Faculty Transition Project Research and Innovation workstream representative for research ethics (2025)
Faculty Staff Loading Review Group staff representative for ADA (2024-present)
DMU Professional Recognition Fellowship Mentor & Reviewer (2024-present)
Reviewer on the Institute of Arts, Design and Performance Internal Research Funding Panel (2024-present)
Faculty Head of Research Ethics on the Faculty Research Ethics Committee (2023-present)
Programme Leader for MA and MSc Product Design (2021-2025)
ADH (Faculty of Arts, Design and Humanities) contact for research relating to India for India Advisory Board (2023)
Reviewer on the Institute of Art and Design Research Funding Committee (2022-2024)
ADH Early Career Representative in the Concordat for Researcher Development Task and Finish Group (2022-2023)
Faculty Deputy Head of Research Ethics on the Faculty Research Ethics Committee (2021-2023)
ADA (School of Art, Design and Architecture) Lead Ethics Reviewer on the Faculty Research Ethics Committee (2021-2023)
Early Career Academic/Researcher Representative on the Faculty Research and Business Innovation Committee (2020-2024)
AHRC Round Table Discussions to shape Design Generators call (2025)
Editorial Board member of crafts (2025-present)
2nd International Industrial Ecology Conference (IIECON-2025) Scientific Committee (2024-present)
Design Council Expert Network member (https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/who-we-are/our-people/kyungeun-sung/) (2024-present); champion role for 'Peer to Peer Work Opportunities within the Expert Network' of the Experts WhatsApp Community (2025-present)
Korean Society of Design Science Board member - 17th period (2024-present)
ICLLCD 2024 (The 3rd International Conference on Literature, Language, and Culture Development) Technical Programme Committee (2024)
UKRI Interdisciplinary Assessment College member (2023-present)
UKRI AHRC Peer Review College member (2022-present) with the AHRC's recognition of my significant contributions to the AHRC (2025)
DMU Climate Action Awards 2023 Climate Action Engagement Champion (2023)
DMU Climate Change Awards 2022 Climate Action in Arts and Culture (2022)
DMU Vice-Chancellor's Future Research Leaders (FRL8) Programme (2021-2022)
Royal Academy of Engineering endorsement for exceptional promise as a potential world leader in upcycling research (2019)
Post-Anthropocentric Design Special Interest Group member (part of Korean Society of Design Science) (2024-present)
British Academy Early Career Researcher Network member (2022-present)
British Academy of Management member (2016-present)
The Design Society member (2016-present)
International Sustainable Development Research Society (2016-present)
Design Research Society member (2015-present)