Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research
Political Science
Main research areas
- Environmental politics with a particular focus on climate change and biodiversity
- Policy process analysis
- International relations and development
Current research and teaching
Yi hyun Kang is a post-doc researcher at Lund University since January 2024. She carries out a BECC research project on global climate and biodiversity governance with attention to institutional responses and interactions.
Her research interests center around the decision-making processes of environmental politics. She has developed her interests through work experiences in journalism, international development and research sectors.
Before joining Lund University, Yi hyun was a post-doc researcher at UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles in Belgium and investigated youth actors in international environmental politics.
She received her PhD from the Technical University of Munich, Germany, with her dissertation on Climate change adaptation in river management: A comparative study of Germany and South Korea.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Political Science
Free keywords
- Environmental policy
- Environmental politics
- Climate change
- Climate change adaptation
- youth
- Civil society
- Biodiversity
- Sustainable development
- Water mangement
- East Asia
- Korea
- Network analysis
- Discourse analysis
- Institutional complexity
- Policy analysis
- environmental change
- Environment and technology
- International Politics
- Germany
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Collaborations the last five years
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A multi-level analysis of youth climate activism in South Korea
Kang, Y. H. & Orsini, A. J., 2023, National Identity and Millennials in Northeast Asia: Power and Contestations in the Digital Age. Routledge, 23 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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European leadership and European youth in the climate change regime complex
Orsini, A. J. & Kang, Y. H., 2023, In: Politics and Governance. 11, 2, p. 84-96 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Policy translation and dynamics: The role of Dutch ideas in developing South Korea's coastal management policies
Kang, Y. H., Dieperink, C. & Hegger, D., 2022 Apr 15, In: Ocean and Coastal Management. 221, 106102.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Climate Change Adaptation in River Management: A Comparative Study of Germany and South Korea
Kang, Y. H., 2022, Palgrave Macmillan. 289 p. (Palgrave Studies in Water Governance: Policy and Practice)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Climate‐influenced migration in Bangladesh: The need for a policy realignment
Martin, M., Kang, Y. H., Billah, M., Siddiqui, T., Black, R. & Kniveton, D., 2017, In: Development Policy Review. 35, S2, p. O357-O379Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
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Youth perspective on climate solutions: a discourse network analysis
Kang, Y. H. (Presenter)
2024 May 15Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Youth in the fight against biodiversity loss and climate change
Hickmann, T. (Host), Kang, Y. H. (Host), Birkedal, L. (Invited speaker), Ekström, C. (Invited speaker), Gimbro Frisk, A. (Invited speaker), Lewin, E. (Invited speaker), Samuelsson, N. (Invited speaker), Lispers, H. (Invited speaker) & Tomasdotter, V. (Invited speaker)
2024 Apr 12Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in public lecture/debate/seminar
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BECC annual meeting 2024 - From Global to Local
Gustafson, A. (Organiser), Marshall, J. (Organiser), Kang, Y. H. (Organiser), Ardö, J. (Speaker), Brady, M. V. (Speaker), Lindgren, A. (Speaker), Nikoleris, A. (Speaker), Faurby, S. (Speaker), Jönsson, J. (Speaker), Ahlström, A. (Speaker), Akselsson, C. (Speaker), Zuleta, D. (Speaker), Zelli, F. (Speaker), Pugh, T. (Speaker), Björk, R. G. (Speaker) & Gärdenäs, A. (Speaker)
2024 Nov 12 → 2024 Nov 13Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of conference
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AI narratives in international environmental politics
Wisbrant, J. (Organiser), Kang, Y. H. (Keynote/plenary speaker) & Imre-Millei, B. (Chair)
2024 Oct 16Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of public lecture/debate/seminar
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AI Lund lunch seminar: AI narratives in international environmental politics
Wisbrant, J. (Organiser), Imre-Millei, B. (Chair) & Kang, Y. H. (Keynote/plenary speaker)
2024 Oct 16Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of public lecture/debate/seminar