Dr. Chang Kim is an Assistant Professor of Sustainable Business at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. He also serves as the Deputy Director of Global Affairs for the College of Industry-Entrepreneurs. His primary research interests include circular economy business models and product-service system (servitization) in Asian countries. In 2023, the Academy of Management designated his paper, based on his PhD research, as the 'Best Paper' at the 83rd Annual Meeting (Division: Organizations and the Natural Environment).

He is a member of the Circular Economy Working Group for the coffee sector at the International Trade Centre in Geneva, Switzerland. Additionally, he acts as a subject matter expert on the circular economy agenda for the Korean Environmental Industry & Technology Institute, a quasi-governmental organisation affiliated with the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea.

Prior to his current role, he served as a Lecturer at Republic Polytechnic in Singapore for 6 years (2013-2019), where he chaired modules in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour. He continues to contribute to the field as an editorial board member for the Journal of Organization and Management (Korean) and as Vice President for the Korean Association of Human Resource Development, a national academic society in South Korea. His opinion and interview pieces have appeared in Times Higher Education, Euronews, and leading media outlets in South Korea.

[PhD/Master's Supervision]

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Email: changhee.kim@xjtlu.edu.cn / changhee.kim@liverpool.ac.uk

Sustainable Business Models, Sustainable Consumption, Sustainable Marketing

MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Strategic HRM pathway): Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China

PhD in Management (Advancing Management and Organisation Studies: Process and Practice Research): University of Western Ontario, Canada

Organisational Behaviour, Human Resource Management: Republic Polytechnic, Singapore

2025 'Best Paper' Award - Annual Conference of the Korean Academy of Organization and Management, South Korea

2023 'Best Paper' Designation - 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA, The USA (Division: Organizations and the Natural Environment)

2019 Winner: 3MT - Three Minute Thesis Competition (James Cook University, Australia)

2019 Fully-funded Scholarship (PhD)

2016 'Best Paper' Designation - 2nd International Qualitative Research Conference (Host University: Northern University of Malaysia)

2012 Admission Scholarship (Master's)

2007 Presidential Scholarship (Bachelor)

2024-present: Assistant Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

2019-2023: PhD Fellow, The Cairns Institute, Queensland, Australia 

2013-2019: Lecturer (Module Chair), Republic Polytechinc, Singapore

2009-2012: LG Group, HR department, Seoul, South Korea

2007-2009: Hyundai Motor Group, Marketing-Sales department, Seoul, South Korea