PhD in Maritime Economics and Logistics, University of Plymouth
MSc in International Shipping and Logistics, University of Plymouth
BA(Hons) in Shipping Management, Korea Maritime University
Dong-Wook Song is Professor of Maritime Economics and Logistics and Korean Chair in Maritime Affairs at the World Maritime University, Sweden. Prior to the current post, he worked at universities in Hong Kong and United Kingdom. He holds BA(Hons) with First Class in Shipping Management from Korea Maritime University, MSc in
International Shipping and Logistics, and PhD in Maritime Economics and Logistics from the University of Plymouth, UK. He also attended an Industrial Economics Course at the London School of Economics.
Professor Song is the recipient of such academic awards as ‘The Maritime Policy and Management Award for the Best Paper’ at the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) Annual Conferences in 1999 and 2001; ‘The Best Paper Award’ at the Asian Association of Shipping and Logistics in 2008; and ‘The Best Paper of the Year 2009’ selected by the editorial board of International Journal of Logistics Research and Application in 2010. He is a chartered member of the UK Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, and has held a number of visiting posts at universities in UK, France, Belgium, Norway, Singapore, Malaysia, China, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Professor Song is currently the Editor-in-Chief of ‘WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs’, former Co-editor of ‘International Journal of Logistics Research and Application’, Associate Editor of ‘Maritime Policy and Management’, and sits on editorial boards at highly regarded transport and logistics journals. He was recently honoured as ‘The Editor of Distinction Awards’ in two consecutive years (2025-2026) by the Springer Nature.
One of his co-authored papers in 2006 is enlisted by Google Scholar (2017) as a classic paper in the entire field of transportation. His prolific-but-impact-bearing-refereed publications are a product from his keen interest in managerial and strategic aspects of global shipping, port and logistics. See Citation Index for more of his research works.
Dong-Wook Song is Professor of Maritime Economics and Logistics and Korean Chair in Maritime Affairs at the World Maritime University, Sweden. Prior to the current post, he worked at universities in Hong Kong and United Kingdom. He holds BA(Hons) with First Class in Shipping Management from Korea Maritime University, MSc in
International Shipping and Logistics, and PhD in Maritime Economics and Logistics from the University of Plymouth, UK. He also attended an Industrial Economics Course at the London School of Economics.
Professor Song is the recipient of such academic awards as ‘The Maritime Policy and Management Award for the Best Paper’ at the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) Annual Conferences in 1999 and 2001; ‘The Best Paper Award’ at the Asian Association of Shipping and Logistics in 2008; and ‘The Best Paper of the Year 2009’ selected by the editorial board of International Journal of Logistics Research and Application in 2010. He is a chartered member of the UK Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, and has held a number of visiting posts at universities in UK, France, Belgium, Norway, Singapore, Malaysia, China, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Professor Song is currently the Editor-in-Chief of ‘WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs’, former Co-editor of ‘International Journal of Logistics Research and Application’, Associate Editor of ‘Maritime Policy and Management’, and sits on editorial boards at highly regarded transport and logistics journals. He was recently honoured as ‘The Editor of Distinction Awards’ in two consecutive years (2025-2026) by the Springer Nature.
One of his co-authored papers in 2006 is enlisted by Google Scholar (2017) as a classic paper in the entire field of transportation. His prolific-but-impact-bearing-refereed publications are a product from his keen interest in managerial and strategic aspects of global shipping, port and logistics. See Citation Index for more of his research works.
