First name pronounced as [ee-hjan]
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I am a political scientist specializing in environmental politics, particularly climate, biodiversity, and sustainable development governance. My research interests center around the role of civil society and technology in environmental politics. My regional focus is East Asia and Europe.
I am currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at Lund University since January 2024. I am carrying out a BECC research project on global climate and biodiversity governance. Interdisciplinarity is at the core of my project, which addresses civil society's engagement in sustainable development, youth's discourse network in climate politics, and artificial intelligence discussion in international environmental negotiations.
I received my PhD from the Technical University of Munich, Germany, with a dissertation that explored how discourses on technology, development and the environment shape environmental policies in South Korea and Germany in the face of climate change. **A book based on my dissertation was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2022**. Before joining Lund University, I was a post-doc researcher at UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles in Belgium and investigated youth actors in international environmental politics.
2025, Globalizations
2025, In J. Gellers and H. Saetra (Eds.). Environments, Oxford Intersections: AI in Society. Oxford University Press
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New book release An edited volume, Essential Concepts for Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: An A-Z Guide by Routledge is finally published!! 💡
I co-edited the book together with four experts in this field, namely Frank Biermann, Thomas Hickmann, Carole-Anne Sénit, and Yixian Sun. As a co-editor, I coordinated communication with over 100 authors worldwide. One of the authors wrote to me that it was “exemplary smooth and well-organized publishing process”! The publication is also very nice with a digital cross-referencing system. 🙂
Check out the book in the following link. We aim to provide a highly accessible and easy-to-navigate overview of the essential concepts and terms related to the current global endeavour to implement the SDGs. Most importantly, it is open access!
Essential Concepts for Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: An A-Z Guide
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New article! With Noémi Bontridder, I discuss how AI is perceived in global sustainability governance, particularly in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals. We highlight the tendency to rely on AI to address societal challenges that are considered too complex for humans to comprehend as a potential form of 'AI solutionism.'
Project MUSE - The Role Assigned to Artificial Intelligence in Global Sustainability Governance
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Just published a new article in Globalizations that will serve as an excellent guide to the world of youth platforms in global environmental politics! With Amandine Orsini, I trace the creation history and the governance evolution of transnational youth platforms. We found the fragility of youth platforms, but also a strong sense of ownership by youth. Don't miss one of the first comprehensive overviews of youth platforms in environmental politics! 🎉
Filling the descriptive representation gap? Youth platforms in global environmental governance
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A new article on institutional complexity in world politics is now available in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies! This article provides easy access to various concepts of institutional complexity with ample examples from environmental politics! Follow this link to read more 👇
Institutional Complexity in World Politics
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