Eunjung Lim

Eunjung Lim joins the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) as visiting scholar from April 2026 to February 2027 from Kongju National University (KNU), where she serves as Professor in the Division of International Studies. She previously served as Vice President for International Affairs and as Dean of the Institute of Korean Education and Culture and the Institute of International Language Education at KNU (June 2021–May 2023).

Her research focuses on international cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, comparative and global governance, and energy, nuclear, and climate change policies in East Asia. She previously served as a board member of the Korea Institute of Nuclear Nonproliferation and Control (KINAC) from May 2018 to July 2024 and currently serves on the Policy Advisory Committee for the Ministry of Unification. She is also a member of the governing board of the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN) and a member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Just Transition of the Presidential Commission on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth.

Before joining KNU, Dr. Lim was an Assistant Professor at the College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan. She has also taught at several universities in the United States and Korea, including Johns Hopkins University, Yonsei University, and Korea University. In addition, she has been a researcher and visiting fellow at various academic institutions, including the Center for Contemporary Korean Studies at the University of Tokyo, the Institute of Japanese Studies at Seoul National University, the Institute of Japan Studies at Kookmin University, and the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ).

She received a B.A. from the University of Tokyo, an M.I.A. from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.

Main Publications:

• “Multilateral Approach to the Back End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle in Asia-Pacific?” Energy Policy Vol. 99 (2016): 158-164.
• “Japan’s Energy Policy under Abe: Liberalization of the Energy Market and Nuclear U-turn,” Seoul Journal of Japanese Studies Vol. 4, No. 1 (2018): 103-131.
• “Energy and Climate Change Policies of Japan and South Korea,” in Ashley Esarey, Mary Alice Haddad, Joanna I. Lewis and Stevan Harrell Eds. Greening East Asia The Rise of the Eco-developmental State (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2020).
• “A Comparative Study of Power Mixes for Green Growth: How South Korea and Japan See Nuclear Energy Differently,” Energies Vol.14, no. 18 (2021): 5681.
• “Japan’s Energy Security,” in Keiji Nakatsuji Ed. Japan’s Security Policy (Routledge, 2023).
• “The Emergence of Multipolarity and the Future of Alliances: Thinking about Sustainability of the Korea-US-Japan Strategic Triangle,” Korea Europe Review No. 7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.48770/ker.2025.no7.52.