The Research Labs at KDI School serve as platforms for faculty-led, student-engaged inquiry into pressing issues in economic development and public policy. You can explore each lab in more detail through the individual links provided below.

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  Impact Evaluation Lab

  Impact evaluation, development cooperation, empirical analysis on social policies

  Lead : TaeJong Kim

  Chungeun Yoon, Sungho Park, Dongil Lee, Lab leaders

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  Inclusive FInance and Growth Lab

  Inclusive finance and economic development of developing countries and emerging markets

  Lead : Wook Sohn

  Jinsoo Lee, Hyeon-Wook Kim

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  Experimental Research Lab in Public Management

  Adopting experiments in public management research

  Lead : Cheol Liu

  Kwon Jung, Minsung Kang

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  Governance, Leadership and Management Lab

  Leadership, urban governance, and sharing economy

  Lead : Soonhee Kim

  Yoon Cheong Cho, Yu Min Joo, Minsung Kang, Angela Park

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  Open Government and Innovation for Development Lab

  Digital transformation, open government, public sector modernization and innovation, public communication and media ecosystem

  Lead : Taejun Lee

  Jongyearn Lee, Junesoo Lee, Wonhyuk Lim, Seulki Choi

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  Dynamic Sustainability Lab

  Sustainability mechanism in public policy, development policy, public and private management

  Lead : Junesoo Lee

  Seung-Joo Lee, Kwon Jung

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  Applied Data Science Lab

  Empirical studies on social science using data Science Methodlogy

  Lead : Jaehyuk Park

  Ji Sun Baek, Chungeun Yoon, Changkeun Lee, ByungKoo Kim

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  Population Policy Lab

  Low birth rate factors, the effect of the population decline

  Lead : Seulki Choi

  Wook Sohn, Junesoo Lee, Joeun Kim

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  Sustainable Development Lab

  International Development, Development Cooperation, Economic History

  Lead : Yeong Jae Kim

  Wonhyuk Lim, Changkeun Lee, Chungeun Yoon, Sungho Park

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  Gender Lab

  Gender inequality in workplace, gender and infertility, Antifeminism

  Lead : Joeun Kim

  Seohyun Lee

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  Inequality and Economic Policy Lab

  Technological change, public policy, trade and environment, macro-level inequality

  Lead : Changkeun Lee

  Yeong Jae Kim, Jinseong Park

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  Behavioral and Experimental Economics Lab

  Behavioral Economics, Behavioral Finance, Experimental Economics

  Lead : Jeong Yeol Kim

  Chungeun Yoon, Sungho Park

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  Data Economy Research Lab

  Smart cities, FinTech, open government, data economy

  Lead : Seohyun Lee

  Jinsoo Lee

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  Global Strategy and Political Economy Lab

  International political economy, political economy of development, international relations

  Lead : Seungjun Kim

  Byungkoo Kim, Dongil Lee

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  Migragtion Lab

  Migration, immigration policy, labor market, development cooperation

  Lead : Chungeun Yoon

  Jinseong Park, Trinh Pham