Wonsub Eum (eum@rikkyo.ac.jp)
Associate Professor
Global Liberal Arts Program, Rikkyo University
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@Seoul National University, 2016.
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I have been working as an associate professor at Global Liberal Arts Program & Department of Global Business, Rikkyo University since 2025. I did my undergraduate studies in University of California, Berkeley, with double degree of Economics (B.A.) and Environmental Economics & Policy (B.S.). I received my doctoral degree in engineering at Technology Management, Economics, and Policy Program (TEMEP), Seoul National University. Before I joined Rikkyo University, I was at The University of Kitakyushu from 2021 until 2025 as an assistant/associate professor, and I had also stayed at Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University as a postdoctoral researcher in 2020-2021.
The main focus of my study includes economic complexity and industrial/technological diversification, and evolving national capability in innovation and production. Most of the studies are based on evolutionary economic perspective, including the concepts of path-dependence and co-evolution.
I conduct both theoretic and empirical research using large trade and patent data at macro-level.
The current version of my CV (as of Apr 2025) is here.
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qBKObNsAAAAJ
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wonsub_Eum
Researchmap (Japanese): https://researchmap.jp/wonsubeum
Working Experience
Associate Professor, Department of Global Business, Global Liberal Arts Program, Rikkyo University. 2025.04 - Present
Research Interests: Economics of Innovation, Evolutionary Economics, International Economics, Industrial and Technological Diversification
Associate Professor, Department of English, The University of Kitakyushu. 2023.04 - 2025.03.
Assistant Professor, Department of English, The University of Kitakyushu. 2021.04 - 2023.03
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University. 2020.04 - 2021.03
Intern, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) / United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC). 2015.01 - 2015.06
Education
Ph.D. in Engineering, Technology Management, Economics, and Policy Program (TEMEP), Seoul National University, 2020.
Thesis: Development patterns of economic complexity and diversification: From co-evolutionary perspective of production and innovation (Advisor: Jeong-Dong Lee) [link]
B.A. in Economics, University of California at Berkeley, 2011 (Honors).
Thesis: Religion and Economic Development-A study on Religious variables influencing GDP growth over countries (Advisor: Jeremy Magruder) [link]
B.S. in Environmental Economics and Policy, University of California at Berkeley, 2011.
Other Information
Language: Korean(native), English(fluent), Japanese(fluent), Chinese(basic), French(limited)
Software: Stata (statistical analysis), Cytoscape (network analysis)
Citizenship: South Korea
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