고려대학교 교수소개
Knowledge & Innovation
- 국제대학·국제대학원
- 국제대학·국제대학원
- 임시정
소개
- Employment & Education
- Research
- Teaching & Supervision
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Employment
Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
Associate Professor in College of International Studies, 2020-present
Assistant Professor in College of International Studies, 2018-2020
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Assistant Professor in Department of Political Science, 2015-2018
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Postdoctoral Researcher in Department of Political Science, 2013-2015
Education
University of Washington, Seattle, United States
Ph.D. in Political Science, 2013
Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
MA in International Relations, 2008
BA in International Relations, 2006
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Research Interests
Sustainable Development and Environmental Politics, Social Policy and Socio-political Attitudes, Foreign Policy and International Institutions
Peer-Reviewed Publications by Theme
Sustainable Development and Environmental Politics
12. Lim, Sijeong, Jaehyun Song, Yamada Takahiro, Azusa Uji, 2025, "I Feel and I Invest: Social Emotions and Sustainable Investing in Germany and Japan," Sustainable Development, 33(2): 1758-1781.
11. Uji, Azusa, Sijeong Lim, and Jaehyun Song, 2024, "From Plastic to Peace: Overcoming Public Antipathy through Environmental Cooperation," Journal of Peace Research, 61(2): 279-293.
10. Duit, Andreas, Sijeong Lim, and Thomas Sommerer, 2023, "The State and the Environment: Environmental Policy and Performance in 37 Countries 1970–2010," Politics & Policy, 51(6): 1046-1068.
9. Lim, Sijeong and Aseem Prakash, 2023, "Does Carbon Pricing Spur Climate Innovation? A Panel Study, 1986-2019" Journal of Cleaner Production, 395.
8. Lim, Sijeong, Nives Dolsak, Aseem Prakash, and Seiki Tanaka, 2022, "Distributional Concerns and Public Opinion: EV Subsidies in the U.S. and Japan," Energy Policy, 164.
7. Kim, Seulgira and Sijeong Lim, 2022, "Why South Korean Media Perform Poorly in Climate Change News Production," 사회과학연구(서강대학교) 30(1): 8-51. [Student Project]
6. Lim, Sijeong and Aseem Prakash, 2020, "How the Opposing Pressures of Industrialization and Democratization Influence Clean Water Access in Urban and Rural Areas: A Panel Study, 1991–2010," Environmental Policy and Governance, 30(4):182-195.
5. Wood, Geoffrey, Jared J. Finnegan, Maria L. Allen, Matthew MC Allen, Douglas Cumming, Sofia Johan, Manuel Nicklich, Takahiro Endo, Sijeong Lim, and Seiki Tanaka, 2020, "Discussion Forum: The Comparative Institutional Analysis of Energy Transitions," Socio-Economic Review, 18(1): 257-294.
4. Lim, Sijeong and Andreas Duit, 2018, "Partisan Politics, Welfare States, and Environmental Policy Outputs in the OECD Countries, 1975-2005," Regulation & Governance, 12(2):220-237.
3. Sommerer, Thomas and Sijeong Lim, 2016, "The Environmental State as a Model for the World? An Analysis of Policy Repertoires in 37 Western and Non-Western Countries," Environmental Politics, 25(1):95-115.
2. Lim, Sijeong, Victor Menaldo, and Aseem Prakash, 2015, "Foreign Aid, Economic Globalization, and Pollution," Policy Sciences, 48(2):181-205.
1. Lim, Sijeong and Aseem Prakash, 2014, "Voluntary Regulations and Innovation: The Case of ISO 14001," Public Administration Review, 73(2): 233-244.
Social Policy and Socio-political Attitudes
15. Lim, Sijeong and Seiki Tanaka, 2024, "Barking up the Wrong Tree? Voter Bias and Female Underrepresentation in Japanese Politics," Social Science Japan Journal, 27(2): 199-219
14. Moon, Chungshik, Sijeong Lim, and Youngwan Kim, 2023, "Domestic Violence Towards Children in Kenya and Zambia During the COVID-19 Pandemic," Public Health, 221: 17-22.
13. Lim, Sijeong, Chungshik Moon, and Youngwan Kim, 2023, "Remaining Hopeful During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of NGOs in Filling the Social Support Gap for Vulnerable Children," Youth & Society, 55(7): 1307-1326.
12. Lim, Sijeong and Seiki Tanaka, 2022, "The Paradoxical Effect of Welfare Knowledge: Unveiling Income Cleavage over Attitudes to Welfare in South Korea," International Political Science Review, 43(1):67-84.
11. Lim, Sijeong and Seiki Tanaka, 2022, "Multifaceted Effects of Globalization on Welfare Attitudes: When Winners and Losers Join Forces," British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 24(1):31–51.
10. Lim, Sijeong, 2021, "Making Sense of the Gender Gap in South Koreans' Attitudes toward North Korean Defectors," Journal of Refugee Studies, 34(4):3926–3947.
9. Lim, Sijeong and Aseem Prakash, 2021, "Pandemics and Citizen Perceptions about Their Country: Did COVID-19 Increase National Pride in South Korea?" Nations and Nationalism, 27(3): 623-637.
8. Lim, Sijeong and Brian Burgoon, 2020, "Globalization and Support for Unemployment Spending in Asia: Do Asian Citizens Want to Embed Liberalism?" Socio-Economic Review, 18(2):519-553.
7. Lim, Sijeong, 2020, "Embedding Technological Transformation: The Welfare State and Citizen Attitudes Toward Technology," European Political Science Review, 12(1):67-89.
6. Lim, Sijeong and Seiki Tanaka, 2019, "Work Disincentive Perception and Welfare State Attitudes: Evidence from Survey Experiment in South Korea," Governance, 32(3): 457-473.
5. Lim, Sijeong, 2018, "Perceptions of unfairness and a weak universal welfare state in South Korea," Japanese Journal of Political Science, 19(3): 376-396.
4. Lim, Sijeong and Aseem Prakash, 2017, "Do Economic Problems at Home Undermine Worker Safety Abroad?: A Panel Study, 1980-2009," World Development, 96:562-577.
3. Lim, Sijeong and Aseem Prakash, 2017, "From Quality Control to Labor Protection: How ISO 9001 Influences Workplace Safety, 1993-2012," Global Policy, 8(S3):66-77.
2. Lim, Sijeong, 2015, "Financial Structures, Firms, and the Welfare States in South Korea and Singapore," Business and Politics, 17(1): 327-354.
1. Lim, Sijeong, Layna Mosley and Aseem Prakash, 2015, "How Foreign Aid Inflows Moderate the Effect of Bilateral Trade Pressures on Labor Rights," World Development, 67: 295-30.
Foreign Policy and International Institutions
11. Bae, Joonbum and Sijeong Lim, 2025, "Democratic Ties That Bind? US–China Conflict and Foreign Policy Opinion in Japan and Korea," International Studies Perspectives, 26(1): 65-87.
10. Pyun, Sohyun and Sijeong Lim, 2024, "Can Normative Public Diplomacy Win Hearts and Minds? The Case of South Korea's Digital Bill of Rights," 사회과학연구 (서강대학교), 32(2): 106-144 [Student Project].
9. Sutton, Jacqueline and Sijeong Lim, 2024, "Shaping Perceptions, One Post at a Time: Military Public Diplomacy of the U.S. and Its Influence on Host Country Sentiments," Korean Journal of International Studies, 22(2): 179-209. [Student Project]
8. Yoon, Seon-woo and Sijeong Lim, 2024, "Enhancing the Philippines' National Image through Digital Public Diplomacy," 동남아연구(한국외국어대학교), 22(2): 179-209. [Student Project]
7. Ahn, Youngseo and Sijeong Lim, 2023, "Role of Cultural Public Diplomacy in Enhancing Foreign Policy," Korea Observer, 54(4): 525-556. [Student Project]
6. Kim, Eunji and Sijeong Lim, 2023, "Can Foreign Aid Improve the Donor Country's Image among a Third-party Country's Public? The Case of a World Heritage Site Restoration Project," Japanese Journal of Political Science, 24(1): 153-167. [Student Project]
5. Lim, Sijeong and Seiki Tanaka, 2022, "Why Costly Rivalry Disputes Persist: A Paired Conjoint Experiment in Japan and South Korea," International Studies Quarterly, 66(4).
4. Lee, Hyo Won and Sijeong Lim, 2022, "Making Sense of Citizen Desire for IO Democracy: An Analysis of Public Opinion Across 44 Countries," European Journal of International Relations, 28(2): 471-494.
3. Lim, Sijeong and Hyo Won Lee, 2022, "Why Not Bargain? The Domestic Politics of Utilizing the WTO's Dispute Settlement Mechanism," Political Studies, 70(3): 566-585.
2. Yun, Ena and Sijeong Lim, 2022, "When Does Cultural Diplomacy Work?: The Effectiveness of South Korea’s Diplomatic Anniversary Cultural Events," Korea Observer, 53(2): 323-356. [Student Project]
1. Lim, Sijeong and Aseem Prakash, 2018, "Inter-Governmental Regimes and Recruitment to Private Regimes: GATT/WTO and the ISO, 1951-2005," Global Policy, 9(3): 352-364.
Other Publications
4. 임시정, 2024, "글로벌한국과 복지국가", 고려대학교 국제대학 엮음, 『글로벌한국학』, 아세아문제연구원, 106-120.
3. Kim, Youngwan, Chungshik Moon, Sijeong Lim, Hyeran Hong, Hyojung Kim, Chaewon Sohn, 2021, "The Psychological and Socio-economic Impact of COVID-19 on Children in Kenya and Zambia," Good Neighbors.
2. Lim, Sijeong and Aseem Prakash, 2015, “Quantitative Comparative Analysis in Environmental Politics”, in Pattberg, Philipp and Fariborz Zelli (Eds.), the Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Politics and Governance, Edward Elgar Publishing, 148-155.
1. 임시정, 2014,“환경규제 통일화의 지역성: 동아시아를 중심으로,” 민병원 조동준 편, 『세계정치 21호:동아시아의 보편성과 특수성』, 사회평론, 133-164.
Doctoral Dissertation
Lim, Sijeong, 2013, Modes of Social Policy in the Developing World
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Teaching
Korea University (Fall 2018-)
International Relations (Undergraduate Core)
Introduction to Global Korean Studies (Undergraduate Core)
Issues in Sustainable Development (Undergraduate Elective)
World Politics (Master’s Core)
International Political Economy (Master’s Elective)
Public Diplomacy (Master’s Elective)
The Politics of Redistribution in the Developing World (Master’s Elective)
University of Tübingen (Summer 2025)
South Korea and the SDGs: A Comparative Perspective (Master’s Elective)
University of Amsterdam (Fall 2015-Spring 2018)
Obtained Dutch University Teaching Qualification (Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs, BKO)
International Relations (Master’s Core)
Comparative and International Politics (Research Master’s Core)
Globalization and Rights Protection in the Global South (Undergraduate and Master’s Elective)
Political Economy of Development Finance (Master’s Thesis Project)
Globalization and Inequality in the Developing World (Master’s Thesis Project)
Stockholm University (Fall 2013-Spring 2015)
Social Science Research Design (Master’s Core)
Global/Comparative Environmental Politics (Undergraduate and Master’s Elective)
Supervision (Selected Student Projects)
8. Pyun, Sohyun and Sijeong Lim, 2024, "Can Normative Public Diplomacy Win Hearts and Minds? The Case of South Korea's Digital Bill of Rights," 사회과학연구 (서강대학교), 32(2): 106-144.
7. Yoon, Seon-woo and Sijeong Lim, 2024, Enhancing the Philippines' National Image through Digital Public Diplomacy : A Case Study of the Instagram Account of the Philippine Embassy in Seoul, 동남아연구 (한국외국어대학교) 34(2): 255-287.
6. Sutton, Jacqueline and Sijeong Lim, 2024, Shaping Perceptions, One Post at a Time: Military Public Diplomacy of the U.S. and Its Influence on Host Country Sentiments, Korean Journal of International Studies 22(2): 179-209.
5. Ahn, Youngseo and Sijeong Lim, 2023, Role of Cultural Public Diplomacy in Enhancing Foreign Policy, Korea Observer 54(4): 525-556.
4. Kim, Eunji and Sijeong Lim, 2023, Can Foreign Aid Improve the Donor Country's Image among a Third-party Country's Public? The Case of a World Heritage Site Restoration Project, Japanese Journal of Political Science 24(1): 153-167.
3. Kim, Seulgira and Sijeong Lim, 2022, Why South Korean Media Perform Poorly in Climate Change News Production, 사회과학연구 (서강대학교) 30(1): 8-51.
2. Yun, Ena and Sijeong Lim, 2022, When Does Cultural Diplomacy Work?: The Effectiveness of South Korea’s Diplomatic Anniversary Cultural Events, Korea Observer 53(2): 323-356.
1. Jeong,Yoojeong, 2021, Diverging Response to the Rohingya Refugee Crisis since 2017 Military Crackdown: Comparative Analysis of Bangladesh and Malaysia, Korean Journal of International Studies 19(1): 133-165.