Jooyeol Kim Independent researcher

Public Record

This page collects selected public identifiers, accepted conference work, working papers, and public proof-of-work.

It is not a complete academic CV. It is a compact public record for readers who want to verify the current status of my work.

Snapshot — September 2026

Independent researcher based in South Korea. All listed conference works are sole-authored unless otherwise noted.

In my first academic submission season beginning in January 2026, my work has been accepted across multiple international venues in STS, platform governance, internet research, labour studies, digital governance, industrial relations, political science, media accountability, critical theory, and public administration / collaborative governance.

The work is primarily theoretical, diagnostic, comparative, and framework-oriented. It develops conceptual and empirical tools for identifying recurring structural patterns across AI governance, platform systems, labour pressure, working time, labour-market entry, digitally mediated political judgment, institutional responsibility, and repair.

By September 2026, I had completed or converted presentations at the ILERA Asian Regional Congress and the Midlands Conference in Critical Thought. Additional accepted work includes 4S 2026 and IIAS 2026. Several other accepted contributions — AoIR 2026, EASST 2026, EGOV-CeDEM-ePart / IFIP EGOV 2026, BSA Work, Employment & Society 2026, HCII / AI-HCI 2026, and the IPSA Regional Conference in Wrocław 2026 — were not converted because registration, travel, accommodation, proceedings, or participation funding constraints prevented completion.

Six working papers are publicly available on SSRN.

For accepted-output cost bottlenecks, support-route checks, and bridge-support transparency, see the 2026 Bridge Support Cost Table.

Current position

Independent researcher and analytical writer working on labour-market institutions, AI, governance, platform systems, political communication, household economic security, and institutional responsibility.

Current focus areas include:

Public identifiers

Working papers on SSRN

Beyond Bounded Rationality: Controlled Irrationality and the Dynamics of Behavioral Control

Kim, Jooyeol. 2025. “Beyond Bounded Rationality: Controlled Irrationality and the Dynamics of Behavioral Control.”
Working paper. SSRN Abstract ID: 5578810.
SSRN record

Idle Asset Circulation Tax (IACT): A Dynamic Framework for Regulating Wealth Velocity

Kim, Jooyeol. 2025. “Idle Asset Circulation Tax (IACT): A Dynamic Framework for Regulating Wealth Velocity.”
Working paper. SSRN Abstract ID: 5630490.
SSRN record

Controlled Irrationality Index (CII): Rationality as an Activation Event

Kim, Jooyeol. 2025. “Controlled Irrationality Index (CII): Rationality as an Activation Event.”
Working paper. SSRN Abstract ID: 5665810.
SSRN record

Universe 25 Revisited: Inaccessible Rewards and Stalled Circulation

Kim, Jooyeol. 2026. “Universe 25 Revisited: Inaccessible Rewards and Stalled Circulation.”
Working paper. SSRN Abstract ID: 6161286.
SSRN record

From Production to Selection: How Academic Gatekeeping Misreads the AI Era

Kim, Jooyeol. 2026. “From Production to Selection: How Academic Gatekeeping Misreads the AI Era.”
Working paper. SSRN Abstract ID: 6584858.
SSRN record

You Agreed to the Rule. Did You Agree to the Experiment?

Kim, Jooyeol. 2026. “You Agreed to the Rule. Did You Agree to the Experiment? ICML 2026 and the Missing Boundary Between Review Duty and Experimental Participation.”
Working paper, Version 1.2, July 2026. SSRN Abstract ID: 7174178.
Public working-paper page · SSRN record

Presented / completed conference work

ILERA Asian Regional Congress 2026

Kim, Jooyeol. 2026. “Demographic Aging, Structural Labour Pressure, and Time Absorption: A Conceptual Industrial Relations Perspective.”
Sole-authored. Peer-reviewed abstract accepted for oral presentation at the 11th ILERA Asian Regional Congress 2026, Tokyo, Japan. Full paper submitted on 30 June 2026. Oral presentation completed in Tokyo in September 2026.
Public acceptance record PDF

Midlands Conference in Critical Thought 2026

Kim, Jooyeol. 2026. “Managed Dissipation: Internalised Exit and Non-Eventful Collapse in Contemporary Societies.”
Sole-authored. Presented / completed at the Midlands Conference in Critical Thought 2026, Stream 11, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, 22 May 2026.

Kim, Jooyeol. 2026. “Managed Hegemony: Why Resistance Fails to Consolidate under Conditions of Collapsing Realizability.”
Sole-authored. Accepted and programme-listed presentation, Hegemonies stream, Midlands Conference in Critical Thought 2026, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, 21 May 2026. Remote delivery was disrupted because of IT issues; the organizer later circulated the presentation and accompanying note to the stream.

Public participation record PDF

Forthcoming / accepted conference work

IIAS Conference 2026

Kim, Jooyeol. 2026. “From Training to First Credibility: Public Governance of Reciprocal Labour-Market Legibility.”
Sole-authored. Accepted to the IIAS Conference 2026, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 17–20 November 2026. Submission ID: 247. Full-paper and registration deadline: 31 October 2026. Public acceptance record PDF

4S 2026 / Society for Social Studies of Science

Kim, Jooyeol. 2026. “No Warranty, No Rollback: Critical AI Literacy After Black-Box Automation.”
Sole-authored. Accepted to the 4S 2026 Conference: TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures, Toronto, Canada, 7–10 October 2026. Hybrid participation is supported. As of September 2026, final participation remains unresolved because registration remains a material cost constraint.
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Accepted but not converted

AoIR2026 / Association of Internet Researchers

Kim, Jooyeol. 2026. “Regeneration and Redesign of Platform Environments: The Case of Advertising Tiers in Streaming Media.”
Sole-authored. Accepted paper proposal for onsite English presentation at #AoIR2026: The 27th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers, Mexico City/CDMX, Mexico, 14–17 October 2026. After an individually approved registration extension to 15 August 2026, no workable fee-support route became available and the contribution was ultimately not converted into conference participation. Not registered or presented.
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EASST 2026

Kim, Jooyeol. 2026. “Participation as a Condition of Access: Platform Infrastructures and the Origins of Data Extraction.”
Sole-authored. Abstract accepted for presentation at EASST 2026, AGH University of Krakow, Kraków, Poland, 8–12 September 2026. A funding application was unsuccessful; after no workable funding route became available, I notified the conference that I could not attend. The paper was formally withdrawn from the programme on 13 August 2026. Not registered or presented.
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EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2026 / IFIP EGOV 2026

Kim, Jooyeol. 2026. “The Decoupling of Political Judgment and Responsibility in Digitally Mediated Communication.”
Sole-authored. Reflections/viewpoint paper accepted for presentation at EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2026 / IFIP EGOV 2026, Governance, Digital Legislation & Policy Track, Athens, Greece. Initially eligible for inclusion in the TU Delft OPEN Proceedings, subject to camera-ready submission, formatting compliance, publication choice, author registration, and venue requirements. The item was withdrawn from the proceedings route after registration, in-person participation, and funding/travel constraints made conversion infeasible. Not presented or published in the proceedings.
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BSA Work, Employment & Society Conference 2026

Kim, Jooyeol. 2026. “Extended Life Courses, Structural Labour Pressure, and the Reabsorption of Time in the Polycrisis.”
Sole-authored. Accepted for oral presentation at the BSA Work, Employment & Society Conference 2026, Open Stream, University of Bath, Bath, UK, 9–11 September 2026. Withdrawn by the author on 7 July 2026 before the accepted-presenter registration deadline because in-person registration, travel, and accommodation costs made participation infeasible. Not registered or presented.
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HCII 2026 / Artificial Intelligence in HCI 2026

Kim, Jooyeol. 2026. “Repair and Addressability in Human–Computer Interaction: When AI-Mediated Decisions Become Procedurally Unreachable.”
Sole-authored. Late Breaking Paper accepted for presentation at HCII 2026 / Artificial Intelligence in HCI 2026 and accepted for Springer LNCS Late Breaking Papers consideration, subject to registration and camera-ready requirements. Not registered or converted because registration / funding constraints prevented participation. Not presented or published in the proceedings.
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IPSA Regional Conference in Wrocław 2026

Kim, Jooyeol. 2026. “Performed Transparency: Media Visibility, Procedural Accountability, and Democratic Resilience in South Korea.”
Sole-authored. Paper proposal accepted for oral in-person presentation at the IPSA Regional Conference in Wrocław 2026, Track 2: Information, Media, and Technology, Wrocław, Poland, 14–16 October 2026. Formally withdrawn before registration and programme conversion because participation costs made attendance infeasible. Not registered or presented.
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Bridge support transparency

For accepted-output cost bottlenecks, support-route checks, and bridge-support transparency:

2026 Bridge Support Cost Table

Selected public work

Contact

For formal academic or conference correspondence:

jooyeol@jooyeolkim.com

For commissioned briefs, research collaboration, media inquiries, invited conversations, or scoped analytical work:

contact@jooyeolkim.com

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