LEE Taedong is a professor of political science, director of the Environment, Energy and Human Resource Development Center, and Underwood Distinguished Professor at Yonsei University, South Korea. His areas of research include global and subnational environmental politics and policy, and NGOs and civic politics (https://www.taedonglee.com/). He is also CEO of Startup, Our Local Petition (Woojuchung: https://ourlocalpetition.co.kr/).