SUNG SHIN CHO

Last Updated :2026/09/02

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Assistant Professor
E-mail
chosungshinhiroshima-u.ac.jp

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2026/04/01, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Assistant Professor
  • 2025/04, 2026/03, Doshisha University, Faculty of Commerce, Assistant Professor
  • 2024/04, 2025/03, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2)
  • 2024/04, 2025/03, Osaka Sangyo University, Faculty of Economics, Part-Time Lecturer
  • 2023/10, 2023/12, IMS-FORTH (The Institute for Mediterranean Studies - Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas), Visiting Researcher

Educational Backgrounds

  • Kyoto University, Graduate School of Economics, Japan, 2022/04, 2025/03
  • Kyoto University, Graduate School of Economics, Japan, 2020/04, 2022/03
  • Kyoto University, Faculty of Economics, Japan, 2011/04, 2015/03
  • 2007/04, 2010/03

Academic Degrees

  • Kyoto University
  • Kyoto University

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Business History
  2. 2026, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Topics in Economics (Business History)

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Basic Dynamics of the Shipping Industry: Economic Cycles, Technology, and Regulation, The Oxford Handbook of Industry Dynamics, 20240919
  2. The reorganization of Japanese and Hong Kong shipping in the 1980s: expanding role of the general trading companies into the “Chartering Business”, 90(2), 111-134, 202409
  3. The Rise and Internationalization of Imabari Shipowners: Restructuring of the Japanese Shipping Industry since the 1970s, 58(3), 27-49, 202312

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. The New Phase of Asian Shipbuilding (1970–2005): Market Structures and the Diverging Paths of Japan and South Korea, Sungshin Cho, The Annual Meeting of the Business History Conference 2026, 2026/03/27, Without Invitation, English, London, United Kingdom
  2. Postwar Japanese Shipping -The Evolution of Partnerships between Unkoh-Kaisha and Senshu-, Sungshin Cho, The 12th Korean Association of Shipping & Port Studies International Joint Academic Conference, 2025, 2025/12/05, Without Invitation, English
  3. Business Groups without a Core:Logistics-Based Evidence from Japan's Postwar Shipping Sector, Sungshin Cho, Annual Congress of the European Business History Association EBHA 2025, 2025/06/28, Without Invitation, English, Brussels, Belgium
  4. The cooperative system formed throughout the 20th century among large and small shipping companies in Japan, Sungshin Cho, The 9th International Conference of Maritime History, 2024/08/21, Without Invitation, English, National Korea Maritime & Ocean University
  5. Independence and Interaction of Segments within an Industry: The Dynamism in Shipping Industry 1990 - 2020, Sungshin Cho, The 70th Annual Meeting of the Business History Conference 2024, 2024/03/16
  6. The birth of world-class shipowners from a maritime community in Japan, Sungshin Cho, Insular and Maritime Societies 3rd International Conference, 2023/11/05
  7. Dynamics of International and Inter Industrial Relationships -Japanese and Hong Kong Maritime Industry since 1970-, Sungshin Cho, The 26th Annual Congress of the European Business History Association 2023, 2023/08/24
  8. Changing value-chain in the shipping industry: Hidden function of shipowners, Sungshin Cho, The 25th Annual Congress of the European Business History Association 2022, 2022/06/24, Without Invitation, English

Awards

  1. 2024/10, Best Paper Award, Business History Society of Japan
  2. 2024/08, IMHA Scholarship Award, International Maritime History Association