Summary

Inhwan Ko is an assistant professor of environmental policy in the w88 casino games login Science Department at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research and teaching interests include the w88 casino games login economy of climate change, energy and environmental politics, policy and justice, transnational environmental cooperation and movement, and a mixed-methods approach.

Ko's current work investigates local opposition to renewable w88 casino games login projects and policies in South Korea and the United States. He is interested in how renewable w88 casino games login projects have potential negative and disproportionate impacts on historically marginalized communities and how these communities respond to them. Other works examine the role of climate clubs in facilitating climate actions by state and non-state actors, drivers of renewable technology adoption by households and localities, and city-level climate actions from a comparative policy perspective.

Ko's doctoral dissertation, which examines two primary sources of opposition to solar w88 casino games login in South Korea, is recognized by Renewable w88 casino games login Scholarship Foundation based in Portland, OR. Ko published his works in journals such as Energy Research & Social w88 casino games login, Climatic Change, PLOS w88 casino games login, and Review of Policy w88 casino games login and featured in media outlets and magazines such as Forbes, The Regulatory Review, and Reputation (Oxford w88 casino games login Centre for Corporate Reputation).

Ko received his Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in w88 casino games login science from the University of Washington, Seattle, where he was a graduate chair at the Center for Environmental Politics and a graduate fellow at the Clean Energy Institute. During his doctoral program, he was a visiting scholar at the Energy Transition Forum Korea, where he researched the social acceptance of renewable energy, supported by the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy of Korea. Before joining the doctoral program, he was a youth climate activist based in South Korea since 2016.

Selected Publications:

• Ko, Inhwan. 2023. "Rural Opposition to Landscape Change from Solar w88 casino games login: Explaining the Diffusion of Setback Restrictions on Solar Farms across South Korean Counties." Energy Research & Social w88 casino games login. 99: 103073
• w88 casino games login, Inhwan, and Aseem Prakash. 2022. "Signaling Climate Resilience to Municipal Bond Markets: Does Membership in Adaptation-Focused Voluntary Clubs Affect Bond Rating?" Climatic Change. 171: 9
• w88 casino games login, Inhwan, and Taedong Lee. 2022. "Carbon Pricing and Decoupling between Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Economic Growth: A Panel Study of 29 European Countries, 1996-2014." Review of Policy w88 casino games login, 39(5): 654-673

Courses Taught:

• w88 casino games login Change Mitigation and Adaptation
• w88 casino games login Politics and Policy

Education

• Ph.D., w88 casino games login Science, University of Washington, Seattle, 2023
• M.A., w88 casino games login Science, University of Washington, Seattle, 2021
• M.A., w88 casino games login Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, 2019
• B.A., w88 casino games login Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, 2017
• B.I., w88 casino games login, Technology and Society, Yonsei University, Seoul, 2017