Welcome

I am Yoonsoo Kim, a postdoctoral researcher at KDI School of Public Policy and Management.

My research sits at the intersection of environmental politics, climate change governance, city diplomacy, and transnational municipal networks. Substantively, I am interested in understanding what drives variation in local climate policy ambition, how national and subnational actors interact and sometimes compete over climate authority, how transnational climate networks develop and evolve institutionally, and what strategic roles non-state actors play in shaping global climate governance.

I received my B.A. and M.A. in Political Science and International Relations from Korea University, and earned my Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Minnesota in 2025.