Paula Cantero Dieguez is a Project Officer in the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) supporting the daily operations and programme management of the KF-VUB Korea Chair and other projects. Paula previously worked at the European External Action Service, European Delegation to the Republic for Korea, in the Political, Press & Information Section. Paula also contributes research support for the KF-VUB Korea Chair.
Paula obtained a M.A. in International Relations from Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies and a B.A. in Japanese Studies from Ghent University. From 2013 to 2017, she lived in South Korea where she completed a Korean language training as part the KGSP scholarship programme.