Education (UK), Korea National University of Education, Ewha Womans University, Seoul National University, Kongju National University, Korea Advanced Institutes of Science and Technology (Korea), CERN Physics Education Group (Switzerland), University of Groningen (Netherlands), Hiroshima University (Japan), and the University at Buffalo (USA), among others.

Wonyong currently serves as ESERA Strand 6 (Interdisciplinarity and Education) Co-Chair, and Member of the Faculty of Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee at 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载. He has served as Guest Editor of International Journal of Science Education and Science & Education, and Associate Editor of Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Journal of Hazard Literacy and Research in Science Education.

His research has been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, Research England, the National Science Foundation, and the Grenfell Foundation.