Research Interests: Sustainable Development, Environmental Justice, Energy Justice, Energy Poverty, Energy Planning
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Education
Present. Ph.D. Student, Dept. City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
2022 M.C.P., Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University, South Korea (Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University(Website) ISD Lab (Website)
2019 B.S. Urban Environmental Engineering & LLB U.S. and International Law, Handong Global University, South Korea
Publications
Publications
Lim, S., Lee, H., Choi, S., Hong, J. H., Kim, B., & Shin, J. (2024). A framework for measuring electricity price literacy: Application to South Korea. The Electricity Journal, 37(6), 107425.
Shon, H., Lee, H., & Kim, B. (2024). Spatial pattern of aid allocation in the early 21st century: Evidence from 38 sub-Saharan African countries. Papers in Regional Science, 103(3), 100026.
Lee, H., & Shon, H. (2024). Spatial and temporal patterns of energy aid and poverty in four African countries: Focusing on distributive and recognition justice. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 192, 114261.
Manuscripts Under Review or Preparation
• Promoting Willingness to Pay for `Climate Change and Environmental Charge' in Electricity Tariff: Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment. R&R in Energy Economics (with Booyuel Kim, Synjoo Choi, Jinwook Shin, Sungmin Lim)
• Multidimensional energy poverty and multilevel determinants in Africa: The role of household and community infrastructure across urban and rural areas. R&R in Energy Economics (with Huijoo Shon)
• Local ordinances and large-scale solar development in the United States. Under review in Energy Policy (with Nikhil Kaza and Noah Kittner)
Working paper
• Spatial Pattern of Aid Allocation at the Regional Level: Evidence from 38 Sub-Saharan African Countries (http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4070321) (with Booyuel Kim, Huijoo Shon)
Experience
2021-2022 Seoul National University, Research Assistant
2021-2022 United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division Spatial Analysis Intern
2020-2021 Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), Research Assistant
2020-2021 Korea Development Institute (KDI) School, Graduate Student Researcher
2016 UNESCO UNITWIN Nepal & Mongolia, Research Assistant