People

Leadership

Director · Founder

Byeongyong Kim, Ph.D.
Director, Sociom Research Institute Inc.

The Director of Sociom Research Institute Inc. is responsible for initiating, coordinating, and sustaining the institute’s work in identifying and articulating social axioms that enable human coexistence in harmony with nature.

This role involves guiding research directions, integrating interdisciplinary insights, and ensuring that the institute’s activities—research, coordination, practice, and monitoring—remain aligned with its axiomatic orientation. The Director serves not as an authority over principles, but as a custodian responsible for their careful examination and application.

Dr. Kim’s academic background spans computer science, pattern recognition, linguistics, and social inquiry, with a particular focus on structural clarity, system coherence, and the conditions that sustain shared understanding. His work emphasizes restraint, precision, and responsibility in both theory and practice.

Contributors

Research and Practice Contributors

Sociom Research Institute Inc. recognizes that the study of social axioms cannot be confined to a single discipline or individual. The institute remains open to collaboration with researchers, educators, and practitioners who share an interest in foundational principles that sustain social order, cooperation, and coexistence.

Contributors participate in research, dialogue, and practical exploration according to the institute’s guiding orientation, without obligation to adopt prescribed beliefs or ideologies.

Institutional Stance

Sociom Research Institute Inc. understands people not as owners of ideas, but as participants in an ongoing process of inquiry. Roles within the institute are defined by responsibility to principles rather than by personal authority, and remain open to revision as conditions evolve.