Soon-Yang Kim

Soon-Yang Kim is professor of public and social policies at Yeungnam University, Korea. He has been an editor-in-chief of the Korean Public Administration Journal and the Dean of the Graduate School of Public Administration at Yeungnam University. He holds two PhD degrees: one from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE, Social Policy), UK and the other from Seoul National University (SNU, Public Policy and Administration), Korea. His main research interests are in social...See more

Soon-Yang Kim is professor of public and social policies at Yeungnam University, Korea. He has been an editor-in-chief of the Korean Public Administration Journal and the Dean of the Graduate School of Public Administration at Yeungnam University. He holds two PhD degrees: one from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE, Social Policy), UK and the other from Seoul National University (SNU, Public Policy and Administration), Korea. His main research interests are in social policy, policy theories, welfare administration, and public bureaucracy. He has published more than 170 journal articles and several books (including 3 award-winning books from the National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Korea, and two English books). See less