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Since 3/2021
Otto-Friedrich-Universit?t Bamberg: Ph.D. studies in interdisciplinary Human Sciences
08/2018 – 07/2019
Studied Economics of Public Policy (M.Sc.) at the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, Spain:
Focus: Economics of Happiness
09/2013 – 06/2015
Studied Agricultural and Resource Economics, and International Agricultural
Development (M.Sc.) at the University of California, Davis, USA
03/2004 – 06/2011
Studied Agricultural and Vocational Education (B.Sc.) at the Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
01/2017 – 07/2018
Worked as a Programme Officer at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Rome, Italy
- Managed a portfolio of partnerships (the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, Russia, and South Korea) to maximize financial contribution to FAO
- Conducted analysis of donor countries’ development policies for effective donor relations
09/2015 – 12/2016
Worked as a research fellow at the Inter-American Development Bank - Washington, D.C, USA
- Conducted quantitative impact analysis of agricultural and rural development projects
01/2014 – 06/2015
Worked as a graduate student researcher at the University of California, Davis
- Developed an evaluation tool to assess the economic feasibility of horticulture technologies
- Managed horticulture technology information database
10/2011 – 07/2013
Co-founded a social enterprise, Korea Gapyear Co. in Seoul, South Korea
- Introduced, advocated and promoted gap-year culture in South Korea.
- Developed a business model for the first gap-year service providing company in South Korea
- Built and managed partnerships with NGOs, social enterprises, and for-profit organizations around the world for gap-year program development
08/2008 – 07/2010
Worked as a project manager for the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in Paraguay
- Designed and operated a $50,000 rural development project for small-scale farmers’ household income improvement in a rural village of Paraguay
- Non-cognitive skills
- Positive Psychology
- Economics of Happiness (Well-being)
- Social Policy
- Philosophical Psychology
Paper
Kim, N., & Schütz, A. (2024). Consumerism and Biased Perceptions on Happiness. In H. Brockmann & R. Fernandez-Urbano (ed.), Encyclopedia of Happiness, Quality of Life and Subjective. Wellbeing Edward Elgar Publishing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800889675
Working paper
Salazar, L., Fahsbender, J., & Kim, N. (2018). Livestock transfers, food security and women's empowerment: Evidence from a randomized phased-in program in Nicaragua (No. IDB-WP-944). Inter-American Development Bank Working Paper Series
Master Thesis
Kim, N., Feliu, C., Rajab, F. (2018). Where to allocate resources for the prevention of conflict? Unpublished master’s thesis. Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, Barcelona.