 Kim received research and field work grants from the Korea Research Foundation (1991, 2001), Korea Foundation (1992, 2004), British Academy (1992), Soros Foundation (1998), Japan Museum of Anthropology in Osaka (2002), IREX (2003), Academy of Korean Studies (2005, 2006), A. Mellon Global Foundation (2006), POSCO (2007), IDE JETRO (2008) and Center for Slavic Studies Hokkaido University (2008).He taught special courses as a visiting professor at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Seoul, 2004), the Institute of Humanities at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2006); Slavic Research Center of the University of Hokkaido (Sapporo, 2008–09); Visiting Professor of the Department of Political Science & Foreign Affairs, Sungshin University, Seoul (2015-16) ;   Professor of the Department for History, Konguk University (2015-2020); Visiting Professor of CSES Kyoto University, Japan (2019) 

Aside from teaching and research, Kim also holds the position of Vice-Chairman of the Association of Koreans in Kazakhstan, from 2000 he is a member of the NUAK (National Unification Advisory Council); of Scientific Expert Council of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan; of the National Council for Sciences under the President of Kazakhstan; of the Expert Council for Overseas Korean Policy by the Prime-minister of the ROK.He additionally was a historical consultant for the documentary film "".