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Minwoo Ahn is a Postdoctoral Research Associate with Climate Assessment for the Southwest and the College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture at the University of Arizona. His academic journey includes a PhD in Government and Public Policy from the University of Arizona with a focus on collaborative governance and water management, followed by a postdoctoral position at Arizona State University's Center for Behavior, Institutions, and the Environment.
His research interests span environmental policy, water policy, climate behavior, and heat governance. As a core member of the Heat Resilience Initiative, he examines heat equity issues including public health impacts of extreme heat and develops frameworks to manage and mitigate these impacts. His methodological approach combines game experiments, survey experiments, text analysis, and interview techniques to address complex environmental challenges.
American and Korean comparative perspectives deeply inform his work on public administration and government trust. His recent publications reveal a strong focus on collaborative governance systems, climate resilience strategies, and the social dimensions of environmental policy. His research demonstrates increasing attention to extreme heat governance, with multiple 2024-2025 publications addressing heat health disparities and resilience frameworks.
His scholarly contributions appear in policy-oriented journals including International Journal of the Commons, Ecology and Society, Humanities and Social Science Communications, Public Management Review, and Journal of Political Science Education.
As an active public intellectual, Ahn maintains a Substack presence where he discusses climate policy, administrative theory, and comparative governance approaches. His recent posts (as of April 2025) address heat governance challenges, reflections on public administration, and the importance of visible public services in building government trust.
