The Team

Yong Suk Lee is assistant professor of technology, economy, and global affairs at the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. He is a faculty affiliate of the Keough School’s McKenna Center for Human Development and Global Business and a faculty fellow of the Keough School’s Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Pulte Institute for Global Development, and Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies.

Lee is a faculty affiliate of the Notre Dame Technology Ethics Center (ND TEC). Prior to coming to Notre Dame, he was a faculty member at Stanford University as the SK Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. Prior to Stanford, he was assistant professor of economics at Williams College. He earned his PhD in economics from Brown University, a master’s degree in public policy from Duke University, and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture from Seoul National University. Lee also worked as a real estate development consultant and architecture designer as he transitioned from architecture to economics.

Nicoleta Paladi is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame, where she also worked as a consultant for NLC. Her graduate project revolved around researching innovation capacity development (focusing on the US). She also works as a research assistant, investigating AI policymaking in developing countries. Before coming to Notre Dame, Nicoleta worked as an educational consultant in Nepal, and then for the Cybersecurity Programme Office at the Council of Europe. Her academic interests focus on the future of work, innovation, and the potential of digital technologies to bridge inequalities in the Global South.