Hyun Song Shin

Hyun Song Shin
Nationality	South Korean
Institution	Princeton University
Field	Economic theory, finance
School or tradition	Neoclassical economics
Alma mater	Oxford University
Contributions	global games

Hyun Song Shin (Korean: 신현송) is a South Korean economic theorist and financial economist who focuses on global games. He has been the Economic Adviser and Head of Research of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) since May 1, 2014.

Previously, he was the Hughes-Rogers Professor of Economics at Princeton University since 2006, though he took a leave in December 2009 to advise South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on the international economy as well as help set the agenda for the G-20 Seoul summit in November 2010.

Shin obtained a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University (Magdalen College) in 1985, an MPhil in Economics from Oxford's Nuffield College in 1987, and a DPhil in Economics from Oxford's Nuffield College in 1988. Shin became a Research Fellow in 1988 and Tutorial Fellow in 1990 at Magdalen College, Oxford.

In 1994 he moved to the University of Southampton, where he became a Professor of Economics. He moved back to Oxford in 1996 as a University Lecturer in Economics and Faculty Fellow in Economics at Nuffield College. In 2000 he became a Professor of Finance at the London School of Economics. In 2006 he moved to Princeton University.

In addition to his academic positions, Shin served as an advisor to Bank of England (2000–2005) and is a member of the Financial Advisory Roundtable at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and a panel member of the U.S. Monetary Policy Forum since 2007. He is a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research since 1998. Shin was the Chairman of Editorial Board of the Review of Economic Studies from 1999 to 2003.

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