Namho Kim (M.Sc. Psych.)

• Non-cognitive skills
• Positive Psychology
• Economics of Happiness (Well-being)
• Social Policy
• Philosophical Psychology

Since 3/2021

Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg: Ph.D. studies in interdisciplinary Human Sciences

08/2018  –  07/2019

Studied Economics of Public Policy (M.Sc.) at the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, Spain:

Focus: Economics of Happiness

09/2013  –  06/2015

Studied Agricultural and Resource Economics, and International Agricultural

Development (M.Sc.) at the University of California, Davis, USA

03/2004  –  06/2011

Studied Agricultural and Vocational Education (B.Sc.) at the Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

01/2017  –  07/2018

Worked as a Programme Officer at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Rome, Italy

• Managed a portfolio of partnerships (the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, Russia, and South Korea) to maximize financial contribution to FAO
• Conducted analysis of donor countries’ development policies for effective donor relations

09/2015  –  12/2016

Worked as a research fellow at the Inter-American Development Bank - Washington, D.C, USA

• Conducted quantitative impact analysis of agricultural and rural development projects

01/2014  –  06/2015

Worked as a graduate student researcher at the University of California, Davis

• Developed an evaluation tool to assess the economic feasibility of horticulture technologies
• Managed horticulture technology information database

10/2011  –  07/2013

Co-founded a social enterprise, Korea Gapyear Co. in Seoul, South Korea

• Introduced, advocated and promoted gap-year culture in South Korea.
• Developed a business model for the first gap-year service providing company in South Korea
• Built and managed partnerships with NGOs, social enterprises, and for-profit organizations around the world for gap-year program development

08/2008  –  07/2010

Worked as a project manager for the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in Paraguay

• Designed and operated a $50,000 rural development project for small-scale farmers’ household income improvement in a rural village of Paraguay