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Yeji YOO

Profile

Yeji Yoo received her PhD in Social Science from Chiang Mai University in 2023. Her research interests include energy development and environmental conflict, coal phase-out and energy transition, and environmental and climate justice movements in Thailand and Southeast Asia.


Position

Research Professor


Office Location

#326, Dasan Hall


E-mail

yejiyoo@sogang.ac.kr


Education
· PhD in Social Science, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
· MA in International Development Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
· MA in Political Science, Sogang University
· Bachelor of Political Science, Korea University (Great Honor)

Academic and Professional Positions
· Research Professor, SIEAS (2024.9-Present)
· Lecturer, Social Policy & Development (SPD) Programme, Thammasat University (2023.3-2024.8)

Key Publications
· Yoo, Yeji. (2024). “Examining Carbon Lock-in and the Possibility of Discursive Turning Points in Southeast Asia.” The Southeast Asian Review, 34(3), pp.1-37. (in Korean) 
· Yoo, Yeji. (2023). Governing Energy Infrastructure Controversy: A Political Ecology Analysis of the Mae Moh Coal-fired Power Plant in Lampang Province, Thailand. (PhD dissertation, A Very Good Thesis Award for the Academic Year 2023, Chiang Mai University)
· Yoo, Yeji. (2023). “Unpacking Pro-coal Narratives in Thailand: The Case of Mae Moh Mine Museum.” Journal of Mekong Societies, 19(2), pp.153-178.
· Kim, Soyeun & Yeji Yoo. (2019). “Fuelling Development? The Rise of New Development Finance in Korea’s Overseas Energy Cooperation with Southeast Asia.” The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan; European Association of Development Research and Training Institute (EADI), 31(5), pp.1470-1489. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-019-00218-2
· Yoo, Yeji. (2018). “Greenwash of the power sector? Discourse production in the Thai power sector’s advertising.” Journal of the International Center for Cultural Resource Studies 4, pp.95-107.
· Yoo, Yeji. (2015). “Renewable energy development and environmental justice in Thailand: A case of biomass power plant in Roi-Et province.” Journal of Social Sciences 45(1), pp.21-35.  

Translations
· Mitchell, Timothy. (2017). Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil. (Lee, Jung-pil, Hyun-woo Kim, Bo-young Cho, Yeji Yoo, Trans. To Korean). Seoul: Saeng-Gak-Bi-Haeng. (Original work published 2013). (ISBN: 979-11-8770-847-6)
· The Corner House. (2015). Energy Security for Whom? (Lee, Jung-pil, Bo-young Cho, Seung-mun Kwon, and Yeji Yoo, Trans. to Korean). Seoul: Imagine. (Original work published 2012) (ISBN: 979-11-5531-003-8)

Current Research Interests
· Energy Development and Environmental Conflicts in Thailand and Southeast Asia
· Coal Phase-out and Energy Transition in Southeast Asia
· Environmental and Climate Justice Movements in Southeast Asia