Alumni (PhD)

Life Motto 己所不欲 勿施於人

KoLab Period: 2011. 9. ~ 2015. 2.

Year of Graduation: 2015. 2.

Ph.D Thesis Title: A study on welfare dependency in job creation program in Korea 

Current Occupation: Assistant Professor, Korea National University of Transportation

Fields of Interest: Policy evaluation, Public Budgeting and Finance, Research Methodology 

E-mail or any contact point : takhw@ut.ac.kr

Life Motto: 되면 한다

KoLab Period: 2012. 2. ~ 2017. 8.

Year of Graduation: 2017. 8. 

Ph.D Thesis Title: A study on the effect of governmental grants to the efficiency of public agencies

Current Occupation: Research fellow, Public Investment Management Center, GRI

Fields of Interest: public investment management/appraisal, PPP(public-private partnership), quantitative analysis

E-mail or any contact point: mannerist@gri.re.kr

Life Motto: 오늘도 새롭게

KoLab Period: 2016. 9. ~ 2021. 8.

Year of Graduation: 2021. 8. 

Ph.D Thesis Title: A study of the National Assembly's legislative drafting decision-making

Current Occupation: Legislative Researcher, Health and Welfare Committee, National Assembly

Fields of Interest: Legislative Studies, Decision Making

E-mail: suitbread@gmail.com

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Life Motto: 易地思之 

KoLab Period: 2020.1~ 2022. 2.

Year of Graduation: 2022. 2. 

Ph.D Thesis Title: A Study on the Relationship between Policy Change Process and Evidence-Based Policy : Focusing on the COVID-19 Government Response 

Fields of Interest: COVID-19 Government Response, Public finance, Legislation and policy

E-mail: foreshin@snu.ac.kr

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Life Motto: Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.

KoLab Period: 2018.3~ 2022. 2.

Year of Graduation: 2022. 2. 

Ph.D Thesis Title: ‘Unseen’ Motivations for Citizen Reporting: An Exploratory Study on Coproduction in the Online Community using a Machine Learning Approach

Current Occupation: Assistant Professor, Chungnam National University

Fields of Interest: Governance, Coproduction, Organizational culture, Leadership, Decision-making process, International development and policy network

E-mail: rkim559@snu.ac.kr

Life Motto: 생각하는 대로 살지 않으면 사는 대로 생각하게 된다.

KoLab Period: 2018. 7. ~ 2023. 8.

Year of Graduation: 2023. 8.

Ph.D Thesis Title: "Structural Complexity of Program Budget: Its Determinants and Consequences"

Current Occupation: Assistant Professor, Kwangwoon University

Fields of Interest: Public Finance, Policy Evaluation, Text Analysis(NLP), Research Methodology

E-mail: hoor0015@gmail.com

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Life Motto: Semper Paratus

KoLab Period: 2019. 9. ~ 2025. 2.

Year of Graduation: 2025. 2.

Ph.D Thesis Title: "Policy Implementation Gap and Policy Change: Focusing on Innovative City Projects in South Korea"

Current Occupation: Visiting Researcher, Global Development Institute for Public Affairs

Fields of Interest: Policy Analysis, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Policy Implementation

E-mail: paratus.hong@gmail.com

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