Wonseong Kim

Biography

Wonseong Kim is a Guest Research Scholar in the Cooperation and Transformative Governance (CAT) Research Group of the IIASA Advancing Systems Analysis Program. He is an applied economist and data scientist specializing in text-based measurement of expectations and policy communication. His research integrates macroeconomic theory, computational linguistics, and panel econometrics to quantify how narratives, media framing, and institutional signals shape economic outcomes.

At IIASA, Kim’s research aligns with the Institute’s focus on complex systems, wicked problems, and decision-making under uncertainty. His current projects investigate:
- Narrative amplification and post-hoc rationalization in macro-financial communication
- Systemic risk transmission and global supply chains
- Aid effectiveness and institutional compliance gaps in international governance
- AI-assisted media analytics for policy evaluation and misinformation dynamics
Methodologically, he combines natural language processing (BERT-based models, hybrid lexicon frameworks, topic modeling), high-dimensional panel econometrics (Timeseries analysis, fixed effects ), and reproducible data engineering pipelines across multilingual datasets.

He collaborates with interdisciplinary research groups across Europe and Asia, contributing to the development of computational tools for evidence-based policy assessment. His work has been presented at international conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals spanning economics, finance, and interdisciplinary policy research.

He holds a PhD in economics from Korea University and a master’s degree from the University of St Andrews, UK. His dissertation examined media-based expectation formation and central bank communication within New Keynesian macroeconomic frameworks. His work develops novel sentiment and narrative indices derived from large-scale news corpora, including supply chain risk indicators, productivity news sentiment measures, and commitment-compliance gap metrics in international development policy.




Last update: 07 APR 2026