Minju Kim

• 2025 Spring
  • PSC 124 International Relations
  • PSC 300 Selected Topics - Bureaucrats in Intrntl Poltcs
• 2024 Spring
  • PSC 124 International Relations
• 2023 Fall
  • PSC 796 Formal Theories of Choice
  • PSC 400 Selected Topics - Strategic Choice and Politics
• 2023 Spring
  • PSC 124 International Relations

Minju Kim is an assistant professor of political science. She studies bureaucrats as individuals in domestic and international institutions.

Her book project, titled “The Careerist Bureaucrats: Job Security and Bureaucratic Responsiveness in US Foreign Affairs,” examines how institutional designs that govern the job security of bureaucrats shape the bureaucrats' responsiveness to the president in U.S. foreign affairs. Her work has been supported by the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs at Syracuse University as well the Center for International Social Science Research and the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago, among others.

Before joining Syracuse University, Kim was a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Commerce and Diplomacy in the University of California, San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2021.

"The Careerist Bureaucrats: Job Security and Bureaucratic Responsiveness in US Foreign Affairs", Sponsored by American Political Science Association.

• Journal Articles
  • Kim, M., "How Bureaucrats Represent Economic Interests: Partisan Control over Trade Adjustment Assistance." International Studies Quarterly, 2024.
  • Kim, M., Gulotty, R., "Electoral Rewards and Punishments for Trade Compensation." World Politics, 2024.
  • Kim, M., Lee, H., "Looking Beyond the Doha Negotiations: A Possible Reform of the WTO Agricultural Subsidies Rules." Asian Journal of WTO and International Health Law and Policy, 2017.

International Relations Workshop, The University of California Los Angeles, "Arbitrators as Advisors: Evidence from Changes in Investment Treaty Design" (April, 2025)

Kim, M., Individuals in International Policy, The University of Texas at Austin, "Wartime Crack-Ups in International Cooperation: Bureaucratic Autonomy of the ILO and League of Nations in World War II" (April, 2025)

Bureaucrats in International Political Economy, The University of Southern California, "Arbitrators as Advisors: Evidence from Changes in Investment Treaty Design" (February, 2025)

Political Economoy of International Organization (PEIO) Annual Conference, "Wartime Crack-Ups in International Cooperation: Bureaucratic Autonomy of the ILO and League of Nations in World War II" (January, 2025)

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, "The Careerist Bureaucrats: Job Security and Bureaucratic Responsiveness in US Foreign Affairs" (December, 2024)

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, "The Careerist Bureaucrats: Job Security and Bureaucratic Responsiveness in US Foreign Affairs" (October, 2024)

American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting, "Patent litigation for sale: Foreign firms offset Pro-US bias with agency lobbying" (September, 2024)

American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting, "Wartime Crack-Ups in International Cooperation: Bureaucratic Autonomy of the ILO and League of Nations in World War II" (September, 2024)

Political Science Research Workshop (PSRW), Syracuse University, "The Careerist Bureaucrats: Job Security and Bureaucratic Responsiveness in US Foreign Affairs" (May, 2024)

International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Meeting, "How Contract Design Nurtures Bureaucrats: Evidence from the International Trade Commission" (April, 2024)

Perry World House Seminar, The University of Pennsylvania, "Foreign Lobbying against Administrative Protectionism: Evidence from ITC Patent Investigations" (March, 2024)

American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting , "Arbitrators as Advisors: Evidence from Changes in Investment Treaty Design" (2023)

The Political Economy of International Organization (PEIO) Annual Meeting, "Arbitrators as Advisors: Evidence from Changes in Investment Treaty Design" (2023)

Global Research in International Political Economy (GRIPE), "Bringing Home the Bacon: Politician Ambassadors and Home State Trade" (2023)

International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention , "Bringing Home the Bacon: Politician Ambassadors and Home State Trade" (2023)

International Political Economy Society (IPES) , "Foreign Lobbying against Administrative Protectionism: Evidence from ITC Patent Investigations" (2023)

Junior International Organization Scholars Workshop, "International Bureaucrats under the Spotlight: The Case of the WTO TRIPS Council " (2023)

International Organizations and Text-as-Data, The University of Pennsylvania, "Arbitrators as Advisors: Evidence from Changes in Investment Treaty Design" (2022)

Conference on Bureaucracy and International Relations, Brown University , "Bringing Home the Bacon: Politician Ambassadors and Home State Trade" (2022)

International Political Economy Society (IPES), "Bringing Home the Bacon: Politician Ambassadors and Home State Trade" (2022)

Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), "Bringing Home the Bacon: Politician Ambassadors and Home State Trade" (2022)

Workshop on International Policies (WIP), "Bringing Home the Bacon: Politician Ambassadors and Home State Trade" (2022)

Political Economy Lunch Group (PELG) Speaker Series , "How Bureaucrats Represent Economic Interests: Partisan Control over Trade Adjustment Assistance" (2022)

The University of Texas at Dallas, "How Bureaucrats Represent Economic Interests: Partisan Control over Trade Adjustment Assistance" (2021)

American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting , "Who Wants to Work at a Transparent International Organization? " (2021)

International Political Economy Society (IPES), "Who Wants to Work at a Transparent International Organization?" (2021)

The Political Economy of International Organization (PEIO) Seminar, "Who Wants to Work at a Transparent International Organization?" (2021)

Workshop on International Policies (WIP), "How Bureaucrats Represent Economic Interests: Partisan Control over Trade Adjustment Assistance" (August, 2020)

Workshop on International Policies (WIP), "Who Wants to Work at a Transparent International Organization?" (May, 2020)

American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting , "Electoral Rewards and Punishments for Trade Compensation" (2020)

IR and America's Rise: Institutions, Ideas, and Individuals , The University of Chicago, "How Bureaucrats Represent Economic Interests: Partisan Control over Trade Adjustment Assistance" (2020)

Doctoral Research Innovation Fund, The University of Chicago (2020)

Summer Scholarship for ICPSR Training, The University of Chicago (2020)

Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph Field Research Award (2019)

Bradley Fellows Ph.D. Dissertation Award (2018)

Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models, National Science Foundation (2017)