Dr. Song Kim

Associate Professor

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Biography

Song Kim is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He completed his Ph.D. in Politics at Princeton University. His research focuses on political economy, lobbying, and campaign donations, with an emphasis on causal inference and panel data analysis. He has received notable awards for his dissertation and published articles in leading academic journals, including the American Political Science Review and International Organization. Professor Kim conducts big data analyses in international trade and is developing methods for dimension reduction and visualization to investigate the structure of international trade over time. His recent publications examine firm-level lobbying, trade policies, and the trade preferences of firms, in collaboration with other scholars. He is also involved in creating a large-scale database on lobbying, supported by the National Science Foundation. Professor Kim teaches courses on political methodology and quantitative research methods, employing advanced statistical techniques to explore pressing political questions.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

— Present

Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA

Conducts research and teaches courses in the Department of Political Science.

Awards

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Outstanding UROP Mentor

2024-01-01
#2021

Levitan Prize

2021-02-10
#2015

Mancur Olson Award

2015-01-01
#2020

New Dataset Award

2020-01-21

Courses

IPE Advanced Industrial Societies Quantitative Research Methods Regression Quantitative Research Methods III: Generalized Linear Models Extensions Quantitative Research Methods IV: Advanced Topics Game Theory Political Theory Machine Learning Data Science Politics