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Kim, Si Joong

Korea & East Asia Studies
Ph.D. in Economics, Brown University

E-mail: sijoong@sogang.ac.kr

Profile

Si Joong Kim is a scholar specializing in Chinese economy. He was educated at Seoul National University (B.A., M.A.), and Brown University (Ph.D). Before joining GSIS of Sogang University in 2004, he taught at Department of Economics of Yeungnam University (1996-2003) and worked as a research fellow at Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP, 1990-1996). He held visiting professorship at Nankai University (2000) and Renmin University (2010) in China. He served as the president of several academic associations, including Korea Association of Contemporary China Studies and Northeast Asian Economic Association of Korea. He also served as an editorial member of many academic journals, including Korean Economic Review (English journal of Korea Economic Association), Journal of Northeast Asian Economic Studies, and Journal of Contemporary China Studies. He has published many papers both in Korean and English, including “Progress Assessment of the Transformation of China’s Economic Growth Pattern,” Sino-Soviet Affairs, 2016 (in Korean), “Estimating China’s Household Consumption Size and Its Growth Rate,” China and Sinology, 2014 (in Korean), “The Chinese Economy under the New Leadership: Evaluation and Prospects,” Contemporary China Studies, 2013 (in Korean), and “Economic and Trade Relations as an Arena of Korea-China Contention," Asian Perspective, 2012 (in English). Also he published several books, including China, a New Paradigm (co-author, in Korean, Hanwool Press, 2015), Contemporary Chinese Economy (co-author, in Korean, Kyobo Press, 2006), China's Integration with the World Economy (editor and co-author, in English, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, 2001). 

Education

- Ph.D in Economics at Brown University (in USA)
- M.A. in Economics at Seoul National University
- B.A. in Economics at Seoul National University

Courses Taught

- Introduction to the Contemporary China
- Chinese Economy
- East Asian Economy
- Economic Anaysis, etc.

Academic & Professional Post Held

- Professor, GSIS Sogang University, 2004-2023
- Dean, GSIS Sogang University, 2012-2014 and 2017-2019

- Commissioner, Korea Trade Commission, 2019-2021
- President, Korea Association of Comparative Economics 2013-2014
- President, Korea Association of Contemporary China Studies, 2013
- President, Northeast Asian Economic Association of Korea, 2012
- Visiting Professor, Renmin University (Beijing, China), Fall 2010
- Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Yeungnam University, 1996-2003
- Research Fellow, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, 1990-1996
- Visiting Scholar, Nankai University (Tianjin, China ), Summer 2000
- Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Northeast Asian Economic Studies, Comparative Economic Research, Korean Economic Review (English Journal of the Korean Economic Association), Contemporary China Studies