Jiho Kim

Jiho Kim is an Assistant Professor at the School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University, with affiliate status at the Center for Organization Research and Design (CORD). His research and teaching are centered on public administration, collaborative governance, and democratic innovation.

• PhD in Public Administration, Maxwell School, Syracuse University (2024)
• MPA, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University (2020)
• BA in Political Science and Economics, College of Social Sciences, Seoul National University (2018)

His research focuses on how collaborative, deliberative, and participatory governance impacts public values such as justice, transparency, sustainability, and accountability. He investigates citizen-state interaction, intergovernmental relations, and equity in governance outcomes, with a strong emphasis on institutional design and community-level dynamics.

His recent publications, spanning from 2017 to 2024, reflect a consistent trajectory in understanding governance through the lenses of democracy, inclusion, and institutional innovation. These works explore computational institutional science, transparency, distributive justice in collaboration, and community well-being measurement, indicating a multidisciplinary approach that bridges public administration, political theory, and policy analysis.

He has published in premier journals such as Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory and Public Administration Review, demonstrating scholarly impact in the field. His work combines theoretical depth with empirical case studies, particularly in both U.S. and Korean contexts.

Jiho Kim teaches courses including PAF 508 (Organization Behavior) and PAF 200 (Public Service and Policy), contributing to both graduate and undergraduate education at ASU. He advises no listed students yet, likely due to his early-career status. He has no listed scientific awards in the provided texts but maintains an active research profile through his personal website, Google Scholar, and ORCID.

He is affiliated with research centers such as CORD, supporting organizational and institutional research. His ongoing projects suggest future work in computational governance, democratic innovation, and cross-national comparative studies in public administration.