STUDENT FELLOWS

Joonseok Yang is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University, specializing in comparative/international political economy with an additional focus on methods. His research interests include political economy of environment and energy, trade and multinational corporations. His dissertation interrogates political and economic incentives to provide generous financial inducements such as tax incentives to deter corporations from relocating to other regions.

Joonseok holds a B.A in Political Science and French Literature from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea and a Master of International Affairs (MIA) with a policy concentration in international finance and economic policy from Columbia University. Previously, he worked in the National Assembly in South Korea as a legislative staff. Joon is now ISEP’s Academic Lead for the collection of energy and environmental data.