Kyungsun Lee

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Assistant Professor of Geography

UA Little Rock

Also affiliated: Korea Telecom (South Korea) (2015); Chosun University (2013); Kangwon National University (2023–2024); Korea University (2014–2015); Texas A&M University (2020–2025); Hyosung Corporation (South Korea) (2014); Hongik University (2015–2024)

11 h-index 43 pubs 644 cited

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Kyungsun Lee's research investigates environmental sustainability and its intersection with public policy and management. Her work includes systematic reviews of life cycle assessments for desalination and analyses of public-private partnerships in the water sector. Lee has also explored the drivers and barriers to urban water reuse and examined environmental sustainability within architectural education, particularly in Asian contexts. Her methodological interests include the application of Q-methodology in environmental research and planning.

Prior to her work in environmental studies, Lee conducted research on strain development of Streptomyces sp. for tacrolimus production. Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 11, with 43 total publications and 644 total citations.

Metrics

h-index: 11
Publications: 43
Citations: 644

Positions

Assistant Professor of Geography 2023–present

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Department of History ORCID
Teaching Assistant Professor 2022–2023

University of Colorado Boulder Department of Environmental Studies ORCID
Postdoctoral Research Associate 2018–2022

Texas A&M University Geography ORCID

Selected Publications

Corporate Engagement and Urban Industrial Symbiosis: Lessons from Kitakyushu Eco-Town, Japan (2025)

Case Studies in the Environment DOI OpenAlex
Toward sustainable desalination: a patent analysis of technology-development trajectories (2025)

Sustainability Science Practice and Policy 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Social perspectives on the sustainability challenges within the desalination sector: a Q-method study (2024)

Sustainability Science Practice and Policy 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Understanding the Hydrosocial Cycle Through the FEW (Food-Energy-Water) Nexus in Higher Education (Poster 1) (2024)

DOI OpenAlex
Implementing interdisciplinary sustainability education with the food-energy-water (FEW) nexus (2024)

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 13 citations DOI OpenAlex