
Yungwook Kim
Ewha Fellow Professor of Communication and Media, Ewha Womans University
kimyw@ewha.ac.kr X(twitter):@risk_crisis
02-3277-2233 (Office) 02-3277-2233 (Dept. office)
김영욱 교수는 학부에서 역사를 전공하고 대학원에서 매스커뮤니케이션을 전공했다. 현재 이화여자대학교 커뮤니케이션 미디어학부 교수이자 이화펠로우이다.
위험, 위기, 갈등 커뮤니케이션과 디지털 미디어 사회 비판 분야의 권위자이다. 연구 영역은 공중관계 커뮤니케이션에서 시작하여 위험 커뮤니케이션과 갈등해소,
디지털미디어 프로모션 비평, 저널리즘에 대한 정치경제학 분석 등으로 영역을 넓혀 왔다. 기본적인 연구 방향은 위험사회의 문제를 커뮤니케이션을 통해 해결하려는 것이며,
이 과정에서 커뮤니케이션 행위자와 미디어를 중심으로 한 사회 구조의 중층적인 상호작용을 밝히는데 중점을 둔다. 또한 이러한 해석과 효과 검증을 기반으로
커뮤니케이션을 통한 문제 해결 능력의 향상과 궁극적으로 사회 공론장의 확대를 지향한다.
Yungwook Kim (Ph.D., University of Florida, 1999) studied history at the undergraduate level and mass communication at the graduate level.
He is currently a Professor in the School of Communication and Media at Ewha Womans University and an Ewha Fellow.
Professor Kim is a leading scholar in the fields of risk, crisis, and conflict communication, as well as critical studies of digital media.
His research began in public relations communication and has expanded to encompass risk communication, conflict resolution, critical analysis of
digital media promotion, and the political economy of journalism. His overarching research agenda seeks to address the challenges of the risk society
through communication. In particular, he focuses on the multilayered interactions among communication actors, media systems, and broader social structures.
Based on both interpretive analysis and empirical validation, his work aims to enhance the problem-solving capacity of communication and ultimately contribute
to the expansion of the public sphere.
김영욱 교수는 학교에서 위험 커뮤니케이션, 위기관리와 갈등해소를 가르치고 있다. 이화여자대학교에 부임하기 전에는 미국 일리노이주립대학교에서 교수로 재직하였다.
또한 하버드대학교 로스쿨 협상프로그램에서 풀브라이트 교환교수로 있었으며, 벨기에 겐트대학교, 싱가포르 난양공과대학교, 태국 출라롱콘대학교, 스위스 루가노대학교에서
방문교수로 재직하였다. 외부활동으로는 사회적인 커뮤니케이션을 진작하는 NGO인 갈등해결과 대화의 이사장을 맡고 있으며, 많은 정부기관의 자문역을 역임했고,
다양한 연구 및 자문 프로젝트를 소화하고 있다. 김영욱 교수는 학교에서 학부장과 대외홍보 담당 부처장 등 주요 보직을 역임하였고, 학문적 성과를 인정받아 연구우수상,
연구비우수상, 강의우수상, 총장연구표창 등 다수의 교내 상을 수상하였다. 또한 국내외 주요 커뮤니케이션 학회에서 다수의 연구 관련 수상을 하였으며, 저서와 관련해서
학회에서 올해의 저술상을 두 차례 수상하고 대한민국학술원 및 세종도서 등 주요 국가 학술도서 사업에 다섯 차례 선정되었다. 그는 학교에서 매년 우수 연구자로 선정되어 왔으며,
2024년부터 이화펠로우 기금교수로 선정되었다. 김영욱 교수는 교내를 넘어 국내외적으로도 널리 인정받고 있다. 그는 국가 보건 커뮤니케이션 발전에 기여한 공로로
대한민국 보건복지부 장관 표창을 수상하였고, 미국에서는 플로리다대학교 로부터 2008년 우수 동문상을 수상한 데 이어, 2009년에는 플로리다대학교 저널리즘대학에 의해
명예의 전당에 헌액되고 최우수 동문으로 선정되었다. 또한 한국의 주요 신문사인 중앙일보로부터 언론 및 커뮤니케이션 분야에서 가장 생산적인 연구자로 선정되기도 하였다.
Professor Kim teaches crisis management, risk communication, and conflict resolution. Prior to his current position, he taught at Illinois State University.
He has also served as a Fulbright Exchange Professor at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, as well as a visiting professor at Ghent University in Belgium,
Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, and the University of Lugano in Switzerland. He currently serves as Chair of
the social communication NGO Conflict Resolution and Dialogue, advises various government ministries, and is actively engaged in a range of research and advising projects.
He has held several administrative leadership roles, including School Dean and Associate Vice President for University Communication.
His scholarly excellence has been widely recognized through numerous institutional honors, including the Ewha Research Excellence Award,
Research Grant Award, and Teaching Excellence Award, as well as the President’s Award for Research Excellence. He has received numerous research awards
from leading communication associations in Korea and abroad, and his books have been recognized with Book of the Year awards on more than seven occasions
by academic societies and professional institutions. He has been consistently designated as an Outstanding Researcher and has held an endowed Ewha Fellowship since 2024.
Professor Kim has received both national and international recognition. He was awarded a Minister’s Citation from the Minister of Health and Welfare of the Republic of Korea
for his contributions to national health communication. In the United States, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame and named an Alumnus of Distinction
by the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications in 2009, following his recognition as an Outstanding Young Alumnus in 2008.
He was also recognized by JoongAng Ilbo, one of South Korea’s major newspapers, as the most productive communication researcher
in the field of journalism and communication.
• Belgium Gent University, Singapore Nanyang Technological University,Thailand chulalongkorn University, Swiss Lugono University, Visiting Professor
• Harvard Law School, Program on Negotiation, Fulbright Exchange Professor
• Illinois State University, Department of Communication, Assistant Professor
• School Dean & Associate Vice President for Communication for Ewha Womans University
• Editorial Board for Journal of Public Relations ResearchJournalism and Mass Communication Educationand others
• President, The Korea Health Communication Association, Korean Scholarly Association of Public Relations
• Expert Advisor, National council on Climate and Air Quality, National Citizens Climate Council and others
• Chair, SHER(Science, Health, Environment, Risk) communication Research council, Korean society for journalism and communication studies
• Chairperson, A social communication NGO, "Conflict Resolution and Dialogue"
단독 저서로는 “PR커뮤니케이션: 체계 수사 비판이론의 통합” “위험, 위기 그리고 커뮤니케이션: 현대사회의 위험 위기 갈등에 대한 해석과 대응”
“갈등해소와 대체적 분쟁해결: 협상 조정 중재 그리고 다양한 ADR 접근 방법” “위험 불통 사회: 위험과 과학의 민주화를 위한 커뮤니케이션 접근”
“주목 불복종: 디지털 미디어 주목 통제권 회복” 등 10여권이 있으며, 공저로는 “언론자유의 역설과 저널리즘 딜레마” “디지털 시대 커뮤니케이션 정치 경제학”
“한국사회의 소통 위기” “위험사회와 위기관리” 등 다수가 있다. 그의 연구는 Risk Analysis, Journal of Risk Research, Public Understanding of Science,
Journal of Environmental Psychology, Environmental Communication, Health Communication, Journal of Health Communication, Journal of Public Relations Research,
Public Relations Review, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Journal of Business Ethics 등
다수의 국제 학술지와 국내 학술지에 게재되었다.
He is the author of approximately ten sole-authored books,, including “PR Communication: Integrating Systems, Rhetoric, and Critical Theory,”
“Risk, Crisis, and Communication: Understanding and Responding to Risk and Conflict in Modern Society,” “Conflict Resolution
and Alternative Dispute Resolution: Negotiation, Mediation, Arbitration, and Beyond,” “The Risk Miscommunication Society:
Communication Approaches for the Democratization of Risk and Science,” and “Attention Disobedience: Reclaiming Control
in the Age of Digital Media.” He has also co-authored numerous books, such as “The Paradox of Press Freedom and the Dilemmas of Journalism,”
“The Political Economy of Communication in the Digital Age,” “The Communication Crisis in Korean Society,” and “Risk Society and Crisis Management.”
His research appears in journals including Risk Analysis, Journal of Risk Research, Public Understanding of Science, Journal of Environmental Psychology,
Environmental Communication, Health Communication, Journal of Health Communication, Journal of Public Relations Research, Public Relations Review,
Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Journal of Business Ethics
and many other English and Korean scholarly journals.