REF UoA32 (Art and Design) Output Review Panel member (2025-present)
TAC (Faculty of Technology, Arts and Culture) Faculty Head of Ethics on the Faculty Research Ethics Committee (2025-present)
EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) Charter Working Group member: Changing Culture and Behaviour Working Group and Critical Friend Group (2025-present)
TAC Faculty Staff Loading Review Group staff representative (2025-present)
Faculty Transition Project Research and Innovation workstream representative for research ethics (2025)
DMU Professional Recognition Fellowship Mentor & Reviewer (2024-present)
Reviewer on the Institute of Arts, Design and Performance Internal Research Funding Panel (2024-present)
ADH (Faculty of Arts, Design and Humanities) Faculty Staff Loading Review Group staff representative (2024-2025)
ADH Faculty Head of Research Ethics on the Faculty Research Ethics Committee (2023-2025)
Programme Leader for MA and MSc Product Design (2021-2025)
ADH 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)
ADH 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)
ADH Early Career Academic/Researcher Representative on the Faculty Research and Business Innovation Committee (2020-2024)
Associate Editor for the Journal of Design and Craft Studies (2025-present)
AHRC Round Table Discussions to shape Design Generators call (2025)
Editorial Board member of crafts (2025-present)
UKRI AHRC Peer Review College member (2025-2029; 2022-2025) with the AHRC's recognition of my significant contributions to the AHRC (2025)
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); contribution to the UK Government's design protection consultation (Nov, 2025)
Korean Society of Design Science Board member - 17th period (2024-present)
ICLLCD (International Conference on Literature, Language, and Culture Development) Technical Programme Committee (2024-present)
UKRI Interdisciplinary Assessment College member (2023-2025)
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)
TU Delft Alumni Coach for Online Career Cafes for young alumni (2020-present)