Taekyoon Kim is a professor of International Development at Seoul National University, Graduate School of International Studies. From 2017, He is also a Fulbright Wilson Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D. C. He was a 2017 Resource Person, United Nations Office for Sustainable Development (UNOSD), Korea, and an Executive Secretary at the Korean Association of International Studies (KAIS). Korea 2016 - present Editorial Board, Journal of Poverty Alleviation and International Development 2016 - 2017 Associate Dean for International Affairs, GSIS, Seoul National University 2016 Visiting Professor, DAAD Global South Project, University of Tuebingen, Germany
His publications include “On Global Accountability: A Theoretical Revisit to Accountability for Development Partnerships,” Development and Society 46(2), 2017. “South Korea’s ODA Policies at a Crossroads: A New Political Opportunity for Institutional Reforms,” EAI Issue Briefing, May 2017. “Reconsidering Korea’s International Development Policies in the New Era of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: In Search of Transformative and Strategic Governance for Development Effectiveness,” Journal of Contemporary Korean Studies 4(1), 2017 and “Post 2015 Development Goals (SDGs) and Transformative Social Policy,” Oughtopia 30(1), 2015. With Ilcheong Yi.