Dr. Su Jin PARK has worked as an Director of Dokdo and Ocean Legal Regime Division and senior research fellow at Korea Maritime Institute (KMI), which is a government-affiliated research entity under the Prime Minister’s Office. She has researched for international maritime legal regime and policy development in the areas of climate change, marine environment, global cooperation etc. She had a Ph.D. in international law at the Kyung Hee University Graduate School in 2004. She has also been working on various researches about the international cooperation and multilateral agreements, including the UN BBNJ Agreement, the CBD, Nagoya Protocol, and the UN Plastics Convention. Her recent publications include ‘How Will the United Nations (UN) Biological Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement Affect the Shipping Industry in the Future? (2023)’, ‘Climate change response strategy in the marine and fisheries sector to implement the Paris Agreement (2020)’, and ‘The Legal Frameworks and Relevant Issues on the Marine Protected Areas in the Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (2018)’.