Academia

Academic Peer-reviewed Publications

Kim, S.Y. The Economics of Climate Migration: Untold Story. Seoul National University Journal of International Affairs 4 no. 1
(2020): 24-36. link

Kim, S.Y. Book Review Essay: Looking at global environmental governance with a lens of liberal environmentalism. Journal of
Environmental Studies and Sciences (2019) doi:10.1007/s13412-019-00580-x (SCOPUS) link

Kim, S.Y. The Intact Public Health Care System in Cuba: An Exploration of its Motivations and Transferability. Korean Journal of
International Studies 17, no. 2 (2019): 217-234. (KCI) link

Kim, S.Y. “The Clock is Ticking on Bangladesh: Policy Recommendations and Strategies for Mitigating Effects of Climate
Change.” Yonsei Journal of International Studies 10, no.1. (2018): 54-64. link

Academic Research Experience

Researcher, Presenter & Panelist
Canadian Society for Ecological Economics 12th Biennial Conference, CIGI Campus, Waterloo, ON, Canada
 Presented a paper, “The Economics of Climate Migration – An Untold Story” in May 2019

Researcher, Presenter & Panelist
Political Studies Association (PSA) Annual Conference 2019, Nottingham, UK
 Presented a paper, “Global network of cities: Applying a non-traditional IR lens to global climate governance” in April 2019

Journal Reviewer
Global Environmental Politics
Marine Policy
St. Antony’s International Review (STAIR) (affiliated with University of Oxford)

Researcher, Presenter & Panelist
International Studies Association (ISA) Inaugural Annual Virtual Conference 2023
 Presented a paper, “A Flooded Basement Like in the Movie Parasite: Addressing Contextual Equity in Seoul’s Climate
Policy with a Transformative Approach” in August 2023

Researcher, Presenter & Panelist
International Studies Association (ISA) Inaugural Annual Virtual Conference 2024
 Presented a paper, “Urban climate food security: its theory and the context of Korea” in August 2024

Awards

1st Prize
University of Western Ontario, ON, Canada
• Presented research into the role of Catholicism in Cuba during the Cold War
• Won first prize in a poster presentation at the first Western Student Research Conference

Encouragement Prize
Korean Association of International Studies (KAIS)& Korea Institute of Information Security and Cryptology (KIISC)
Cyber Security Policy Paper Competition 2018
• Submitted “Online Walled Garden: Implications for the Future”
• One of two single author recipients & Published internally by KIISC & Financial prize: $550
• Accepted to present at the 19th World Conference on Information Security Applications held in Jeju, Korea.