Current Position:  Associate Professor, Department of Energy, SKKU. (2026.03-)

Education

• The University of Tokyo, Doctor of Environmental Science (2020.09)

Employment

• (Tenured) Associate Professor, School of Engineering, Kyushu University (2024.06-2025.02)

• (Tenured) Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University (2023.06-2024.06)

• Assistant Professor, Urban Research Center, Kyushu University (2020.06-2023.06)

• Policy Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Republic of Korea (2022.06-)

• Policy Advisor, Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea (2021.5-8)

• Research Associate, Kyushu University, Japan (2020.4-2020.9) 

• Academic Fellow, The University of Tokyo, Japan (2017.9-2020.9)

• Research Fellow, Institute of Global Sustainability, Incheon, Korea (2015.7-2016.6)

• Researcher, Asian Economic Cooperation (2014.5-2014.10)

• Research Intern, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Seoul, Republic of Korea (2013.7-2013.12)

Teaching and Supervision

Lectures

• Undergraduate Statistics, Kyunghee University (2013) [English]

• Sustainable Development and Environmental Policies, Yonsei University(2015) [English]

• Energy Economics and Policies, Yonsei University (2016) [English]

• Introduction to Environment Systems, The University of Tokyo (2018) [English]

• Introduction to Modeling of Environment Systems, The University of Tokyo (2018) [Japanese]

• Urban Planning, Kyushu University (2020-2024) [Japanese]

• Econometrics, Kyushu University (2021) [Japanese]

Thesis Supervision (as main advisor)

• Doctoral (Kyushu University): Moegi Igawa (2021-2022); Moyana Tafadzwa Gracious (in progress)

• Master's (The University of Tokyo): Zhazhe Zhong (2019); Zhaoying Zhao (2020); Nier Dan (2024)

• Master's (Kyushu University): Akihiro Okuyama, Shogo Igarashi, Satoshi Odahara, Yuta Kawabata (2021-2023); Naoki Ueda (2022-2023); Keito Hozumi, Kenshin Iwasaki, Kohei Kawasaki (2022-2024); Kazuki Toyoshima, Kentaro Matsuda, Keigo Karakida, Shunya Higuchi, Yunho Ji, An K. Nguyen (Bachelor's & Master's)

• Bachelor's (Kyushu University): Shogo Igarashi, Satoshi Odahara, Taku Nakaya, Yuta Kawabata (2021); Gento Ikeda, Keito Hozumi, Kenshin Iwasaki, Kohei Kawasaki, Futoshi Eba (2022); Sho Yoshida, Kakeru Yoshimura (2023); Yugo Imoto, Koki Kawano, Ayumu Ichinose, Ryosuke Aki (2024)

Invited Talks and Seminars

• Sunbin Yoo, “Energy Backfires in East Asian Transportation Sector”, Kyunghee University International Studies Seminar Talk (2019.10) [in English]

• Sunbin Yoo, “Socio-economic Analysis using Satellite Data”, Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (2021.4) [in Japanese]

• Sunbin Yoo and Junya Kumagai, "Topics in Urban planning and Civil Engineering", Kyushu University (2021.4) [in Japanese]

• Sunbin Yoo, "Achieving Inclusive Transportation: Fully Automated Vehicles with Social Supports", Q-AOS Seminar. (2021, 10)

• Sunbin Yoo, "Reducing Emissions from Transportation and Residential Sector", Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea.

• Sunbin Yoo, "Achieving Inclusive Transportation: Fully Automated Vehicles with Social Supports", Policy Seminar on Japanese Government, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry. (2021, 11)

• Sunbin Yoo, "Achieving Inclusive Transportation: Fully Automated Vehicles with Social Supports", Policy Seminar on Japanese Government, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry. (2022, 1)

• Sunbin Yoo, "Utilizing Satelite Data" Seminar in NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) (2022, ,3) 

Referee Services

• The Energy Journal (2019.12-)

• Technological Forecasting & Social Change (2020. 11-)

• Environment Research Letters (2021.04-)

• Finance Research Letter (2021.06-)

• Economic Analysis and Policy (2021.06-)

• Economics of Disasters and Climate Change (2022.02-)

• IEEE Transactions in Engineering Management (2022.06-)

• Energy Economics (2023.11-)

• Journal of Development Economics (2025.03-)

• Transportation Research Part A (2025.07-)

Grants, Scholarships and Fellowships

• B.A: Scholarship for Distinguished Students (2012-2014), Total amount of 425,000 JPY.

• M.A: Scholarship for Academic Excellence (2016-2017), Total amount of 717,000 JPY.

• Ph.D: TODAI Fellowship (2018-2020), Total amount of 7,200,000 JPY.

• The University of Tokyo Academic Grants for PhD students (2019) Total amount of 200,000 JPY.

• JSPS Wakate (2023-2027), Total amount of 5,000,000 JPY.

• JAXA Research Announcement on the Earth Observations (2025-2027) Total amount of 9,000,000 JPY.

Media Coverage

• Sunbin Yoo and Shunsuke Managi. 2020. Global Mortality Benefits by COVID-19 Action, Urban Institute, Kyushu University. https://webronza.asahi.com/business/articles/2020042500005.html?page=1

• Sunbin Yoo et al., JAXA. https://earth.jaxa.jp/ja/earthview/2023/11/29/7866/index.html

Book Chapters and Discussion Papers 

• ESG 経営の実践　新国富指標による非財務価値の評価 (ESG Management Practice Evaluation of Non-financial Value by New Wealth Indicators), Shunsuke Managi, Yuko Kishikami, Alexander Ryota Keeley, Kenichi Kurita, Yoshitaka Tanaka, Xiangdan Piao, Chiaki Matsunaga and Sunbin Yoo

馬奈木俊介, 岸上祐子, キーリー アレキサンダー 竜太, 栗田健一, 田中 義孝, 朴香丹, 松永千晶, 兪善彬

事業構想大学院大学出版部  2021年07月 ISBN: 978-4910255064

• Achieving Inclusive Transportation: Fully Automated Vehicles with Social Supports: Sunbin Yoo, Yuta Kawabata, Junya Kumagai and Shunsuke Managi. RIETI. 

• High Speed Rail and Regional Disparity, Evidence from Japan using Market Access Approach: Sunbin Yoo, Junya Kumagai, Kohei Kawasaki, Sungwan Hong, Binqi Zhang, Takuya Shimamura and Shunsuke Managi. RIETI.