Junghyun Lim

Junghyun Lim is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on international/comparative political economy, emphasizing migration politics and globalization impacts. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh (2021), followed by postdoctoral fellowships at Princeton University's Niehaus Center (2021-2022) and the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House (2022-2023).

Education:

• Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, 2021
• Postdoctoral Fellowships at Perry World House and Niehaus Center

Research interests include migration's political consequences in sending countries, barriers to green job transitions, and the intersection of globalization with civic education. Methodologically, she employs causal inference, survey experiments, and computational tools like text analysis and machine learning.

Publications span journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications, and Comparative Political Studies, focusing on geopolitical boundaries, fossil fuel employment transitions, and migration's electoral impacts.

Current research projects explore gender dynamics in return migration, cultural backlash to globalization via K-pop, and energy labor priorities in fossil fuel communities.