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Dr Nahee Kang

Dr Nahee Kang

Senior Lecturer in Political Economy of Emerging Markets

Research interests

  • International development
  • Policy

Biography

Dr Kang is based at the Department of International Development. She researches capitalist development in the emerging world through the multi-disciplinary lens of economic sociology and political economy. Nahee is the Deputy Director of the KCL-SOAS London Asia Pacific Centre for Social Sciences. 

Prior to joining King’s, Nahee was a Lecturer in Development Management at the Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM), University of Manchester. Before that, she held both an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Postdoctoral Fellowship and a Visiting Fellowship at the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ICCSR), Nottingham University Business School.

Before coming to England, she worked briefly as a researcher at the Korea Institute of Finance (KIF) in South Korea, and held visiting fellowships at the International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development (ICSEAD) and United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) in Japan. She obtained a PhD in Social and Political Sciences from University of Cambridge, fully funded by the Cambridge Political Economy Society Trust. 

Research

Nahee works on three strands of inter-related research:

  1. The first strand stems from post-doctoral fellowship funded by Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) which examined the institutional dynamics of late capitalism, and corporate and industrial change in East Asia. 
  1. The second strand is on the political economy of the middle-income trap, funded by the British Academy’s Rising Star Engagement Award, explored a specific set of policies challenges that middle-income economies face in making the leap necessary to attain high-income status. 
  1. The third, and most recent strand of work, is on the new politics of solidarity in East Asia, funded by the King's College London-Nanyang Technological University Partnership Fund and the Academy of Korean Studies. The project examines the politics that is driving post-industrial growth in emerging and emerged parts of East Asia. 

Teaching

Undergraduate

  • 5YYD0004 East Asian Development 
  • 6YYD0004 National Development Strategies
  • 4YYD0004 Social and Political Analysis of Emerging Economies

Postgraduate

  • 7YYD0012 Industrial Development: Strategy and Competitiveness of East Asian Firms
  • 7YYD0004 The Political Economy of Market Reforms

PhD supervision

Nahee supervises in the areas of late capitalism, democracy, and development with focus on emerging economies of Northeast and Southeast Asia. 

Principal supervisor

Co-supervisor

Further details

See Nahee's research profile

See Nahee's personal website 

    Research

    London
    Political Economy & Institutions research group

    Dissecting the problems of change, particularly looking at how societies face the challenge of becoming richer and more democratic.

    southkoreamainimage
    London Asia-Pacific Centre for Social Science

    A forum for inter-disciplinary, comparative social scientific research relating to the Asia-Pacific region

    News

    Workshop series will put focus on Korea

    An upcoming workshop series featuring King’s College London academics will focus on development in South Korea.

    southkoreamainimage

    Events

    27AprStates, Markets, and Foreign Aid

    States, Markets, and Foreign Aid: Book talk with author, Simone Dietrich

    Professor Simone Dietrich joins us to discuss her book about donor nations and international development.

    Please note: this event has passed.

    27OctThe seminar takes place on 27 October.

    LAPC Seminar Series: South Korea’s trade relations with Japan and China and its impact on the semiconductor industry

    How will the politicisation of the seminconductor industry affect South Korea and its relationships with China and Japan?

    Please note: this event has passed.

    03FebFisherman

    Business Groups in Emerging Economies

    Two talks presented by Alvin Camba (Johns Hopkins University) and Nahee Kang (KCL) & Kyunghoon Kim (KCL/SOAS).

    Please note: this event has passed.

    13NovVietnam fishermen

    Patient capital in emerging economies: Panel discussion

    Panel discussion on patient capital in emerging economies led by Dr Robyn Klingler-Vidra and Nahee Kang.

    Please note: this event has passed.

      Research

      London
      Political Economy & Institutions research group

      Dissecting the problems of change, particularly looking at how societies face the challenge of becoming richer and more democratic.

      southkoreamainimage
      London Asia-Pacific Centre for Social Science

      A forum for inter-disciplinary, comparative social scientific research relating to the Asia-Pacific region

      News

      Workshop series will put focus on Korea

      An upcoming workshop series featuring King’s College London academics will focus on development in South Korea.

      southkoreamainimage

      Events

      27AprStates, Markets, and Foreign Aid

      States, Markets, and Foreign Aid: Book talk with author, Simone Dietrich

      Professor Simone Dietrich joins us to discuss her book about donor nations and international development.

      Please note: this event has passed.

      27OctThe seminar takes place on 27 October.

      LAPC Seminar Series: South Korea’s trade relations with Japan and China and its impact on the semiconductor industry

      How will the politicisation of the seminconductor industry affect South Korea and its relationships with China and Japan?

      Please note: this event has passed.

      03FebFisherman

      Business Groups in Emerging Economies

      Two talks presented by Alvin Camba (Johns Hopkins University) and Nahee Kang (KCL) & Kyunghoon Kim (KCL/SOAS).

      Please note: this event has passed.

      13NovVietnam fishermen

      Patient capital in emerging economies: Panel discussion

      Panel discussion on patient capital in emerging economies led by Dr Robyn Klingler-Vidra and Nahee Kang.

      Please note: this event has passed.