In Young Min
Kontakt
Zentrum für Ostasienwissenschaften, Arbetisgruppe Korea
Voßstraße 2, Gebäude 4120
Raum: 120.03.18
69115 Heidelberg
Tel.: +49 (06221) 54-15327
inyoung.min@zo.uni-heidelberg.de

In Young Min is a lecturer and research associate in Korean Studies at Centre for East Asian Studies, Heidelberg University. He received his PhD from University of Southern California, and his MA and BA from Yonsei University, South Korea.
Min’s research centers on international relations of East Asia, with a particular emphasis on security issues surrounding the Korean peninsula. His work examines both historical and contemporary international politics, focusing on the interplay between identity and security practices. He is currently working on two projects: 1) transformation of international order in East Asia during the nineteenth century and 2) nuclear (energy) politics on the Korean peninsula.
Recent Publications
The rise and fall of nuclear phase-out in South Korea: German model and the dynamics of policy learning
In: Pacific Review, 2025 (online first)
Explaining South Korea’s Contrasting Nuclear Choices
In: Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, 2025, Vol. 12, No. 3
Seeking Status and Ontological Security in Hierarchy: Korea in the Historical East Asian Order
In: International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 2023, Vo. 23, No. 3
The Two-Plus-Four Treaty and Korean Unification
In: International Journal of Korean Unification Studies, 2022, Vol. 31, No. 1 (with Susanne Pittelkow)