Associate Professor of Maritime Safety Management, The Artic University of Norway
Dr. Tae-eun Kim is an associate professor of maritime safety management at University of Tromsø (UiT) – The Arctic University of Norway. Dr. Kim has MSc degree in maritime management from University of South-Eastern Norway and joint PhD degree in nautical operations from four Norwegian universities offering maritime education. Her research focuses on maritime safety and human factors, including accident causation modelling, safety leadership, and maritime education and training.
She currently leads the Maritime Safety Science (MARSCI) Research Group and coordinates the i-MASTER project (https://imaster-project.eu), funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation program. Additionally, she serves as the project leader for REFRAME, a young talent project funded by the Research Council of Norway, focusing on human factors in remotely controlled and autonomous ships.