Dr. King Yoong Lim (in short, King) is a Senior Associate Professor in Economics, effective Jan 2026. Prior to joining IBSS, XJTLU as an associate professor in April 2022, King worked as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer with the Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University between the April of year 2018 and 2022. He has also worked as a Teaching Associate at the Lancaster University Management School.

A student of the French development macroeconomist, Pierre-Richard Agénor, King's primary research interests are in energy economics, innovation strategies (both macro & micro), and more broadly, development macroeconomics. Currently, King holds a RFIS-II grant awarded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), and has been awarded 2025 SIP Research Backbone Talent (valued: CNY30000). His publication includes articles in ABS3/ABDC-A (and above) journals, such as Research Policy, Journal of Banking & Finance, Energy Economics, Business Strategy & the Environment, The Energy Journal, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Journal of Macroeconomics, BE Journal of Macroeconomics, Economic Modelling, International Journal of Finance Economics, and Scottish Journal of Political Economy. King is also an active participant in the wider research and policy community. He currently serves as an Associate Editor with the journal, Economic Issues (ABS 1; ABDC-B), and was formerly its associate editor-in-chief. Previously, between 2022-24, he also served as the external assessor of REF 2028 macroeconomics output for Swansea University, UK.

A three-time STC Consultant with the World Bank Group, King has previously contributed to Malaysias Capital Market Masterplan 2, National Innovation Strategy (and its associated GLC Innovation Transformation Programme), and was the Lead Consultant in implementing the Phase I review of the Kenya Revenue Authorities’ national tax revenue forecasting framework in year 2019.

Innovation Strategies

Development Macroeconomics

Energy & Climate Economics

Economics of Crime

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Economics, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, 2018-2022

Teaching Associate, Lancaster University Management School, 2017-2018

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Manchester, 2015-17 (part-time)

Senior Executive, Securities Commission Malaysia, 2009-2013

Associate, Khazanah Research Investment Strategy (KRIS), Khazanah Nasional, 2011-2012 (secondment)

Management Associate, ECM Libra Investment Bank, 2008-2009

Consultant (STC), World Bank Group, Kenya Country Office, 2019 (contract)

Consultant (STC), World Bank Group, Kenya Country Office, 2018 (contract)

Consultant (STC), World Bank Group, Social Econ Dev Group, 2011 (contract)

ECO302 - Advanced Econometrics; ECO310 - Econometrics of Time Series

Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) Research Backbone Talent, 2025 (Value: CNY30000)

European Economic Association (EEA) Student Travel Grant, 2017

President’s Doctoral Scholar (PDS) Award, University of Manchester, 2017

Australia’s Commercial Representatives Agents Association Prize, the ANU. 2007