Juneseo Hwang, PhD
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Research Associate
Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies "Futures of Sustainability"
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ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Juneseo-Hwang
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Research
Invitations for future collaboration on my research areas are always welcome! My research areas are:
- Green criminology and justice
- Green political theories
- Critical security studies
- Human rights and the rights of nature
- Environment democracy and governance
- Post-liberal peacebuilding
For centuries, human species has seemingly reigned as the ruler of the planet, but simultaneously vulnerable to multiple planetary crises. We are officially at the brink of a new geological epoch, ‘the Anthropocene’, where human activities determine the scope and depth of significant changes to the biosphere. In the meantime, the basic framework of human civilisations is being eroded and challenged by systematic failures to reconcile human interests with the sustainability of the planet.
As Hannah Arendt once said, “we create the conditions that in turn condition us”. In the face of global environmental challenges, our world that are created, maintained, and reproduced by work, labour, and actions is changing accordingly. Against this backdrop, what does it mean to be ‘human’ on our burning planet? How should social artifacts, especially law and governance, be re-created that will in turn condition our ‘human’ life?
Those questions guide my current research project, which investigates peace and security implications of the global movement to criminalise ‘ecocide’. Upon the completion of this project, I will be able to explain why and how the law of ecocide should be pushed to reconceptualise peace and security as human condition beyond the Anthropocene.
About me
I agree with Chico Mendes’s saying, “environmentalism without class struggle is just gardening”. So, I have centred ecological justice at the core of my work and investigated generative mechanisms that promote/constrain environmental peacebuilding, ecological security, and democracy. To make our planet more habitable, I have been active in different advocacy campaigns for the rights of nature, a law of ecocide, and everyday peace.
Publications
Book/Chapters
- Hwang, J. and Jang, Y. (2024) Ecocide in Korea. Seoul, South Korea: Peace Books, forthcoming.
- Hwang, J. and Yoon, J. (2023) ‘Die zerstörerische Entwicklung stoppen, den Planeten gegen Ökozid verteidigen Eine koreanische Perspektive’, in Pfaff, T. (ed.) Ökozid. Munich: Oekom Verlag, pp. 129–142.
Journal Articles
- Hwang, J. (2024) The Political Economy of the Mobuoy Illegal Dump in Northern Ireland: A Green Criminology Perspective. Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, forthcoming.
- Hwang, J. (2023) The Global Movement to Criminalise ‘Ecocide’ in a Time of Climate Crisis. Green Review, 183, 108–116.
- Hwang, J. (2023) After Mobuoy: Co-Designing Environmental Governance in Northern Ireland? Irish Political Studies, forthcoming.
- Hwang, J. (2023) Building Sustainable Peace through the ‘Rights of Nature’: Case Studies of New Zealand and Northern Ireland. Journal of Human Rights Studies, 6(1), pp. 149–188.
- Hwang, J. and Caparini, M. (2023) ‘Post-Patten Policing in Northern Ireland: Outcomes, Challenges and Lessons’, International Journal of Criminal Justice, 5(1), pp. 33–65.
- Hwang, J. (2022) Criminal Justice in a Time of Ecological Crisis: Can ‘Ecocide’ Be Punished in South Korea? International Journal of Criminal Justice, 4(2), pp. 30–57.
- Hwang, J. and Yu, H. (2022) Environmental Cooperation as a Driver of ‘Low Politics’ in the Baltic Sea: an Actor-Based Analysis. Korean Journal of European Integration, 13(3), pp. 331–356.
- Hwang, J. (2022) Building Sustainable Peace Through Environmental Cooperation in the island of Ireland: Modelling Transboundary Conservation. Irish Political Studies, 37(4), pp. 548–570.
- Hwang, J. (2022) An Ecological Perspective on the European Union’s Responses to Environmental Crime: Inclusiveness, Proportionality, Accountability. Journal of European Union Studies, 63, pp. 77–112 [Printed in Korean].
- Hwang, J. (2021) Northern Ireland at the Crossroads: The Dynamics of Conflict and Peace after the Good Friday Agreement. Journal of European Union Studies, 58, pp. 91–122 [Printed in Korean].
- Hwang, J. (2019) Pathways of Cross-Border Environmental Cooperation and Foundations for Sustainable Inter-Korean Environmental Cooperation: A Case Study of Northern Ireland. Journal of Peace and Unification Studies, 11(2), pp. 447–486 [Printed in Korean].
Book Reviews
- Hwang, J. (2023) Baber, W. F. and May, J. R. (ed.) (2023) Environmental Human Rights in the Anthropocene: Concepts, Contexts, and Challenges. Cambridge University Press. Journal of Ecohumanism, forthcoming.
Reports
- Hofmann, U., Hwang, J., Jung, Y. and Rapillard, P. (2019) Global Mapping and Analysis of Anti-Vehicle Mine Incidents in 2018. Geneva: Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining and Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
- Hwang, J. (2018) Environmental Accountability of NATO: Testimonies of Environmental Problems and Field Studies in Germany and Italy. NATO WATCH.