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I’m especially interested in working with students whose research focuses on urban, social, or tech policy; administrative burden; or data science / AI in the public sector.

Admissions and funding decisions are made at the department level, but our program encourages applicants to contact faculty whose research interests align with theirs to help with advisor matching: publicpolicy.unc.edu/ph-d/ph-d-fa...

I’ll also be at UW’s Policy on the Rocks (pre-conference) event on Tuesday. If you see me around, please say hi!

Saturday, Nov 15 (3:30–5:00 PM)
- Presenter — Automation, AI, and Nudges: Improving Digital Interfaces to Reduce Administrative Burdens in the Safety Net

Friday, Nov 14 (10:15–11:45 AM)
- Organizer (with Shuping Wang) & Presenter — AI in the Public Sector: Cross-National Evidence on Bureaucracy, Procurement, and Organizational Change

Thursday, Nov 13 (3:30–5:00 PM)
- Organizer (wth Elizabeth Bell) & Presenter — Reducing the Psychological Burden of Administrative Processes

Thursday, Nov 13 (8:30–10:00 AM)
Discussant — Nudges, Location, and Communication: Reducing Administrative Burdens Inside and Outside Government
(I’m also a coauthor on the WIC paper in this session.)

Here’s a short summary and reflection: jaeyeonkim.substack.com/p/from-disse...

The session, organized by my home department at Berkeley, was for students on the job market and co-hosted by my Berkeley cohort member, Natalia Garbiras-Díaz, who is now teaching at Harvard Business School:

Also, I'm very much looking forward to catching up Leila Doty and finally meeting Emily Binet Royall and Nari Johnson.

I’ve shared some of my thoughts here: substack.com/@jaeyeonkim/... (and have a related book chapter and working paper in progress).

If you’d like to chat, feel free to email me at jaeyeonkim@hks.harvard.edu