The IPSA Committee on Organization, Procedures, and Awards (COPA) is pleased to announce that Hyeong-ki Kwon has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Karl Deutsch Award. As part of this prestigious recognition, Prof. Kwon will deliver the Karl Deutsch Prize Lecture, titled Openness and Coordination: National Economies of the U.S., Japan, and Germany in a Globalized World, at the 2025 IPSA World Congress of Political Science in Seoul on 14 July 2025.
Focusing on the U.S., Japan, and Germany, Prof. Kwon will examine how corporate globalization reshapes national economies and argue that successful adaptation requires both openness and strategic coordination to improve innovation and production capabilities.