KAIST IAM Group & Meta Earth Lab.
I am a postdoc at KAIST, advised by Haewon McJeon, working on integrated assessment modeling and econometric analysis for climate change and sustainable transitions. I am also interested in causal inference approaches to public policy evaluation, with applications in corporate governance, institutional behavior, and policy simulation. I received my PhD from Seoul National University, where I was supervised by Sangin Park.
Research Interests
- Integrated assessment modeling
- Empirical evaluation of public policy
- Policy simulation
- Sustainable industrial and economic transitions
- Corporate governance & institutional behavior
Education
Seoul National University 2021 – 2026PhD in Public Policy
Supervisor: Sangin Park
Committee: Soonae Park (Chair), Jonghyun Yoo (Vice Chair), Sangin Park, Haewon McJeon, Hyung Sik Choi
Dissertation: Evaluating Domestic Mitigation Policy Targets under Scenarios of Industrial Competitiveness Erosion and Trade Regulation
Seoul National University 2016 – 2019Master in Public Policy
Seoul National University 2010 – 2016Bachelor of Economics
Publications
Choi, H., Park, S., & McJeon, H. (2026). High-ambition climate action in all sectors can achieve a 59% greenhouse gas emissions reduction in Korea by 2035. Scientific Reports. [SCI(E) Q1]
Choi, H., McJeon, H., & Park, S. (2025). An integrated assessment of the 11th basic plan for long-term electricity supply and demand and alternative power generation mix scenarios. Journal of Climate Change Research, 16(3-1), 469–485. [Scopus] (in Korean)
Kim, J., Park, S., & Choi, H. (2023). On simulations of housing capital gains tax based on household data. Budget Policy Research, 12(4), 61–106. [KCI] (in Korean)
Choi, H., & Park, S. (2022). Government subsidies to occupational pension funds of small-and-medium-sized enterprise employees and their consequences on old-age incomes of these employees in Korea. Social Security Studies, 38(1), 5–50. [KCI] (in Korean)
Policy Reports
Choi, H., Ha, J., Behrendt, J., Borrero, M., George, M., Bertram, C., Hultman, N., Park, S., McJeon, H., & Cui, R. (2025). High ambition pathways for Korea to achieve a 60% NDC target by 2035. Center for Global Sustainability.
Park, S., & Choi, H. (2023). Trends in tunneling after changes in regulation of related-party transactions, 2011–2022. ESG Review, 2023(4), 3–18. (in Korean)
Park, S., Kim, J., & Choi, H. (2022). On simulations of housing capital gains tax based on household data. National Assembly Budget Office (Republic of Korea).
Experience
Doctoral Research Assistant, Research Center for Market and Government 2021–2026
Lecturer, Extension College, Seoul National University 2018–2025
Social Service Personnel (Military service alternative), Seoul National University 2019–2021
Master Research Assistant, Research Center for Market and Government 2016–2019
Awards & Fellowships
Scholarship for Next Generation Scholars, National Research Foundation of Korea 2024–2025
BK Outstanding Research Talent Fellowship, BK21 Four Education Research Group 2021–2022
BK21 FOUR Research Fellowship, Global Convergence & Innovation Talent for Inclusive Governance 2022–2024
Teaching
Econometric Analysis 3 (Doctoral Required), TA for Prof. Sangin Park Fall 2023–2025
Introduction to Computing, TA for Prof. Sang Ah Lee Fall 2022
Core Computing, TA for Prof. Haesun Byun Spring 2022
Economic Analysis (Master's Required), TA for Prof. Sangin Park Fall 2021
Skills
Skills: Python, R, STATA, Git, Linux/Unix
Modeling: Econometrics (Advanced), GCAM (Advanced), DICE/RICE (Intermediate), Machine Learning (Intermediate), PyPSA (Intermediate)
Languages: Korean (Native), English (Advanced)
Peer Review
Nature Reviews Clean Technology
Scientific Reports
Energy and Climate Change