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Public Speaking and Invited Talks

June 24, 2024. Rabat, MA.
GCF Regional Dialogue with Middle East and North Africa. CGIAR.
Speaker. Workshop title “Peace Positive Programming in GCF MENA Projects.”

June 23, 2024. Rabat, MA.
GCF Regional Dialogue with Middle East and North Africa. IOM.

Panelist. Panel title “Mainstreaming human mobility into National Adaptation Plans to make adaptation action inclusive.”

December 6, 2023. Dubai, UAE.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP28. Nigeria Pavilion.
Panelist. Panel title “Climate Smart Agriculture: A Drive to Sustainable Resilience in Nigeria Agriculture.”

December 4, 2023. Dubai, UAE.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP28. Mozambique Pavilion.
Panelist. Panel title “Sharing Experiences on Preparation and Implementation of Climate Finance Projects.”

December 4, 2023. Dubai, UAE.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP28. Food and Agriculture Pavilion, Blue Zone.
Moderator. Panel title “Unlocking Climate Finance in Fragile and Conflict Affected Settings: Advancing Conflict-Sensitive Approaches in Multilateral Climate Finance.”

September 6, 2023, e-Meeting. [attended remotely]
Conflict and Environment Observatory. Environmental Issues and Mine Action Working Group.
Speaker. Presentation title: Climate Security Programming in Climate Finance: Entry Points for Mine Action Organizations.

July 25, 2023. Mogadishu, SO. [attended remotely]
The European Institute of Peace with the support of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Second Cross-Ministerial Environmental Peacemaking Workshop.
Speaker. Presentation title “Conflict Sensitive Climate Finance: Lessons from the Green Climate Fund and Implications for Somalia.”

Feb. 25, 2022. Oslo, NO. [attended remotely]
The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. Talk at the Climate Related Peace and Security Risks Project.
Speaker. Presentation title “Climate Security and the UN Security Council and Peace Operations.”

Academic Conferences

August 2, 2023. e-Conference. [attended remotely]
International Studies Association. 2023 Virtual Conference.
Presentation of the paper “Integrated Climate Security Programming in Climate Finance: An Analysis of Multilateral Climate Funds.”

May 30, 2023. Asilomar, USA. [attended remotely]
The University of Alberta & Georgetown University. Learning from East Asia’s Clean Energy Transition: Author’s Workshop
Presentation of the book chapter “Climate Policy and Legislation in Korea: A Puzzling Work in Progress.”

Nov. 26, 2022. Seoul, KR
Korean International Studies Association. 14th Annual Convention.
Presentation of the paper “Climate Policy and Legislation in Korea: A Puzzling Work in Progress.”

June 24, 2022. Banf, CA.
The University of Alberta. Powering East Asia: The Challenge of a Renewable Energy Transition.
Presentation of the paper “Climate Policy and Legislation in Korea: A Puzzling Work in Progress.”

March 28, 2022. Nashville, US. [attended remotely]
International Studies Association. 2022 Annual Convention.
Presentation of the paper “Climate Security in International Policy: The UN Security Council as a Case Study.”

Dec. 3, 2021. Hamburg, DE. [attended remotely]
The University of Hamburg. Workshop on Climate Change-Security Nexus and Peacebuilding.
Presentation of the paper “Conflict-Sensitivity in Climate Finance: The Green Climate Fund as a Case Study.”

Nov. 29, 2019. Copenhagen, DK.
The University of Copenhagen. Workshop on the Anthropocene.
Presentation of the paper “Climate Security Literature: Stuck in the Holocene?”

August 8, 2019. Nagasaki, JP.
International Political Science Association. Conference on Global Risk, Security and Ethnicity.
Presentation of the paper “Reframing the Conflict-Climate Change Nexus.”

July 5, 2019. Seoul, KR.
International Studies Association. IDSS-KAIS Joint Conference.
Presentation of the paper “Will Renewable Energy Promote Regionalism in Northeast Asia? Trends, Challenges, and Prospects for a Green Integration.”

Feb. 24, 2019. Tokyo, JP.
University of Tokyo. 5th PKU-UTokyo Forum.
Presentation of the paper “Reframing the Conflict-Climate Change Nexus.”

July 22, 2018. Brisbane, AU.
International Political Science Association. 25th World Congress of Political Science.
Presentation of the paper “A New Taxonomy for International Relations.”

March 11, 2018. Beijing, CN.
Peking University. 4th PKU-UTokyo Forum.
Presentation of the paper “Does Iraq has a water problem? If so, how can we solve it.”

Dec. 3, 2015. Seoul, KR.
Korea University. East Asian Studies Graduate Students Conference.
Presentation of the paper “The Perils of the Status Quo: Prospects for Hong Kong’s Democratization.”

Nov. 27, 2015. Seoul, KR.
Yonsei University. Academic Conference.
Presentation of the paper “Assad’s Strategic Narrative: The Role of Communication in the Syrian Civil War.”

Nov. 14, 2014. Seoul, KR.
Yonsei University. SNU-Yonsei Joint Academic Conference.
Presentation of the paper “Theory of Transitional Hegemony.”