Ms Jiyoun Chang
PhD Student in Public Services Management and Organisation
Research interests
- Public Services Management & Organisation
Contact details
Biography
Supervisors: Professor Ewan Ferlie, Dr Susan Trenholm
Year of Entry: 2018, full-time
Research Group: Public Services Management & Organisation
Project Title: Organisational response to epidemics: The comparative case study of SARS and MERS in South Korea
Jiyoun has a BA and MA in Public Administration from the Ewha Womans University. Jiyoun's PhD is on the organisational response to epidemics within South Korea. This study will include two comparative case studies of such responses at both the country and local levels.
Her academic interests include: the New Public Management; organization theory; network governance; and complexity theory as well as the more substantive areas of infectious disease management and public health emergency.
Previously, Jiyoun worked as a teaching fellow at a college and a research assistant at a university in South Korea. Before joining King’s, she published an article about governance dynamics of a public health emergency response in South Korea. Apart from her work in academia, Jiyoun has several years of experience in social/political survey and public sector consulting.
Chang, J. (2017). Public Health Disasters and the Evolution of Pandemic Response Structures: A Case Study of MERS in Korea. Korean Journal of Policy Studies.