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Hyun-Joo Lim is a Principal Academic in Sociology at Bournemouth University's Faculty of Health and Social Sciences. Her work bridges gender studies, migration research, and human rights activism, with a focus on East Asian communities in the UK and North Korean defectors.
- PGCE in Educational Practice (Bournemouth University, 2017)
- PhD in Sociology (University of Bath, 2012)
- MRes & BSc (University of Bath, 2008 & 2007)
Research spans North Korean refugee experiences, transnational East Asian motherhood, menopause policy effectiveness, and health literacy in schools. Methodologically innovative, she combines cinematic storytelling, digital narratives, and neonate simulators with traditional qualitative methods.
Her funded projects include British Academy/Leverhulme support for menopause policies in English universities and Wessex Health Partners funding for health education resources co-development with marginalized women. She supervises PhD research on topics including fictional representations of domestic violence and diaspora cultural practices.
- HEA Fellow (2017)
- Stephen Cotgrove Prize for Best Sociology Student (2007)
- Student of the Year Prize (Thanet College, 2003)
Lim's publications analyze intersectional identities across media studies, family sociology, and health policy domains, with recent works focusing on creative pedagogical tools and cinematic empathy-building methods.
