European Centre for North Korean Studies

Located at the University of Vienna, the European Centre for North Korean Studies (ECNK) is a platform for scholars and researchers to pursue multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and comparative research on North Korea. 

We endeavor to help interested colleagues from within and outside Europe to accomplish the following goals:

• Define and develop North Korean Studies as a field through research and collaboration.
• Work with current and potential stakeholders.
• Find, discuss, and improve data, sources, and methods.
• Further institutionalize the field of North Korean studies. 

The ECNK will support these objectives through the following actions:

• Hosting individual researchers or research groups who have acquired funding, or intend to do so, and need an institution through which to pursue their research projects on North Korea.
• Building and supporting a network of researchers from the field of North Korean Studies or among those whose research involves a substantive focus on North Korea through non-resident fellowships and a Ph.D. Network.
• Connecting European and non-European colleagues by hosting joint events, such as conferences and workshops.
• Hosting North Korea-related databases.

To learn more about the motivation behind the ECNK and who we are, read our Background statement. You can submit a plan for collaboration at the Join Us page.