 From 1995 to 1997, he worked on the econometric software project, Working with Microfit, at the Cambridge University as hands-on session supervisions.Shin has served as Reader from 2000 to 2004 and a Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh School of Economics from 1998 to 2000.He was a Professor at the Economics Division at the University of Leeds from 2004 to 2011.