Dr Janice Kim
- Lecturer in Education (School of Education)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167Biography
Janice Kim is a Lecturer in Education Policy at the School of Education, University of Glasgow. Her research interests lie at the intersection of education, public policy, and international development, with a particular focus on how education reforms and policies shape child development, learning outcomes, and educational trajectories. Her research aims to inform evidence-based policy decisions that address educational inequalities and improve school effectiveness across both high-income and low- and middle-income countries.
Her areas of expertise include early childhood education and development, teacher professional development, educational technology, education governance and finance, and the application of quantitative and experimental methods. She currently co-leads several research projects spanning these themes: impact evaluations of digital personalized learning and innovative pedagogical approaches on student achievement, a conceptual and empirical study of teacher agency; a quasi-experimental analysis on the effects of education reforms, and a comparative study of educational inequalities using international large-scale assessment data such as PISA.
Janice holds a PhD in the Economics of Education from the University of Cambridge, an MA in Education Policy and Social Analysis from Columbia University, and an MA in Education from Seoul National University. Prior to joining academia, she spent over a decade working at international organizations including the World Bank and the OECD, as well as national government bodies in the US and Korea, where she led policy dialogue on education reform, evidence-informed decision-making, and comparative policy analysis.
Currently, she serves as an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Educational Development, a member of the Executive Committee at UKFIET: The Education and Development Forum, and an Associate Member of the REAL Centre at the University of Cambridge.
Publications
2025
Rugambwa, Allen, Brown, Rhona 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 and Kim, Janice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167
(2025)
Understanding and Supporting Tanzanian Teachers as ‘Agents of Change' for Sustainable Futures.
UKFIET Conference 2025, Oxford, UK, 16-18 Sept 2025.
2024
Hand, Christopher J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1536-4005, Thomas, Matthew A.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6950-5726, Chipindi, Janet Serenje, Boeren, Ellen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2285-5814, Kim, Janice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167 and Lynch, Paul
(2024)
A mixed-method evaluation of IT'S PLAY: Improving Teaching Skills on Playful Learning for Africa’s Youngest. Endline Report.
Project Report.
University of Glasgow.
(doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.350344).
Kim, Janice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167, Araya, Mesele, Rose, Pauline and Woldehanna, Tassew
(2024)
Pre-primary education and school readiness amid the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Ethiopia.
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 38(1),
S6-S23.
(doi: 10.1080/02568543.2023.2281557)
2023
Yorke, Louise, Kim, Janice Heejin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167, Hailu, Belay Hagos and Berhie, Chanie Ejigu
(2023)
Navigating uncertainty: The role of north-south research partnerships in Ethiopia’s education response to COVID-19.
[Website]
Kim, Janice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167 and Sabates, Ricardo
(2023)
Expanding educational opportunities or widening learning inequalities? Evidence from national reform of pre-primary education in Ethiopia.
Oxford Review of Education, 49(3),
pp. 301-320.
(doi: 10.1080/03054985.2022.2072824)
Yorke, Louise, Kim, Janice Heejin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167, Hailu, Belay Hagos and Berhie, Chanie Ejigu
(2023)
Equitable North-South partnerships for ethical and policy relevant research in times of uncertainty: a collaborative autoethnography from Ethiopia.
International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 26(5),
pp. 599-613.
(doi: 10.1080/13645579.2023.2173840)
2022
Kim, Janice H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167
(2022)
Preschool participation and students’ learning outcomes in primary school: Evidence from national reform of pre-primary education in Ethiopia.
International Journal of Educational Development, 94,
102659.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2022.102659)
Kim, Janice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167, Robinson, Natasha, Härmä, Joanna, Jeffery, David, Rose, Pauline and Woldehanna, Tassew
(2022)
Misalignment of policy priorities and financing for early childhood education: Evidence from Ethiopia, Liberia, and Mainland Tanzania.
International Journal of Educational Research, 111,
101891.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ijer.2021.101891)
Kim, Janice H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167, Hailu, Belay H., Rose, Pauline M., Rossiter, Jack, Teferra, Tirussew and Woldehanna, Tassew
(2022)
Persistent inequalities in early years’ access and learning: evidence from large-scale expansion of pre-primary education in Ethiopia.
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 58,
pp. 103-114.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2021.07.006)
2021
Kim, Janice H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167, Araya, Mesele, Hagos Hailu, Belay, Rose, Pauline M. and Woldehanna, Tassew
(2021)
The implications of COVID-19 for early childhood education in Ethiopia: perspectives from parents and caregivers.
Early Childhood Education Journal, 49(5),
pp. 855-867.
(doi: 10.1007/s10643-021-01214-0)
Kim, Janice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167, Rose, Pauline, Tiruneh, Dawit Tibebu, Sabates, Ricardo and Woldehanna, Tassew
(2021)
Learning inequalities widen following COVID-19 school closures in Ethiopia.
[Website]
Kim, Janice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167 and Yorke, Louise
(2021)
Practical and ethical challenges of doing distance research in the global south during a global pandemic.
[Website]
2020
Kim, Janice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167, Rose, Pauline, Woldehanna, Tassew, Hailu, Belay Hagos and Araya, Mesele
(2020)
Implications of COVID-19 for pre-primary education in Ethiopia: Perspectives of parents and caregivers.
[Website]
Kim, Janice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167 and Rose, Pauline
(2020)
The threat of COVID-19 on Ethiopia’s recent gains in pre-primary education.
[Website]
Articles
Kim, Janice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167, Araya, Mesele, Rose, Pauline and Woldehanna, Tassew
(2024)
Pre-primary education and school readiness amid the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Ethiopia.
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 38(1),
S6-S23.
(doi: 10.1080/02568543.2023.2281557)
Kim, Janice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167 and Sabates, Ricardo
(2023)
Expanding educational opportunities or widening learning inequalities? Evidence from national reform of pre-primary education in Ethiopia.
Oxford Review of Education, 49(3),
pp. 301-320.
(doi: 10.1080/03054985.2022.2072824)
Yorke, Louise, Kim, Janice Heejin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167, Hailu, Belay Hagos and Berhie, Chanie Ejigu
(2023)
Equitable North-South partnerships for ethical and policy relevant research in times of uncertainty: a collaborative autoethnography from Ethiopia.
International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 26(5),
pp. 599-613.
(doi: 10.1080/13645579.2023.2173840)
Kim, Janice H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167
(2022)
Preschool participation and students’ learning outcomes in primary school: Evidence from national reform of pre-primary education in Ethiopia.
International Journal of Educational Development, 94,
102659.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2022.102659)
Kim, Janice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167, Robinson, Natasha, Härmä, Joanna, Jeffery, David, Rose, Pauline and Woldehanna, Tassew
(2022)
Misalignment of policy priorities and financing for early childhood education: Evidence from Ethiopia, Liberia, and Mainland Tanzania.
International Journal of Educational Research, 111,
101891.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ijer.2021.101891)
Kim, Janice H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167, Hailu, Belay H., Rose, Pauline M., Rossiter, Jack, Teferra, Tirussew and Woldehanna, Tassew
(2022)
Persistent inequalities in early years’ access and learning: evidence from large-scale expansion of pre-primary education in Ethiopia.
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 58,
pp. 103-114.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2021.07.006)
Kim, Janice H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167, Araya, Mesele, Hagos Hailu, Belay, Rose, Pauline M. and Woldehanna, Tassew
(2021)
The implications of COVID-19 for early childhood education in Ethiopia: perspectives from parents and caregivers.
Early Childhood Education Journal, 49(5),
pp. 855-867.
(doi: 10.1007/s10643-021-01214-0)
Research Reports or Papers
Hand, Christopher J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1536-4005, Thomas, Matthew A.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6950-5726, Chipindi, Janet Serenje, Boeren, Ellen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2285-5814, Kim, Janice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167 and Lynch, Paul
(2024)
A mixed-method evaluation of IT'S PLAY: Improving Teaching Skills on Playful Learning for Africa’s Youngest. Endline Report.
Project Report.
University of Glasgow.
(doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.350344).
Conference or Workshop Item
Rugambwa, Allen, Brown, Rhona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 and Kim, Janice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167
(2025)
Understanding and Supporting Tanzanian Teachers as ‘Agents of Change' for Sustainable Futures.
UKFIET Conference 2025, Oxford, UK, 16-18 Sept 2025.
Website
Yorke, Louise, Kim, Janice Heejin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167, Hailu, Belay Hagos and Berhie, Chanie Ejigu
(2023)
Navigating uncertainty: The role of north-south research partnerships in Ethiopia’s education response to COVID-19.
[Website]
Kim, Janice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167, Rose, Pauline, Tiruneh, Dawit Tibebu, Sabates, Ricardo and Woldehanna, Tassew
(2021)
Learning inequalities widen following COVID-19 school closures in Ethiopia.
[Website]
Kim, Janice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167 and Yorke, Louise
(2021)
Practical and ethical challenges of doing distance research in the global south during a global pandemic.
[Website]
Kim, Janice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167, Rose, Pauline, Woldehanna, Tassew, Hailu, Belay Hagos and Araya, Mesele
(2020)
Implications of COVID-19 for pre-primary education in Ethiopia: Perspectives of parents and caregivers.
[Website]
Kim, Janice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167 and Rose, Pauline
(2020)
The threat of COVID-19 on Ethiopia’s recent gains in pre-primary education.
[Website]
Prior publications
Book Section
Anderson, K., Kim, J., Aslam, M., Baum, D., Hailu, B.H., Jeffery, D., Rose, P., Saeed, S. (2022) The COVID-19 Pandemic and Early Childhood Education in Ethiopia, Liberia, and Pakistan: Perspectives of Pre-primary School Teachers Educating the Young Child Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 25430629 25430610 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-96977-6_17)
Teaching
Current Courses
- Advanced Policy Enquiry (GLOBED, The Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Education Policies for Global Development)
- Modern Educational Thought
