Sangheon LEE

The EMPLOYMENT Department leads the ILO’s action for promoting full and productive employment by developing integrated employment, development and skills policies. He is currently leading the ILO’s work in monitoring the impact of the pandemic and developing policy options (ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the World of Work).

Prior to becoming the Director of EMPLOYMENT, he was the Special Adviser to the Deputy Director-General for Policy on Economic and Social Issues (2014-18), and an acting director for Research Department (2017-18).

Mr Lee has written extensively on economic, employment and labour issues, including articles in academic journals, as well as editing volumes under the global research project of Regulating for Decent Work (Palgrave Macmillan) and other research projects. He is also one of the main authors of ILO flagship reports such as the Global Wage Report and the World Employment and Social Outlook. He co-authored Working Time around the World (2007 Routledge).

Mr Lee holds a PhD in Economics from Cambridge University.