Youcheer Kim is an Assistant Professor at Duksung Women’s University. Before joining Duksung, Dr. Kim worked as a research fellow at the Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU), as well as at Korea University and Yonsei University as a research professor. Dr. Kim received a Ph.D. in political science from the State University of New York at Albany and an LL.M. from the American University, Washington College of Law. His research areas cover global governance, U.S.-China relations, the intersection of climate change and human rights issues, and the interdisciplinary theories of international law and international relations.