Rate My Professor Sumin Kim

Dr. Sumin Kim is a lecturer at the School of Accounting and Finance in the College of Business and Law at Adelaide University. He also serves as Associate Director of the Social Enterprise and Inclusion stream within the University's Centre for Markets, Values and Inclusion (CMVI) Leadership Team. Kim holds a Doctor of Philosophy and a Master of Property and Development from UNSW Sydney, Australia, and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Macquarie University, Australia. Prior to his current role, he served as a lecturer at UniSA Business, the University of South Australia, and as a casual academic and sessional lecturer at the Faculty of Built Environment, the University of New South Wales (UNSW), where he completed his doctoral studies.

His primary research interests center on sustainable real estate, behavioural real estate, and PropTech, exploring the dynamics of property and real estate markets and their stakeholders using quantitative and qualitative methods. Kim has conducted studies on NABERS and Green Star certified green buildings in Australia, focusing on their acceptance and performance in the office market, as well as housing policy analysis. Key publications include Atupola, U., Kuruppu, S., Qian, W., & Kim, S. (2026). Accounting for the circular economy through interdisciplinary lenses: a systematic review and research agenda. MEDITARI ACCOUNTANCY RESEARCH, 34(7), 161-197; Leishman, C., Abebe, F., Baker, E., Kim, S., & Reid, A. (2025). The willingness to pay and the willingness to stay in privately rented housing. Housing Studies; Kim, S., Lim, B. T. H., & Oo, B. L. (2022). Energy consumption and carbon emissions of mandatory green certified offices in Australia: evidence and lessons learnt across 2011-2020. Sustainability, 14(21), 13773; and Han, H., Kim, S., Jin, M. Y., & Pettit, C. (2021). Providing affordable housing through urban renewal projects in Australia: expert opinions on barriers and opportunities. International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development, 9(2), 41-61. Kim has received two best paper awards, one best presentation award, one PhD publication award, and one commendation for teaching excellence. His work addresses tenants' behaviours towards sustainable practices, green building performance, emerging technologies in the built environment such as AI, Blockchain, and IoT, housing affordability, policy outcomes, and decision-making modelling in the Australian and Korean property industries.