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Byungdoo Kim

Dr Byungdoo Kim

Research Associate, Centre for Sustainable Business

Research interests

  • Sustainable cities & communities (SDG 11)
  • Public and Community Engagement
  • Communication

Biography

Byungdoo Kim is a Research Associate at the Centre for Sustainable Business at King's Business School.

His scholarship is grounded in environmental psychology and communication, addressing issues related to the perceptual and behavioural dimensions of sustainable consumption. His research focuses on how consumers understand sustainability and implement this understanding in their daily choices and behaviour, as well as how different framing of sustainable consumption solutions may influence public perceptions and actions.

Byungdoo has taught undergraduate-level courses such as Research Methods, Persuasion and Social Influence, Visual Communication, and Communication and Technology. He has also developed an innovative curriculum for a Risk Communication course. He specialises in designing and executing lab and online experiments, conducting survey studies, and analysing large datasets.

His work has been published in journals including the Journal of Environmental Psychology, Climatic Change, Journal of Risk Research, Social Science & Medicine, and PLOS ONE.

He previously held a research fellowship at the Citizen, Environment, and Safety (CES) research group at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, where he examined the effectiveness of a mobile app in fostering sustainable lifestyles (CAMPAIGNers Project). He also worked remotely as a consultant at Decision Research (United States), conducting cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of COVID-19 risk perceptions among the US public.

Byungdoo received a BA in British and American Culture from Sogang University (South Korea), an MS in Environmental Management from Seoul National University (South Korea), and a PhD in Environmental Communication from Cornell University (United States).

Research

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Centre for Sustainable Business

Business, society and environment in the pursuit of a sustainable future

News

What we learned from the Centre for Sustainable Business Conference 2026

Researchers and practitioners came together at King’s Business School for the Centre for Sustainable Business annual conference, Sustainability in Practice. ...

Jonatan and Catherine at the CSB Conference 2026

Why football shirts have become part of fans' identities, making sustainability harder to sell

Dr Byungdoo Kim says football merchandise has become part of fans’ identities rather than simply clothing, making environmental concerns easier to ignore.

Polluted Landfill Site with Vast Amounts of Wastem

Two early-career researchers win prestigious Leverhulme Fellowships

The Leverhulme Trust has awarded Early Career Fellowships to Dr Byungdoo Kim and Dr Hyojin Seo, who will carry out their research projects at King’s Business...

Leverhulme Fellows

Winning the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Award: An interview with Dr Byungdoo Kim

We sit down with Dr Byungdoo Kim to discuss winning the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Award, how he became interested in sustainable consumption, and why...

Byungdoo Kim profile photo

Christmas over-consumption: Why we shop the way we do (even climate activists!)

Research shows that even sustainability champions can set aside their beliefs and practices during Christmas. In this article, Dr Byungdoo Kim peels back the...

London bus travels through Oxford Circus

Research

The csb website thumbnail
Centre for Sustainable Business

Business, society and environment in the pursuit of a sustainable future

News

What we learned from the Centre for Sustainable Business Conference 2026

Researchers and practitioners came together at King’s Business School for the Centre for Sustainable Business annual conference, Sustainability in Practice. ...

Jonatan and Catherine at the CSB Conference 2026

Why football shirts have become part of fans' identities, making sustainability harder to sell

Dr Byungdoo Kim says football merchandise has become part of fans’ identities rather than simply clothing, making environmental concerns easier to ignore.

Polluted Landfill Site with Vast Amounts of Wastem

Two early-career researchers win prestigious Leverhulme Fellowships

The Leverhulme Trust has awarded Early Career Fellowships to Dr Byungdoo Kim and Dr Hyojin Seo, who will carry out their research projects at King’s Business...

Leverhulme Fellows

Winning the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Award: An interview with Dr Byungdoo Kim

We sit down with Dr Byungdoo Kim to discuss winning the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Award, how he became interested in sustainable consumption, and why...

Byungdoo Kim profile photo

Christmas over-consumption: Why we shop the way we do (even climate activists!)

Research shows that even sustainability champions can set aside their beliefs and practices during Christmas. In this article, Dr Byungdoo Kim peels back the...

London bus travels through Oxford Circus