Yuna Han is a Departmental Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Oxford's Department of Politics and International Relations, affiliated with University College. She holds a DPhil (Oxford), MPhil (Cambridge), and BA (Harvard). Her research focuses on international criminal law, human rights accountability, and pandemic politics, examining topics like defense lawyers in international trials and state strategies in universal jurisdiction cases. Her education includes degrees from Harvard University (BA), the University of Cambridge (MPhil), and the University of Oxford (DPhil). She previously held positions as a Fellow in International Relations Theory at LSE and a research associate at the European University Institute. Research interests span international criminal law's political dimensions, pandemic governance, and Constructivist IR theory. Recent work includes analyzing mass death narratives during the pandemic and the role of temporal politics in policy framing. Her projects often intersect law, politics, and global justice frameworks.








