Dr. Annie Young Song is working as Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations, Yonsei University, Mirae Campus in South Korea. Previously she held a postdoctoral research associate position in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and a Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Research Fellow affiliated with the University of Washington EarthLab. She obtained her PhD in politics from the University of Hong Kong and received a BAH in Economics and Psychology and an MPA from Queen’s University, Canada. Her research interests cover environmental politics in the East Asian region. Currently, she examines (1) China’s role in ocean governance, including marine biodiversity and fishing activities, and (2) environmental security in the Korean peninsula. Prior to her PhD, she worked as a data analyst at the City of Hamilton and a research analyst at the Korea Institute of Public Finance.