Dr. Kim is an associate professor of Media and Governance at Keio University, and a guest professor at Harvard Law School. Born in 1973 in Korea, he studied at Chuo University in Japan on the country’s sponsorship and later went on to study at Indiana University, U.S., where he completed the doctorate degree in mass communication.

He is a senior researcher at Oxford University in England, University of the German Federal Armed Forces, lecturer at Indiana University, guest researcher at Institute of Intellectual Property in Japan, and a member of the European Committee for Standardization. He has been appointed as an associate professor at Keio University since 2004. He also serves as a commentator for BS Prime News on Fuji Television in Japan, and has been assigned as a committee member of the Cabinet Secretariat, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, and the Agency for Cultural Affairs. He is also an advisory committee member for Naver, Korea. He is the chairman of the Japan Society of Information and Communication Research, and the chief officer of the Japan Society of Contents. He is active on twitter under account name @kimkeio.