Dr. Jaewon Lim

Prof. Jaewon Lim is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy and Leadership in the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He earned his Ph.D. in Regional Planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From 2003 to 2007, he served as a research assistant at REAL (Regional Economics Applications Laboratory) of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, focusing on the development and use of analytical models for urban and regional forecasting and economic development. Before joining UNLV, he held positions as a regional economist and affiliated faculty in the Office of Economic Development and School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona. He is currently serving as the Executive Director of the Western Regional Science Association (WRSA), a voting member for the North American Regional Science Council (NARSC) of Regional Science Association International (RSAI), and a councilor for Pacific Regional Science Conference Organization (PRSCO) of RSAI. He also serves as an associate editor for the Annals of Regional Science and on the editorial board for the International Journal of Urban Sciences and Culture and Politics. His research interests concern urban/regional demographic and economic analyses with the tools of spatial analysis on sustainable economic development through R&D activities, technology transfer, and workforce development.