ACADEMIC POSTION:

- Kookmin University, South Korea, Associate Professor of Economics (September 2024 - Present)

- University of Portsmouth, UK, Associate Professor of Economics (10 years, June 2014 - August 2024)

VISITING PROFESSOR POSITION:

- University of Portsmouth, UK (2024-2027)

- Bank of International Settlement, Switzerland (2023-2025)

- University of Tokyo, Japan (October 2019)

- Asian Development Bank, Philippines (July 2019)

SELECTED PUBLICATION:

13 "Dynamics of Monetary Policy Regimes in China Under Rising Global Uncertainty: A Time-varing Approach" Finance Research Letter, 2026 (SSCI & Top 5% in the JCR Rankings)

12 "Generative AI and uneven productivity gains: the political ecoomy of sectoral asymmetry in South Korea" Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 2026 (SSCI & JCR Q1 Ranking)

11 "Who fears ChatGPT? Perceptions of occupational replacement in South Korea" Applied Economics Letters, 2026 (SSCI)

10 "Modellilng Persistence in Cross-Market Bitcoin Prices with a Break and a Memory" in Zarifs A. & Cheng X.(eds.) Fintech and the Emerging Ecosystmes - Exploring Centralised and Decentralised Financial Technologies, 2025, Springer Nature: Cahm

9. "Informal economy and central bank digital currency", Economic Inquiry, 2022, 60(4), pp.151S–173S. (SSCI) - Wiley Research Headline September/2022 - Topical Evidence Article

8. "What drives volatility in Bitcoin market?", Finance Research Letters, 2022, 50(8), 103237. (SSCI & Top 5% in the JCR Rankings)

7. "Determinants of Peer-to-Peer lending expansion: the roles of financial development and financial literacy", Asian Development Bank Working Paper Series no. 613, March 2020

6. "Getting connected: An empirical investigation of the relationship between social capital and philanthropy among online volunteers", Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2018, 48(2), pp.151S–173S (SSCI)

5. "Doing good online: The changing relationships between motivations, activity, and retention among online volunteers", Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2018, 47(5), pp.1031-1056 (SSCI)

4. "Crowdsourcing citizen science: exploring the tensions between paid professionals and users", Journal of Peer Production, 10, 2017 

3. "Playing with science: exploring how game activity motivates users participation on an online citizen science platform", Aslib Journal of Information Management, 2016, 68(3), pp. 306-325 (SSCI)

2. "Science learning via participation in online citizen science", Journal of Science Communication, 2016, 15(3), pp. 1-345 (Scopus)

1. "Defining and measuring success in online citizen science: a case study of Zooniverse projects", Computing in Science & Engineering, 2015, 17 (4), pp. 28-41 (SCIE)

REVISE AND RESUBMIT:

3. Fintech and Population Aging

2. Artificial intelligence technologies and economic inequality

1. Shadow banking, innovation quality and TFP slowdow

WORKING PAPER AND WORK IN PROGRESS:

3. Catch me if you can: Crypto investment funds

2. Bitcoin ETFs: Exploring Their Influence in the Market 

1. Green FinTech: Harnessing financial technology for climate change

OTHER SCHOLAR ACTIVITY:

2. 2023,  Joint Policy Brief for the  G7 (Group of Seven) Summit  , The Global South Growing out of Poverty, Inequality, and Exclusiveness - What the G7 Needs to Do, Think7, Japan

1. 2023, April 24, ChatGPT: how to use AI as a virtual financial adviser, The Conversation  

RESEARCH GRANT:

9. Kookmin University Research funding 2024-2026

8. Conference Bid 2023: Local Chair of 54th Annual Conference of the Money, Macro and Finance Scoiety 

7. Travel grant by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS): Visiting Fellowship 2023-2024

6. International Exchange Visit Funding 2019

5. Travel grant by the Asian Development Bank: Visiting Fellowship 2019

4. Travel grant by the British Council's Research Links Scheme: Invited for a talk at the Workshop on Developing an Agenda for FinTech Research in Emerging Economies in Malaysia 2017

3. Travel grant by the Asian Development Bank: Invited for a talk at the ADB Conference on Economic Development 2017

2. Principal Investigator: £4,950 PBS Research Project RPF 2016/2017 : Debt-based crowdfunding: A guide for investors. 

1. Research follow (Postdoctoral Researcher) £750,000 EPSRC funded project: Volunteer and Crowdsourcing Economics with teams in the University of Oxford, University of Manchester, and University of Leeds.