Youngwan Kim, Ph.D. is a Professor at the Division of Language and Diplomacy, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. He had his B.A. in political science from Yonsei University and an M.A. in international development from the University of California San Diego. After receiving his PhD in political science from the University of Iowa in 2011, he worked as a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Iowa State University for two years and then as a research professor at Korea University before taking his current position. He also worked as a visiting scholar at the University of California San Diego. His research interests include foreign aid, NGOs, international development cooperation, international organizations, and international law. He also has work experience in the field of international development cooperation with several international organizations such as UNICEF, International Republican Institute, Humanasia, and so on. In addition, he conducted a variety of research and field projects with KOICA, MOFA, and MOU. With co-authored book, International Organizations: Politics of Global Governance, his representative works have been published in several journals like World Development, Development and Change, Foreign Policy Analysis, Disasters, etc.