Kiwon Hong is an Associate Professor at Korea National University in the Department of Arts (School of Drama). Since 2022, she has served as a consultant for the Korea Commission for UNESCO in the UCCN Program.
From 2008 to 2019, Kiwon worked as a Chief Researcher at the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute, specializing in cultural diversity, cultural exchange, cultural infrastructure, and policy evaluation. Her recent research includes the 2019 study titled 鈥淕ender Impact Assessment in the Arts Sector,鈥 which explored issues of gender equality in the arts and cultural industries.
Kiwon is a founding member of the Women鈥檚 Forum for Cultural Diversity and serves as a board member of the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture. She holds a PhD in Public Administration.