Welcome to my website! My name is Ye June Jung (call me June) and I am a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science and International Affairs at the University of California, San Diego. From Fall 2023 to Spring 2025, I was a predoctoral fellow at the University of Mannheim in Germany at the Chair of International Relations.
I am on the 2025/2026 job market.
Contact: j0jung@ucsd.edu, yejunejung@gmail.com
Office : UCSD SSB 446
My research lies at the intersection of international organizations and international political economy. In my dissertation, I examine how liberal international norms are promoted and contested through economic integration. More specifically, I focus on the linkage between human rights and trade, with a regional emphasis on (but not limited to) the European Union. I am particularly interested in the role of institutions at both international and domestic levels.
Other projects explore related themes, including human rights, international trade, international law, the liberal international order, text as data, AI governance, and the European Union.
Before coming to UCSD, I completed my MPP at Seoul National University and majored in public administration for my bachelor's degree at Yonsei University in South Korea.
