Research

PUBLICATIONS

Same Policy, Different Dreams: Explaining the Variation in Local Net-zero Policy Stringency in South Korea (with Inhwan Ko and Gyuhwan Kim), 2025, Climate Policy, 26(2): 77-91.

Translocal Climate Club as A Wall of Fame? A Panel Study on the US Cities’ Membership in Global Covenant of Mayors, 2014-2024 (with Inhwan Ko), 2025, Policy Sciences, 58(3): 563-580.

WORKING PAPERS

Environment

Why Cities Join Environmental Transnational Municipal Networks: How Network Design and National Context Sort the Drivers of Membership (solo authored)

The Causes and Consequences of Outsourcing Nationally Determined Contributions (with Tanisha Fazal and Maria Sanchez)

Beyond Membership: Climate-Dedicated Staff and Policy Outputs in Transnational Municipal Networks (with Inhwan Ko, Under Review)

Distance Matters: Municipal Setback Regulations and the Siting of Solar Power in Korea (with Inhwan Ko and Yeong Jae Kim)

Need, Merit or Interest? Determinants of Bilateral Climate Finance Allocation to the Global South for Adaptation and Mitigation (with Richmond Kwadwo Fosu and Yeong Jae Kim)

What drives pro-environment sentiments among US citizens? (with Minyoung Kim)

Human Rights

Bottom-Up vs. Top-Down: How Monitoring System Architecture Shapes State Compliance with Derogation Clauses in International Human Rights Treaties (solo authored)

Selective Tendency in the Targets of Political Apology: Why States Apologize for War Crimes but Not for Wartime Sexual Violence (with Jiyoon Kim)

A Boomerang Not Returned: Why has the Effect of Boomerang Strategy of Minamata Disease Victims and Japanese NGOs Varied? (with Inhwan Ko)