Jihyung Joo

University of Leeds

Based in

United Kingdom
Europe

Jihyung Joo is a Knowledge Translation Fellow at the UNFCCC Taskforce of Priestley Centre for Climate Futures, University of Leeds. She studied the institutionalization of climate policy and carbon markets in the Paris-era for her PhD degree at University of Leeds. She previously worked as a researcher at the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Taskforce of the Ministry of Environment of Korea, assisting in the policy design to implement Korea’s ETS. She also worked as a project manager for ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) Eco-Innovation Index research, which developed a tool to evaluate eco-innovation policies and practices in 41 Asia-Europe countries. Through her academic training and career path, she became a social scientist who enjoys communicating and creating knowledge with experts across disciplines and nationalities, especially in the climate policy arena where she puts her life-long passion. She is committed to being an interdisciplinary researcher who seeks solutions and suggests future directions for climate policy.