PhD political science, University of Minnesota, 2008
Research Fellow
Contact details for Dr Hun Joon Kim
Biography
Hunjoon Kim received his PhD in 2008 with a dissertation Expansion of Transitional Justice Measures: A Comparative Analysis of Its Causes. His dissertation was selected as the winner of 2009 American Political Science Association (APSA) Best Dissertation Award (Human Rights Section). He had publications in International Studies Quarterly, Global Governance, International Journal of Transitional Justice, and Journal of Human Rights and forthcoming publications in the Journal of Peace Research and Human Rights Quarterly. His research interests include: international norms and institutions, democratization and consolidation, East Asian politics, transitional justice, and international human rights.
Research Interests
- Transitional justice, truth commission, state violence and genocide
- International human rights law and institutions
- Social movement and democreatization
- Political theory of Hannah Arendt