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 the 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.

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

Circular Economy Business Models, Product-Service System (Servitization), Sustainable Consumption and Production

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

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