Sunghack Lim is a Professor in the Department of International Relations at the University of Seoul. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Pennsylvania State University. Currently, he serves as a Member of the AI and Democracy Subcommittee under the Presidential Council on National AI Strategy, a Member of the Indo-Pacific Democracy Forum, and an Advisory Committee Member for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He previously served as President of the Korean Political Science Association (2022), President of the Korean Party Studies Association (2015), and Vice President of International Affairs at the University of Seoul (2013). His main research areas include East Asian democratization, political finance, elections, and political parties, with recent academic extensions into AI and democracy, foreign election interference, and electoral geography.