Biography
Dong Jin is a visiting academic at School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies, Trinity College Dublin. He was a Lecturer of Peace Studies and International Development at the University of Bradford, and Irish School of Ecumenics Senior Research Fellow in Peace and Reconciliation Studies at Trinity College Dublin. He also taught at South Korean universities, such as the University of North Korean Studies, Hanshin University, and Yonsei University. His research interests are in the areas of peacebuilding, humanitarian and development cooperation, comparative studies of peace processes, and trans-local peacebuilding cooperation. He conducts engaged research, collaborating with various humanitarian, development, and peace organisations, such as Okedongmu Children in Korea, Korean Sharing Movement, Understanding Conflict Trust, and Corrymeela. He was also a Goodwill Ambassador for Peace on the Korean Peninsula at the South Korean Ministry of Unification (2020-22). He is the author of The Korean Peace Process and Civil Society: Towards Strategic Peacebuilding (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), and co-editor of Reconciling Divided States: Peace Processes in Ireland and Korea (Routledge, 2022, with David Mitchell). He has published research articles in many journals including International Affairs, International Peacekeeping, Globalizations, Peacebuilding, Alternatives, Asia Europe Journal, and the Pacific Review, as well as several Korean peer-reviewed journals.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Dong Jin Kim and Youngchul Chung, The Agency-Structure Problem in Peacebuilding: Constructing a Niche in the Korean Conflict, The Pacific Review, 37, (1), 2024, p56 - 85
Dong Jin Kim and David Mitchell, 'You Realise We're Not the Only Ones Stuck Living Like This': Comparative Learning, International Partnerships and Civil Society Peace Education in Conflict-Affected Societies, Alternatives, 48, (4), 2023, p283 - 297
David Mitchell, Dan Gudgeon and Dong Jin Kim, Sport and strategic peacebuilding: Northern Ireland and Korea compared, Peacebuilding, 10, (1), 2022, p37 - 50
Supporting peacebuilding through socio-economic development in Northern Ireland and the border counties of the Republic of Ireland: sharing lessons for the Korean peace process in, editor(s)Dong Jin Kim and David Mitchell , Reconciling Divided States: Peace Processes in Ireland and Korea , Routledge , 2022, pp158 - 177, [Sandra Buchanan and Dong Jin Kim]
Dong Jin Kim, Reciprocal Empowerment for Civil Society Peacebuilding: Sharing Lessons between the Korean and Northern Ireland Peace Processes, Globalizations, 19, (2), 2022, p238 - 252
Peace agreements and elite-level peacemaking in Ireland and Korea: governance, security and context in, editor(s)Dong Jin Kim and David Mitchell , Reconciling Divided States: Peace Processes in Ireland and Korea, Routledge, 2022, pp80 - 97, [Dong Jin Kim and David Mitchell]
The peacebuilding role of women within and between Ireland and Korea in, editor(s)Dong Jin Kim and David Mitchell , Reconciling Divided States: Peace Processes in Ireland and Korea , Routledge , 2022, pp120 - 139, [Gillian Wylie and Dong Jin Kim]
Dong Jin Kim and David Mitchell, Reconciling Divided States, Routledge, 2022
Dong Jin Kim and David Mitchell, Reconciling Divided States: Peace Processes in Ireland and Korea, Routledge, 2022, 1 - 203pp
Kevin Gray, Dong Jin Kim, Youkyoung Ko, Meri Joyce, Colleen Moore, and Zhiqun Zhu, U.S.-China Competition and the Korean Peninsula: From Confrontation to Peacebuilding, Women Cross DMZ, 2022
Peace processes and comparative research on Ireland, Korea and beyond in, editor(s)Dong Jin Kim and David Mitchell , Reconciling Divided States: Peace Processes in Ireland and Korea, Abingdon, Routledge, 2022, pp1 - 20, [Dong Jin Kim and David Mitchell]
Dong Jin Kim and Andrew Ikhyun Kim, Global Health Diplomacy and North Korea in the Covid-19 Era, International Affairs, 98, (3), 2022, p915 - 932
Youngseop Lim and Dong Jin Kim, Mobilising Social Movement for Peace: A Case Study on Christian Ecumenical Organisations in the Context of the Korean Conflict, International Journal of Asian Christianity, 4, (2), 2021, p248 - 260
Kara Hooser, Trey Billing, Shona Bell, Teri Murphy, Hollie Nyseth Brehm, Duncan Morrow, Jonny Byrne, Jose Antonio Fortou, Claire Hazelden, Sylvia Gordon, Dominic Bryan, Tim Wilson, Donna Pankhurst, Dong Jin Kim, Stephen Hughes, Alastair Muir, Liza Wilkinson, Lee Hamilton, Sarah Dolah, Harriet Vickers, Manuel Almeida, Stephen Quigley, and Victoria Gurevich , Moving from Violence to Peace: An International Working Group on Individuals and Communities in Transition, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, The Ohio State University, and Corrymeela, 2021
Peacebuilding and Korean Civil Society in, editor(s)Oliver Richmond and Gëzim Visoka , The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, [Dong Jin Kim]
Aid to North Korea and Strategic Peacebuilding in, editor(s)Buk Dae Bukhan Yunguhoi , North Korea 2020: Past and Future, Paju, Korea, Yuksain, 2020, [Dong Jin Kim]
Dong Jin Kim, Beyond identity lines: women building peace in Northern Ireland and the Korean peninsula, Asia Europe Journal, 18, (4), 2020, p463 - 478
Civil Society and Non-Violent Political Action in Northern Ireland in, editor(s)Clara Fischer and Áine Mahon , Philosophical Perspectives on Contemporary Ireland, Routledge, 2020, pp111 - 130, [Iain Atack and Dong Jin Kim]
Dong Jin Kim, The Korean Peace Process and Civil Society: Towards Strategic Peacebuilding, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019
Mobilising People in Response to State Violence: Building Just Peace in, The Korean Peace Process and Civil Society: Towards Strategic Peacebuilding, 2019, pp149 - 182, [Dong Jin Kim]
Researching Peacebuilding in Korea: A Peace and Conflict Studies Approach in, The Korean Peace Process and Civil Society: Towards Strategic Peacebuilding, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, pp27 - 54, [Dong Jin Kim]
Sustainability of Peace Process: Comparative Research on Northern Irish and Korean Peace Processes in, editor(s)Institute of Trans-division and Border Studies, Shinhan University , Irish Peace Process and the Korean Peninsula, Seoul, Ulryuk, 2019, [Dong Jin Kim]
Cooperating with People in Need: Strategic Overlaps for Peacebuilding in, The Korean Peace Process and Civil Society: Towards Strategic Peacebuilding, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, pp183 - 215, [Dong Jin Kim]
The Korean Conflict and Society: A Historical Context in, The Korean Peace Process and Civil Society: Towards Strategic Peacebuilding, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, pp55 - 84, [Dong Jin Kim]
Bringing People Together: Interdependent Peacebuilding in, The Korean Peace Process and Civil Society: Towards Strategic Peacebuilding, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, pp119 - 147, [Dong Jin Kim]
Introduction: Peace Process and Civil Society Peacebuilding in, The Korean Peace Process and Civil Society: Towards Strategic Peacebuilding, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, pp1 - 25, [Dong Jin Kim]
Conclusion: Towards Strategic Peacebuilding in, The Korean Peace Process and Civil Society: Towards Strategic Peacebuilding, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, pp217 - 239, [Dong Jin Kim]
The Ups and Downs of the Korean Peace Process: Domestic and Geo-Politics in, The Korean Peace Process and Civil Society: Towards Strategic Peacebuilding, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, pp85 - 118, [Dong Jin Kim]
Dong Jin Kim, Sharing Lessons between Peace Processes: A Comparative Case Study on the Northern Ireland and Korean Peace Processes, Social Sciences, 7, (3), 2018
Dong Jin Kim, Building Relationships Across the Boundaries: The Peacebuilding Role of Civil Society in the Korean Peninsula, International Peacekeeping, 24, (4), 2017
Dong Jin Kim, Aid to the Enemy: Linking Development and Peacebuilding on the Korean Peninsula, The Pacific Review, 29, (4), 2016
Dong Jin Kim (trans), Jake Lynch and Johan Galtung (original authors) , 'Reporting Conflict: New Directions in Peace Journalism ', Korean Edition, SUNIN Books, 2016, -
The Peacebuilding Role of the Ecumenical Movement in Korea during the 1980s in, editor(s)John O'Grady, Cathy Higgins and Jude Lal Fernando , Mining Truth: Festschrift in Honour of Geraldine Smyth OP - Ecumenical Theologian and Peacebuilder, EOS, 2015, [Dong Jin Kim]
Dong Jin Kim, Northern Ireland Peace Process and Sustainable Peacebuilding, Tongil kwa Pyunghwa, 7, (2), 2015
The Politicization of Humanitarian Assistance: Aid and Security on the Korean Peninsula in, editor(s)Eun Mee Kim and Pil Ho Kim , The South Korean Development Experience: Beyond Aid, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, [Brendan Howe and Dong Jin Kim]
Dong Jin Kim, A Peace Studies Approach to North Korean Studies, Hyundai Bukhan Yongu, 16, (3), 2013
Dong Jin Kim, Finding the Value of Peace in Religions: Gandhi and the 88 Declaration, Shinhak Sasang, (160), 2013
Jong Moo Lee, Dong Wan Kang, Dong Jin Kim, and Jae-Sung Hwang, The White Paper on Gyeonggi Province's Inter-Korean Exchanges and Cooperation 2001-2011, Gyeonggi-Do, 2012
Dong Jin Kim (trans), John Paul Lederach (original author), 'Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies', Korean Edition, Humanitas Books , 2012, -
Dong Jin Kim (trans), Stuart Rees (original author), 'Passion for Peace: Exercising Power Creatively ', Korean Edition, SAMIN Books, 2011, -
Dong Jin Kim, Moral Limit and Possibility in Regime Transformation, Shinhak Yongu, 59, (2), 2011
Dong Jin Kim, Peacebuilding and the Ecumenical movement on the Korean Peninsula, Hankuk Sinhak Yonguso, 2011
Dong Jin Kim, A Comparative Analysis of Christianity, Juche and Islam in the US-North Korean Conflict and the US-Iran Conflict, Shinhak Sasang, (151), 2010
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
David Mitchell and Dong Jin Kim, `You realise we"re not the only ones stuck living like this": comparative learning, international partnerships, and civil society peace education in conflict-affected societies, Political Studies Association of Ireland Conference 2023, Europa Hotel, Belfast, 22 October, 2023
Dong Jin Kim, Sustainable Peace: Comparing the Northern Ireland and Korean Peace Processes, Dialogue for Peace Process in East Asia - Sharing Experience of Civil Society, Waseda University, Tokyo , 25 January, 2020
Dong Jin Kim, South Korean NGOs' Humanitarian Cooperation with North Korea and Strategic Peacebuilding, 2019 International Conference on Humanitarian and Peaceful Cooperation with the DPRK, New York University, New York , 1 November , 2019
Dong Jin Kim, Building Peace with North Korea, Asia Briefing, New York, 1 November, 2019, Asia Society
Dong Jin Kim, Why Peace Journalism?, Shinmoonkwa Bangsong, (580), 2019
David Mitchell and Dong Jin Kim, Ireland can teach Korea about peace, The Times (Irish Edition), 2018, -
Dong Jin Kim, Resisting the violent structure of militarized conflict: The role of women peace activists in Northern Ireland and Korea, Conflict Research Society Conference, Birmingham, UK, 18/09/2018, 2018
David Mitchell and Dong Jin Kim, Divided Korea can learn from North's peace process, Irish Times, 2017, -
Dong Jin Kim, We're facing a crisis if the new South Korean government acts without US approval, Journal.ie, 2017, -
Dong Jin Kim, The two Koreas have tried to make peace before - and they could do so again, The Conversation, 2017, -
Dong Jin Kim, Mood Music or a Theme Song: The Role of Civil Society in the Northern Ireland and Korean Peace Processes, Conflict Research Society Conference, Dublin, Ireland , 08/09/2016, 2016
Dong Jin Kim, How to Make Peace Sustainable: Breakthroughs and Breakdowns in the Korean and Northern Ireland Peace Processes, International Peace Research Association Conference (IPRA), Freetown, Sierra Leone, 29/11/2016, 2016
Dong Jin Kim, Understanding the History of Violence: Toward a Sustainable Peace Process in the Korean Conflict, International Peace Research Association Conference (IPRA), Istanbul, Turkey , 09/08/2014, 2014
Dong Jin Kim, Aid to the Enemy: Linking Development and Peacebuilding on the Korean Peninsula, Association for Asian Studies Conference (AAS), Philadelphia, USA , 29/03/2014, 2014
Dong Jin Kim, A Peace Studies Approach to North Korean Studies, Association for North Korean Studies Conference, Busan, Korea , 27/09/2013, 2013
Dong Jin Kim, The Current Status and Tasks of the South Korean NGOs Working on North Korea, Kidokgyosasang, (644), 2012
Dong Jin Kim, Consciousness of The Young Generation (20-30 Years) for Reunification and Peacebuilding on the Korean Peninsula, The East Asian Association of International Studies Conference, Busan, Korea , 12/10/2012, 2012
Dong Jin Kim, The Role of the Ecumenical Movement in the Korean Conflict, International Peace Research Association Conference (IPRA), Sydney, Australia , 08/07/2010, 2010
Research Expertise
Description
Research interests are in the areas of: strategic peacebuilding, reconciliation, humanitarian and development cooperation, ecumenical movements, in the Korean peninsula and East Asia, and comparative studies of peace processes, including Korea and Ireland.Projects
- Title
- Irish School of Ecumenics Senior Research Fellowship in Peace and Reconciliation Studies
- Funding Agency
- Irish School of Ecumenics Trust
- Date From
- 01/10/2020
- Date To
- 30/09/2023
- Title
- Comparative Studies on the Peace Processes in Northern Ireland and Korea: Toward Strategic Peacebuilding
- Funding Agency
- Irish Research Council and European Union
- Date From
- 1/10/2017
- Date To
- 30/9/2020
- Title
- Developing Peace and Security Policies of the Seoul Metropolitan Government in an International Perspective
- Funding Agency
- Seoul Institute, Seoul Metropolitan Government
- Date From
- 17/05/2021
- Date To
- 16/11/2021
- Title
- Preventing North Korean Disasters and Building Disaster Safety Nets on the Korean Peninsula
- Funding Agency
- Ministry of Unification, Republic of Korea
- Date From
- 01/03/2012
- Date To
- 30/12/2012
- Title
- The White Paper on Gyeonggi Province's Inter-Korean Exchanges and Cooperation 2001-2011
- Funding Agency
- Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea
- Date From
- 01/05/2011
- Date To
- 30/04/2012