Gyu Sang Shim

Dr. Gyu Sang Shim is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at Dallas, based in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences. His work examines how international businesses navigate political risks and security challenges, with a regional emphasis on East Asia.

Education:

• PhD in Political Science, University of Rochester (2022)
• MA in Political Science, University of Rochester (2020)
• MA in Political Science, Purdue University (2017)
• MS in Economics, Purdue University (2017)
• BA in Political Science, Konkuk University, Seoul (2012)

Research interests revolve around international political economy, foreign direct investment, global supply-chain governance, and geoeconomics. He investigates how firms and states manage political risk, the role of multinational corporations in trade disputes, and the intersection of security and economic policy in East Asia.

His publications span environmental regulation under FDI pressure, investor responses to industrial conflict, public opinion on nuclear armament in South Korea, and regional human-security cooperation, illustrating a trajectory that blends rigorous quantitative methods with pressing policy questions.

Current projects include:

• Examining how foreign ownership of extractive industries influences local armed conflict;
• Analyzing secondary migration patterns of North Korean defectors from South Korea;
• Modeling lobbying behavior of multinational firms in WTO disputes;
• Investigating the impact of lobbying disclosure on investor-state dispute outcomes;
• Studying voluntary compliance with CFIUS national-security reviews.

He previously served as Instructional Assistant Professor at the Bush School DC, Texas A&M University (2022-2025).