Dr. Tae Oum focuses on research and teaching in economics, management strategy and policy analysis in transport/logistics and public utility sectors. He serves on Editorial Boards of twelve international journals including having served as an Editor of Journal of Transport Economics and Policy for 13 years (1998-2011). Also, he has been the founding chair of the ATRS Global Airport Performance benchmarking Task Force report project from its inception in 2002. He is designated as the Editor-in-Chief, Transport Policy (Publishers: Elsevier Science and The WCTR Society) for July 2016 – June, 2019;for additional 3 years.