Nam Kyu Kim

I am a Professor in the Department of Political Science & International Relations at Korea University. In 2012, I graduated with a Ph.D. from the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan. 

My research interests include the politics of authoritarian regimes, regime change and stability, the effect of international factors on domestic politics, and several other interesting topics in comparative politics and political economy, including gender and politics.

On this site you will find information on my research and teaching. You can reach me at namkkim1 at gmail.com. 

CV here. 

Published Articles

28. Does War Improve Women’s Political Representation?

27. Regime Legitimation Strategies and Competition Laws in Autocracies

26. An Interplay between Global Normative Pressure and Domestic Political Regimes (with Mihwa Hong) 

25.  When does Women's Political Power Matter? Women's Representation and Legal Gender Equality of Economic Opportunity across Contexts

24.  A Janus-Faced Security Landscape: An Analysis of the East Asian Security Environment (with Jaebeom Kwon) 

23. External Threat Environments and Individual Bias against Female Leaders (with Alice Kang)

22. Foreign Direct Investment and Democratic Survival: a Sectoral Approach

21. Genocide, Politicide, and the Prospects of Democratization since 1900 (with Gary Uzonyi, Nakissa Jahanbani, and Victor Asal)

20. Political institutions and coups in dictatorships (with Jun Koga Sudduth)

19. Previous Military Rule and Democratic Survival

18. Reassessing the Relationship between Elections and Democratization

17. Territorial Disputes and Individual Willingness to Fight

16. Government Mass Killing and Post-Conflict Domestic Trials (with Gary Uzonyi) 

15. Territorial Threat and Women’s Legislative Representation (with Alice Kang)

14. External Territorial Threats and Military Regimes. 

13. Conquering and Coercing: Nonviolent Anti-Regime Protests and the Pathways to Democracy  (with Alex Kroeger)

12. How Do External Territorial Threats Affect Mass Killing (with Mi Hwa Hong)

11. Politics of Pursuing Justice in the Aftermath of Civil Conflict (with Mi Hwa Hong) 

10. Transparency and Currency Crises

9. International Conflict, International Security Environment and Military Coups. 

8. Are Military Regimes Really  Belligerent?  

7. Revolutionary Leaders and Mass Killing. 

6. Regime and Leader Instability under Two Forms of Military Rule  (with Alex Kroeger) 

5. Do Multiparty Elections Improve Human Development in Autocracies? (with Alex Kroeger). 

4. Rewarding the Introduction of Multiparty Elections (with Alex Kroeger).

3. Anti-regime Uprisings and the Emergence of Electoral Authoritarianism.

2. Revisiting Economic Shocks and Coups.

1. Testing the Liberal Peace: the Opportunity cost vs. Signaling arguments. 

Published Articles (in Korean)

1. Political and Economic Discontent and Populist Attitudes in South Korea (with Seungho Song)

Book Chapters

4. Coup d’état and Coup Avoidance 

3. Women’s Descriptive and Substantive Representation in East and Southeast Asia

2. Territorial Threats and Military Dictatorships. 

1. Illiberal Features of Military Regimes

Teaching

Korea University (2020- )

    Authoritarian Politics (U/G)

    Introduction to Game theory (U)

    Quantitative analysis of political science (G)

Sungkyunkwan University (2017-2019)

    International Political Economy (U/G)

    Domestic politics and International Relations (U/G)

    Introduction to Game Theory (U)

University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2012-2017)

    International Political Economy (U)

    International Relations (U)

    Introduction to Game theory (U/G)

    Comparative Core Seminar (G) 

    Authoritarian Politics (G)

    Quantitative Approach to Political Violence (G)

University of Michigan (2012)

    Introduction to World Politics (U)