심상민 국립외교원 조교수는 국제법 전문가로서 국립외교원 외교안보연구소 국제법센터의 책임교수로 재직중이다. 2015년 스탠포드 대학교에서 한국 전력산업에서의 기후변화 법-정책 문제를 연구주제로 하여 법학박사 학위(JSD)를 취득하였으며, 미국 환경법연구소(ELI) 방문연구원으로 근무하며 대외원조기구 업무계획시 기후변화 적응문제의 주류화(mainstreaming), 천연자원 개발기업들의 사회적 책임 (corporate social responsibility) 이행의 일환으로서의 재단/기금 설립 등을 연구하였다. 2016년 국립외교원에서 근무를 개시한 이래 다양한 국제법 이슈에 관해 연구 및 정부 자문을 행하였으며, 기후변화, 에너지안보, 국제평화와 안전보장, 해양법, 핵 비확산, 북한인권, 국가책임, 국제환경법 등을 주요 연구분야로 삼고 있다.

Sangmin Shim is Assistant Professor and Head of the Center for International Law at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA). Before joining KNDA in 2016 he was visiting scholar at the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), a private think-tank that conducts research on international environmental law. During his stint at the ELI Professor Shim engaged in a variety of collaborative research projects, including mainstreaming climate adaptation governance, natural resource management governance from the perspective of sustainable development, and environmental peacebuilding in post-conflict contexts.
Professor Shim writes widely on climate change issues, with a focus on designing economically viable, technologically feasible, and politically acceptable policy tools and strategies with significant emission reduction potentials. His academic work also covers conventional international legal issues, such as peace and security in the United Nations, law of the sea, non-proliferation, human rights in North Korea and transitional justice, sustainable development and energy security. He regularly advises officials at the Bureau of International Legal Affairs in Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs on newly emerging international legal topics ranging from biodiversity, access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing (ABS) to marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ).
Professor Shim’s legal educational background includes a J.S.D. degree at Stanford University, awarded in 2015 with his dissertation entitled, “Structuring Climate Policy in the Korean Electricity Sector: Politics, Institutions and Mitigative Capacity-Building.” He also holds a J.S.M. degree at the same university, and is a graduate of Seoul National University (B.A. & M.A. in law).