Book Chapter
Park H (2024) South Korea. In: Fiorino DJ, Eisenstadt TA & Ahluwalia MK (eds.) Elgar Encyclopedia of Climate Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 439–443. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802209204.ch84
Lect. in International Politics
Politics A94a Pathfoot Building University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
Dr. Hyeyoon Park is a Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) in International Politics. Her research spans the areas of global governance, global environmental politics, and global political economy. She focuses on the interplay between global norm development and international power politics and its impact on the agency of various state and non-state actors in transnational environmental governance (with specific focus on China as an emerging power, the business sector and actors from the global South). Her empirical research interests center on transnational governance pertaining to critical mineral resource extraction and green/climate finance. Her work aims to analyze those governance realms from critical perspectives, in terms of global equity and planetary justice (such as climate colonialism).
She has published multiple academic articles on the topics, in high-impact journals such as Global Environmental Politics and Chinese Journal of International Politics, book chapters, and policy reports while working as a former policy researcher at Korea Environment Institute (KEI), a government think tank on environmental policies.
Before joining the University of Stirling, she worked as a postdoctoral research fellow in Political Science at Lund University in Sweden and in the Environmental Policy Group at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Born in South Korea, she gained her B.A. in Political Science and International Relations (major) and Law (minor) from Yonsei University in Seoul, her M.A. in Political Science from Free University of Berlin in Germany, and her Ph.D. in Political Science from Colorado State University in the USA. Her PhD dissertation examined China’s role in transparency norm development in global extractives governance, drawing on realist constructivism in International Relations.
She is passionate about international research and teaching collaborations based on her experience working and studying in six different countries - the UK, the Netherlands, Sweden, the USA, Germany, and South Korea. She is a research fellow of the Earth System Governance, the largest social science research network in the field of global environmental change and governance (https://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/).
In her free time, she enjoys playing the piano and violin, as well as creating nature-inspired paintings.
Key research expertise: Global environmental politics, global governance, global norm, extractive industries, climate finance, China
Hyeyoon’s research spans the areas of global governance, global environmental politics, and global political economy. She focuses on the interplay between global norm development and international power politics and its impact on the agency of various state and non-state actors in transnational environmental governance (with specific focus on China as an emerging power, the business sector and actors from the global South).
Her current projects include the impact of geopolitical rivalries on global governance of critical mineral extraction, multi-level power dynamics in transnational climate finance governance, transparency of private climate finance (TRANSGOV project based at Wageningen University, https://trans-gov.org/), climate colonialism regarding climate finance, the state's role in decarbonizing energy-intensive industries (e.g., the steel sector), and climate litigation & norm contestations.
Book Chapter
Park H (2024) South Korea. In: Fiorino DJ, Eisenstadt TA & Ahluwalia MK (eds.) Elgar Encyclopedia of Climate Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 439–443. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802209204.ch84
Book Chapter
Park H (2024) Stranded Assets. In: Fiorino DJ, Eisenstadt TA & Ahluwalia MK (eds.) Elgar Encyclopedia of Climate Policy. Political Science and Public Policy 2024. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 198-202. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802209204.ch37
Article
Deberdt R, DiCarlo J & Park H (2024) Standardizing "green" extractivism: Chinese & Western environmental, social, and governance instruments in the critical mineral sector. The Extractive Industries and Society, 19, Art. No.: 101516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2024.101516
Book Chapter
Extractive industries and mineral resources: turbulence all around
D. VanDeveer S, Park H, Sun Y & M. Betsill M (2023) Extractive industries and mineral resources: turbulence all around. In: Dauvergne P & Shipton L (eds.) Global Environmental Politics in a Turbulent Era. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 75-89. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802207149.00013
Article
China in Transnational Extractives Governance: A Mapping Exercise
Park H (2023) China in Transnational Extractives Governance: A Mapping Exercise. Global Environmental Politics, 23 (4), pp. 94-118. https://doi.org/10.1162/glep_a_00707
Article
Global Norm-Maker as China’s New Brand? An Analysis of the Responsible Cobalt Initiative
Park H (2023) Global Norm-Maker as China’s New Brand? An Analysis of the Responsible Cobalt Initiative. The Chinese Journal of International Politics, 16 (2), pp. 129-156. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjip/poad002
Article
When only China wants to play: Institutional turmoil and Chinese investment in Brazil
Søndergaard N, Barros-Platiau AF & Park H (2022) When only China wants to play: Institutional turmoil and Chinese investment in Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional, 65 (2). https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7329202200220
Book Chapter
Park H (2020) Air Quality Worldwide. In: Duffy RJ & Opp SM (eds.) Environmental Issues Today: Choices and Challenges. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 41 - 64. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/environmental-issues-today-9781440859847/
Book Chapter
Scobie M, Betsill MM & Park H (2020) Agency in a Multiscalar World. In: Betsill MM, Benney TM & Gerlak AK (eds.) Agency in Earth System Governance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 108-119. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108688277.009
Website Content
Park H (2020) Why is your video conferencing in the COVID-19 crisis still polluting the environment? The answer lies in mining cobalt. [HumanNature blog] 01.07.2020. https://sustainability.colostate.edu/blog/humannature/hyeyoon-park/
Website Content
Kim Jong-un May Use Missiles to Mask Economic Insecurity
Park H (2020) Kim Jong-un May Use Missiles to Mask Economic Insecurity. The National Interest [Blog post] 19.05.2020. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/korea-watch/kim-jong-un-may-use-missiles-mask-economic-insecurity-155691
Hyeyoon’s teaching expertise encompasses International Relations, Global Governance, Global Political Economy, and Global Environmental Politics. She has taught various undergraduate and graduate courses, including M.A. thesis supervision, at Colorado State University (2019-2021) and Lund University (2021-2023). She teaches the following modules at the University of Stirling.
POLU9IP: International Politics
International politics is essential to understanding the world in which we live. Yet understanding international politics requires that you develop knowledge and insight into the different theoretical tools necessary to explain, predict, and critique the world around us. In this module, students will advance and hone their understanding of the different theoretical and analytical approaches used in the scholarship of international relations, including realism, liberalism, constructivism, feminism, and critical theory.
POLU9EZ: Environmental Politics in an International Context
In this module, students will survey the current literature and debates surrounding the environment in International Relations (IR). Students will garner a comprehensive overview of the political, economic, social, and ethical aspects involved in multilateral environmental agreements. Students will learn to critically analyse the actors, architecture, and issues shaping global environmental governance and politics today, such as environmental security and conflicts, global environmental justice, global climate governance, and global biodiversity governance.