Kalo
BusinessInternship Goal
Participate in a hands-on activity that covers the full cycle of social research and share your findings through media channels to spark public dialogue and promote real social change.
Company One-liner
“AI-powered digital research solution”
Kalo is an AI-powered digital research solution that enables users to conduct various types of research—such as social surveys, market research, and opinion polls—more easily and efficiently. Kalo AI supports the entire research process in a seamless, one-stop workflow: from topic selection and hypothesis building to questionnaire design, sample selection and extraction, survey distribution, response collection, reliability testing, cross-tab analysis, and even final report generation.
CEO & Mentors
Sungwook Kim, CEO
•Founder of Kalo
•Senior Legal Counsel, Huobi Co., Ltd.
•Research Assistant (RA), Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade (KIET)
•University of Edinburgh(MA in Economics, Graduate LLB, PgDip in Professional Legal Practice)
Syllabus
Session 1-1
Objective: Understand what social research is and why it is necessary. Lecture: Overview of the social research process and introduction to Kkalo’s research tools Hands-on Activity: Select a research topic and draft hypotheses Assignment: Prepare a draft version of your survey questionnaire
Session 1-2
Objective: Understand what social research is and why it is important. Lecture: The process of social research and how to use Kkalo’s AI-powered research tools Hands-on Activity: Choose a social research topic and develop hypotheses Assignment: Create a draft of your survey questionnaire
Session 2-1
Objective: Experience the process of conducting and promoting a social survey. Lecture: Common challenges in conducting research and strategies to overcome them Hands-on Activity: Promote your survey online to gather responses Assignment: Organize and summarize the survey results by age, location, and gender.
Session 2-2
Objective: Experience the process of analyzing results and testing hypotheses. Lecture: Basic concepts and methods of statistical and cross-tabulation analysis Hands-on Activity: Test hypotheses through cross-tab analysis and summarize key findings Assignment: Analyze the underlying causes of the key results obtained.
Session 3-1
Objective: Experience the process of drawing final conclusions based on social research results. Lecture: How to derive conclusions based on research objectives and hypotheses Hands-on Activity: Formulate conclusions and write a brief research report Assignment: Create a list of media outlets where your research topic could potentially be published as a news article.
Session 3-2
Objective: Gain hands-on experience in drafting press releases and news articles based on social research findings. Lecture: How to write media-friendly press releases and article drafts grounded in research results Hands-on Activity: Draft a press release and news article; submit them to relevant media outlets Assignment: Monitor media coverage and responses to your submission
Session 4-1
Objective: Understand how social research findings can lead to public discourse and issue awareness. Lecture: Case studies of domestic and international social research leading to public engagement Hands-on Activity: Plan alternative methods of public engagement beyond media submission, based on your research topic Assignment: Collect and analyze case studies of issue-based public engagement that interest you
Session 4-2
Objective: Understand how to evaluate the impact of social research and public engagement efforts. Lecture: The societal impact of social research and issue-based public discourse Hands-on Activity: Evaluate the social impact of the research and public engagement activities carried out during this internship