DIVISION OF INTERNATIONAL AND AREA STUDIES

EDUCAITION

• PhD (Economics), University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland
• MA (International Economics and Finance), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
• B. of Pharmacy, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

ACADEMIC CAREER

• Sep 2019 - Present : Professor, Division of International and Area Studies, Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea
• Sep 2015 - Aug 2019 : Associate Professor, Division of International and Area Studies, Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea
• Mar 2012 - Present : Assistant Professor, Division of International and Area Studies, Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea
• Mar 2010 - Feb 2012 : Full-time Lecturer, Division of International and Area Studies, Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea

OTHER POSITIONS

• Sep 2016-Aug 2017: Visiting Scholar, Dipartimento di Economia, Universit？ Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italy
• Feb 2013-Jan 2015: Honorary Envoy for Korea’s Public Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Korea

PUBLICATIONS

[ REFEREED ACADEMIC JOURNAL ARTICLES ]

• Butoyi Ida Ornella and Uprasen Utai (2021), “Female Labour Force Participation and Economic Development in African Least Developed Countries”, The Journal of International Trade & Commerce, Vol.17, No.2, pp. 45-56.
• Nsia Daudi Mabula and Uprasen Utai (2020), “Impact of Workers’ Remittances on Human Capital in Least Developed Countries in ECOWAS”, The Journal of International Trade & Commerce, Vol.16, No.6, pp. 295-310.
• Uprasen Utai, Jung Bub-Mo, Kim Seok-Won, Choi Tae-Yeong (2020, “The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic across ASEAN-6 Countries: The Case of Tourism Industry”, The Journal of the Korean society for Fisheries and Marine Science Education, Vol.62, No.6, pp.1591-1601.
• Ekeke Stephen and Uprasen Utai (2020), “An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Non-oil Exports on the Economic Development of Nigeria”, The Journal of International Trade & Commerce, Vol. 16, No. 5, pp.39-60.
• Janviere Sindayihebura and Uprasen Utai, “The Effects of Foreign Capital Inflows on Economic Growth in East African Community (EAC)”, International Area Studies Review, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 101-127.
• Tan Yan and Uprasen Utai (2020), “The Role of Female Human Capital on Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis of Vietnam (1985-2018)”, Journal of Global and Area Studies, Vol. 4, No.1, pp. 99-118.
• Butoyi Ida Ornella and Uprasen Utai (2020), “Determinants of Female Labor Force Participation in Burundi”, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol.21, No.2, pp. 555-582.
• Uprasen Utai (2019), “The Role of Foreign Capital Inflows on Economic Growth of the Southeast Asian Least Developed Countries”, Journal of Global Policies and Governance, Vol.8, No.2, pp.27-42.
• Nsia Daudi Mabula and Uprasen Utai (2019), “Impact of Remittance on Economic Growth of Least Developed Countries in Sub Saharan Africa”, The Journal of International Trade & Commerce, Vol.15, No.6, pp. 168-185.
• Guoding Xu and Utai Uprasen (2019), “Trade Structure Analysis between Mongolia and China: Industry Level Analysis”, Journal of Global and Area Studies, Vol.3, No.2, pp.69-90.
• Uprasen Utai (2018), “The Impacts of International Remittances on Economic Growth and Human Development of Haiti”, Journal of Global and Area Studies, Vol.2, No.2, pp.77-104.
• Uprasen Utai (2018), “The Effect of Foreign Capital Inflows on Economic Growth of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Countries”, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol.19, No.4, pp. 301-342.
• Zolin Bruna and Uprasen Utai (2018), “Trade creation and diversion: effects of EU enlargement on agricultural and food products and selected Asian countries”, Asia Europe Journal, Vol.16, Issue 4, pp 351-373.
• Tan Yan and Uprasen Utai (2018), “The Roles of the Exchange Rate and Labor Skill Composition on Vietnam’s Trade Balance Vis-？-Vis Main Trading Partners”, International Area Studies Review, Vol.22, No.3, pp. 85-119.
• Uprasen Utai (2018), “Role of Exchange Rate on Trade Balance and J-curve Effect between Thailand and Malaysia: An Industry Level Analysis”, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol.28, No.2, pp. 179-216.
• Tan Yan and Uprasen Utai (2018), “Asymmetric Exchange Rate Pass-through into Korea’s Export Prices to China: An Industry Level Analysis”, The Journal of International Trade & Commerce, Vol.14, No.3, pp. 45-72.
• Uprasen Utai (2018), “The Asymmetric Effect of Exchange Rate on Korea-Japan Trade Balance: An Analysis at Industry Level”, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol.19, No.2, pp. 491-524.
• Uprasen Utai (2018), “Role of Exchange Rate on the UK-Germany Trade Balance: An Analysis at Industry Level”, Journal of European Union Studies, No.48, pp. 3-39.
• Uprasen Utai (2017), “The Impact of the EU-U.S. TTIP on ASEAN’s Exports”, The Journal of Economics, Hokkai-Gakuen University, Vol.64, No.4, pp. 45-60.
• Uprasen Utai and Hwang Hoseon (2017), “The Effect of Exchange Rate on Korea-Germany Trade Balance: An Industry Level Analysis”, The Korean Journal of Area Studies, Vol.35, No.3, pp. 7-44.
• Uprasen Utai and Zolin Bruna (2017), “The Impact of Exchange Rate Volatility on Korea-Japan Trade Flows: An Industry Level Analysis”, The Journal of International Trade & Commerce, Vol.13, No.3, pp. 1-27.
• Uprasen Utai (2017), “The Impact of China on Exports of Machinery and Transport Equipment from Korea to the European Union”, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol.18, No.2, pp. 375-402.
• Uprasen Utai and Hwang Hoseon (2016), “The Impact of German Fiscal Policy on Economic Growth of Austria”, The Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Vol.34, No.3, pp. 331-368.
• Uprasen Utai (2016), “The Effects of Exchange Rate Volatility on Korea-Germany Bilateral Trade - Industry Level Estimates”, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol.17, No.3, pp. 509-546.
• Uprasen Utai (2016), “Roles of Macroeconomic Variables as the Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Hungary”, Journal of European Union Studies, No.44, pp.105-146.
• Uprasen Utai (2015), “Displacement Effect on Exports of Machinery and Transport Equipment from Korea and the U.S. to the European Union”, International Area Studies Review, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 65-92.
• Uprasen Utai (2015), “The Role of USA on ASEAN Exports to European Union”, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 419-443.
• Uprasen Utai (2014), “The Impact of the EU-US FTA on Trade of the New Member States”, The Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 115-149.
• Uprasen Utai (2014), “Export Competition between Korea and the U.S. in the European Union: the Elasticity of Substitution Analysis”, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 463-487.
• Uprasen Utai (2014), “An Analysis of Trade Diversion under Korea-Chile FTA”, Journal of International Area Studies Review, Vol.18, No.2, pp. 43-71.
• Uprasen Utai (2012), “The Impact of Non-Tariff Barriers in the European Union on Korea’s Exports”, Journal of International Area Studies Review, Vol.16, No.4, pp.69-99.
• Andreosso-O'Callaghan Bernadette and Uprasen Utai (2012), “A Qualitative Analysis of the Impact of the EU 5th Enlargement on ASEAN”, ASEAN Economic Bulletin, Vol.29, No.1, pp. 46-64.
• Uprasen Utai (2011), “Technology Transfer and Productivity Growth in the EU New Member States: Role of Trade and Foreign Direct Investment”, Journal of International Area Studies Review, Vol.15, No.3, pp.19-53.
• Uprasen Utai (2011), “The EU-Korea FTA in the Viewpoints of the New Member States”, Journal of International Area Studies Review, Vol.15, No.1, pp.3-30.
• Uprasen Utai (2010), Book Review “The Handbook of European Welfare Systems”, The Mediterranean Review, Vol.3, No.2, pp. 93-95.

[ BOOK CHAPTERS ]

• Uprasen Utai and Zolin Bruna (2018), “EU Enlargement: The Impact on Agricultural and Food Exports from Selected Asian Countries to the EU Market―A Gravity Approach”, in Asian Nations and Multinationals: Overcoming the Limits to Growth, edited by Andreosso-O’Callaghan, Bernadette, Jaussaud, Jacques, Zolin, M. Bruna (Eds.), Palgrave Macmillan, New York, USA, ISBN: 978-3-030-00912-0, eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-00913-7, pp. 69-82.
• Uprasen Utai (2016), “The Transatlantic Free Trade Area ？ ASEAN’s Perspective”, in Emerging Asian Economies and MNCs Strategies (New Horizons in International Business series), edited by Robert Taylor and Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan (eds), Edward Elgar Publishing Inc., Massachusetts, USA, ISBN-10: 1785364057, ISBN-13: 978-1785364051, pp. 173-198.
• Uprasen Utai (2014), “Korea’s International Trade and Investment Perspectives”, in Korea in the World: Promoting Mutual Understanding and Global Partnerships, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea, ISBN. 978-89-97902-16-3 93300, pp. 171-206
• Uprasen Utai (2014) “The Impact of Non-Tariff Barriers in the European Union on China’s Exports”, in Economic Integration in Asia: Toward the Delineation of a Sustainable Path, edited by Andreosso, B.; J. Jaussaud and B. Zolin (eds), Palgrave Macmillan, New York, USA, ISBN-13: 978-1137432926, ISBN-10: 1137432926, pp. 141-164.
• Uprasen Utai (2008), “The Economic Impact of the EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement”, in Asia and Europe: Connections and Contrasts, 2nd edition, edited by Andreosso, B and B. Zolin (eds), Libreria Editrice Cafoscarina, Venezia, Italy, ISBN: 88-7543-207-4, pp. 148-163.

[ REPORT ]

• Andreosso-O’Callaghan Bernadette, Nicolas Fran？oise, Low Linda, Petschiri Apirat, Thomsen Stephen and Uprasen Utai (2006), “A Qualitative Analysis of a Potential Free Trade Agreement between the EU and ASEAN”, A Report prepared for the European Commission and EU-ASEAN Vision Group, Consortium of Euro-Asia Centre, University of Limerick (Ireland) and IFRI (Paris, France)