• Innovation and Entrepreneurship Strategy and Policy
• Economics and Management of Emerging Innovation (including AI)
• Applied Machine-Learning in Social Science
• Data-Driven Social Science

• ITM660 High-Technology Innovation Strategy (Management of Technology)
• ITM503 Managerial Economics and Business Strategy

Wonjoon Kim is the Head of the Graduate School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a Professor at the School of Business and Technology Management, KAIST. He is also the Director of KAIST Center for Industrial Future Strategy and the Director of KAIST Center for Overseas Development. He has been conduct ing and publishing numerous researches on the strategic management of innovation of firms, industry, and governments centering on emerging innovation paradigms. His current research interest also covers the changing nature of innovation, including AI (Artificial Intelligence) and industrial and social change, convergence of technology and industry, mobility innovation, big data as well as the changing nature of the process of entrepreneurship. New insight into the drivers and structure of the knowledge production function, that is Science of Science, is also one of his interest.

Before he joined KAIST, he has been an Adjunct-Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, NYU as and a Research Fellow at the Yale School of Management. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics of Innovation including Science and Technology Policy from Seoul National University focusing on economics and management of technology innovation. He is an invited speaker, lecturer, and panelist on the management of technology and innovation for World Bank, U.N., ADB, IADB, Samsung, Hyundai Motors, SK, Lotte, executive education program of UC Berkeley-IE Business School-HKUST, Insper as well as many governments globally.

Currently, he is the President of Asian Innovation and Entrepreneurship Association (AIEA), Organizing Committee Chair for the AIEA-NBER Conference, a Vice President of the Korean Society for Innovation Management and Economics. He is also serving an Editorial Board Member for several journals on innovation such as Innovation Studies, the Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society, Journal of Technology Innovation, and Korean Corporation Management Review.

• Ph.D. in Managerial Economics and Policy, Seoul National University (SNU), (2003)
• M.Sc. in Material Science and Engineering, Seoul National University (SNU), (1999)
• B.Sc. in Material Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, (1997)

• Full professor, School of Business and Technology Management / Graduate School of Innovation and Technology Management, College of Innovation, KAIST [2018~present]
• Head, Graduate School of Innovation and Technology Management, College of Business, KAIST [2018~present]
• Director, KAIST Center for Industrial Future Strategy, KAIST [2018~present]
• Director, KAIST Center for Overseas Development, KAIST [2018~present]
• Visiting Scholar, MIT-Sloan School of Management [2018]
• Associate professor, School of Business and Technology Management / Graduate School of Innovation and Technology Management, College of Innovation, KAIST [2010~2017]
• Visiting Scholar, MIT-Engineering Systems Division [2011-current]
• Assistant professor, Business Economics Program / Graduate School of Innovation and Technology Management, College of Innovation, KAIST [2005~2009]
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, New York University [2004–2005]
• Research Fellow, Yale School of Management, Yale University [2005–2006]
• Visiting Scholar, Yale School of Management, Yale University [2003–2005]
• Research Professor, International I.T. Policy Program, Seoul National University [2003]

• Kim, Namil, Hyeokeong Lee, Wonjoon Kim*, Hyunjong Lee, and Jong Hwan Suh, “Dynamic Patterns of Industry Convergence: Evidence from a Large Amount of Unstructured Data,” Research Policy, Vol. 44, No. 9, 2015, pp1734-1748 (SSCI)
• Ullah, Rahat, Naveen Amblee, Hyunjong Lee, and Wonjoon Kim*, “From Valence to Emotions: Exploring the Distribution of Emotions in Online Product Reviews,” Decision Support Systems, Vol. 81, Jan., 2016, pp41-53 (SSCI)
• Kim, Wonjoon* and Minki Kim, “Reference Quality-Based Competitive Market Structure for Innovation Driven Markets,” International Journal of Research in Marketing, Vol. 32, Iss. 3, 2015 (SSCI)
• Kim, Younghwan, Wonjoon Kim*, and Taeyong Yang, “The Effect of Triple Helix System and Habitat on Entrepreneurship: Empirical Evidence from the U.S.,” Research Policy, Vol. 41, Iss. 1, 2012 (Feb.), pp154-166 (SSCI)