Sojeong Kim is a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Environmental Policy and Behavior at UC Davis. Her research interests include science, technology, and innovation in government, natural resource governance, and collaborative governance. Sojeong has a PhD in Public Affairs from the University of Colorado Denver. She also previously worked at the National Institute of Forest Science in South Korea, where she conducted research on forest policies related to people's welfare. She earned her master's degree in Public Policy with a concentration in Regional Development and Environment, and a bachelor’s in Economics.