Seokbeom Kwon
Research Affiliate
Member Of:
- Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy
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Overview
Faculty Advisor:
Alan MarcoEducation:
- Ph.D in Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA (Aug 2014 – Dec 2019)
- M.S in Technology Management for Innovation (TMI), Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan (Oct 2011 – Sept 2013)
- B.S in Electrical Engineering + B.S in Management of Technology (MoT), College of Engineering,Seoul National University, Korea (Mar 2003 – Feb 2011, 2-year for national military service in Korea Army)
Awards and
Distinctions:
Distinctions:
- Outstanding Doctoral Student Award (2019)
- Young Scholars Award, International Schumpeter Society (2018)
- Second-prize, Ivan Allen College Graduate Conference Award (2018), Georgia Tech, USA
- Best Paper (for Top 10% papers), Technology and Innovation Management Division, 77th Academy of Management Annual Meeting (2017)
- First-prize, Ivan Allen College Graduate Conference Award (2017), Georgia Tech, USA
- STEPI Fellowship, Science and Technology Policy Institute of Korea (2016)
- Distinguished graduate student, University of Tokyo, Japan (2013)
- Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT, 2011-2013)
- Korean Government National Science & Technology Scholarship, Korea Science and Technology Foundation (2004-2011)
Interests
Research Fields:
- Applied Econometrics
- Economics of the Firm
- Industrial Organization
- Science and Technology Studies
- Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
- Science, Technology, and International Policy
- Science, Technology, and Medicine
Publications
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
- Competition or diversion? Effect of public sharing of data on research productivity of data provider
In: Research Policy [Peer Reviewed]
Date: November 2025
- Underappreciated government research support in patents
In: Science [Peer Reviewed]
Date: August 2024
- Can antitrust law enforcement spur innovation? Antitrust regulation of patent consolidation and its impact on follow-on innovations
In: Research Policy [Peer Reviewed]
Date: November 2021
- Incentive or disincentive for research data disclosure? A large-scale empirical analysis and implications for open science policy
In: International Journal of Information Management [Peer Reviewed]
Date: October 2021
- Research Addressing Emerging Technological Ideas Has Greater Scientific Impact
In: Research Policy [Peer Reviewed]
Date: July 2019
All Publications
Journal Articles
- Competition or diversion? Effect of public sharing of data on research productivity of data provider
In: Research Policy [Peer Reviewed]
Date: November 2025
- Impact of National University Patenting on Innovation: Researcher Analysis in Japan
In: Technology in Society
Date: June 2025
- Use of exclusive data for corporate research on machine learning and artificial intelligence: Implications for innovation and competition policy
In: Technology in Society [Peer Reviewed]
Date: June 2025
- Prominence of corporate science in quantum computing research
In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change [Peer Reviewed]
Date: March 2025
- Underappreciated government research support in patents
In: Science [Peer Reviewed]
Date: August 2024
- Transfer of university patents and its impact on follow-on invention
In: Science and Public Policy [Peer Reviewed]
Date: June 2024
- How does regulatory uncertainty shape the innovation process? Evidence from the case of nanomedicine
In: The Journal of Technology Transfer [Peer Reviewed]
Date: February 2024
- Interdisciplinary knowledge integration as a unique knowledge source for technology development and the role of funding allocation
In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change [Peer Reviewed]
Date: August 2022
- Can antitrust law enforcement spur innovation? Antitrust regulation of patent consolidation and its impact on follow-on innovations
In: Research Policy [Peer Reviewed]
Date: November 2021
- Incentive or disincentive for research data disclosure? A large-scale empirical analysis and implications for open science policy
In: International Journal of Information Management [Peer Reviewed]
Date: October 2021
- Chasing two hares at once? Effect of joint institutional change for promoting commercial use of university knowledge and scientific research
In: The Journal of Technology Transfer [Peer Reviewed]
Date: August 2021
- Research Addressing Emerging Technological Ideas Has Greater Scientific Impact
In: Research Policy [Peer Reviewed]
Date: July 2019
- Learning about Learning: Patterns of Sharing of Research Knowledge among Education, Border, and Cognitive Science Fields
In: Scientometrics [Peer Reviewed]
Date: March 2019
- National nanotechnology research prominence
In: Technology Analysis & Strategic Management [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2018
- The Values of Synthetic Biology: Researcher Views of Their Field and Participation in Public Engagement.
In: Bioscience [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2018
- Does strong IPR regime improve innovation in developing countries? Evidence from the 1986 South Korean IPR Reform
In: STI policy review [Peer Reviewed]
Date: April 2017
- Connections between Cognitive Science and Education
In: Research Evaluation [Peer Reviewed]
Date: February 2017
- How institutional arrangements in the National Innovation System affect industrial competitiveness: A study of Japan and the U.S. with multiagent simulation
In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change [Peer Reviewed]
Date: January 2017
- A measure of knowledge flow between specific fields: Implications of interdisciplinarity for impact and funding
In: PLoS One [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2017
- Crossing borders: A citation analysis of connections between Cognitive Science and Educational Research . . . and the fields in between
In: Research Evaluation [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2017
- Tracking the emergence of synthetic biology
In: Scientometrics [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2017
- Navigating the innovation trajectories of technology by combining specialization score analyses for publications and patents: graphene and nano-enabled drug delivery
In: Scientometrics [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2016
- Analyzing collaboration networks and developmental patterns of nano-enabled drug delivery (NEDD) for brain cancer
In: Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology [Peer Reviewed]
Date: December 2015
Chapters
- Scientists’ and the Public’s Views of Synthetic Biology
In: Synthetic Biology 2020: Frontiers in Risk Analysis and Governance
Date: 2020
This chapter examines similarities and differences between scientists’ and nonscientists’ views of synthetic biology and the factors that shape them, as well as limitations of available research and the need for more focus on the views of both groups. We combine data from a survey of researchers in synthetic biology and a nationally representative survey of US adults on synthetic biology to compare the characteristics of respondents in each group and how those general characteristics could shape each group’s views. Our analyses found substantial religious and ideological differences between experts and members of the public in the US. We also found that levels of religious guidance and political ideology relate to different perceptions of synthetic biology and in different ways depending on one’s experience as either a researcher in the field or as a member of the public. We call for more, and more detailed, social science research to facilitate effective public engagement that creates space for the variety of views and concerns that will shape synthetic biology and its governance.
Updated: Jan 14th, 2026 at 9:00 PM