So Yeon Kim
Lecturer

Organisation unit

College of Business and Law School of Law

Location

Adelaide University

About me

Dr So Yeon Kim is a Lecturer at Adelaide University. Her research focuses on public international law, with particular emphasis on the law of the sea, international environmental law, third-world approaches to international law and international relations. Her works are published in the International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, Journal of the History of International Law, Legal Studies, International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics and so forth. Dr Kim has also advised states on a range of international legal issues, including territorial and maritime disputes, climate change, the law of treaties, and the law of the sea.

Dr Kim was previously a Lecturer at the University of Essex and a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute.  She read for a PhD in Law at the University of Cambridge, with a thesis on Marine Protected Areas and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Dr Kim teaches the Law of the Sea, International Environmental Law, Climate Change Law, and International Human Rights Law. She also has teaching experience in Public International Law and Legal Research Skills.

Dr Kim is the Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Last updated on 04/02/2026 by So Yeon Kim