Soojung Ahn.

Welcome!

I am Dr. Soojung Ahn, specializing in international trade and development, with a Ph.D. from the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Connecticut. My expertise lies in international trade and development economics, particularly focusing on policy analysis relevant to low-income, food-deficit, and landlocked nations.

Over the past four years, I have explored the effects of non-tariff barriers on agricultural trade, and the influence of global crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, and geopolitical conflicts such as the Russia-Ukraine war on global trade dynamics. Additionally, my work has extended to examining the positive impacts of data transparency and regional trade agreements on international commerce.

Currently, I am engrossed in development economics, with a focus on energy and fisheries. In the realm of energy economics, I am concentrating on bioenergy trade, which present opportunities for agricultural developing countries. For fisheries, I scrutinize the socioeconomic effects of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing on small-scale fishers in the South China Sea. My dissertation, “Food Security and Livelihoods in the Face of Crisis: Examining the Impacts of COVID-19 and Distant Water Fleet Operations,” embodies my commitment to understanding and addressing the challenges in our global food systems.