Kiseong Kim is an associate professor at the Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Yamanashi, Japan. Dr. Kim had studied political science at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, and took his Ph. D. in 1996. He was a postdoctoral fellow of the National Research Foundation of Korea (1997) and the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (1998). His research interests include comparative studies of political change, democracy, sustainable development, civil society, discourse analysis, and environmental politics.

Selected works: 

Kim, Kiseong, 2019, The Politics of Sustainable Development, Sankeisha, (Japanese)

Kim, Kiseong, 2019, “A critical study on the polysemy of the concept of sustainable development: the case of model theories by Baker, Connelly and Hopwood,” Journal of ESD Research, Vol. 2, pp. 13-22. (Japanese)

Kim, Kiseong, 2018, “The thought of ecological modernization,” Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Encyclopedia of Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Maruzen, pp. 658-659. (Japanese)

  

Kim, Kiseong, 2013, “The Trend in Nuclear Power Phaseout Issues in Korea: With a Focus on Initiatives before and after the 2012 General Election,” Research on Environmental Disruption, Vol. 43, No. 2, Tokyo: Iwanami Press,  pp. 65-68. (Japanese)

Kim, Kiseong, 2013, “Problems with South Korea’s ‘National Strategy for Green Growth 2009,” Research on Environmental Disruption, Vol. 42, No. 4, Tokyo: Iwanami Press, pp. 55-61. (Japanese)

Kim, Kiseong, 2011, “Ecological Modernization and the EU’s Climate Change Policy: Similarity of Storylines and Its Political Implications,” The Quarterly Review of the Ritsumeikan University Law Association, Vo.. 333・334, Kyoto: Ritsumeikan University, pp. 529-550. (Japanese)

Kim, Kiseong, 2010, “Germany’s Sustainable Development Strategy and Environmental Policy Integration,” Social Science Review, Vol. 41. No. 2, Seoul: Yonsei University, pp. 61-81. (Japanese)

Kim, Kiseong, 2006, “Discourse Analysis in Environmental Policy Study,” Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Trends and Prospects in Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Tokyo: Toyokeizaishinposha, pp. 179-193. (Japanese)

Kim, Kiseong, 2005, “Social Capital and the Role of Local Government,” Journal of Public Policy Studies, Tokyo: Japanese Public Policy Studies Association, pp. 130-140. (Japanese)