Minjeong Choi

Minjeong Choi

Research Associate

Education
Bachelor, Health and Environmental Science, Korea University, Republic of Korea (2020)
Education
Bachelor, Business Administration, Korea University, Republic of Korea (2020)
Institute
UNU-FLORES
Nationality
Korean (South)
Contacts
choi@unu.edu +49 351 8921 9383

Minjeong Choi is a Research Associate at UNU-FLORES and contributes to research on diverse projects related to plastic waste and circular resource. 

Minjeong has supported one cooperative project and  three consultancy projects with K-eco since 2020 include “Post-COVID-19 Plastic Management and Stakeholder Satisfaction in South Korea”, “Plastic Pollution and Nexus Governance Solutions for Regulating the Use of Plastic”, “Brining Plastics ´Full-Circle´: sustainable plastic management, governance and chemical recycling”, “Nexus Approaches to battery waste management for sustainable e-mobility transition: insights from Germany (NABATE)”, and “Resource Nexus Approaches to Sustainability Transformations in Plastic and Packaging Material Use, Reuse, and Reduction (TRANS-PLAST)”. Her research interests are the analysis of policies/regulations and research on Sustainable Development Goals related to waste management, particularly in Asian and European countries, and nexus governance. She previously worked as an intern at UNU-FLORES supported by K-eco as GELP (Global Environmental Leaders Program) 11th.

Appointments

  • Senior Research Assistant, UNU-FLORES
  • Research intern, Waste management, UNU-FLORES
  • Undergraduate researcher, Radiation Health Safety Laboratory, Korea University

Research Interests

  • Environmental regulation
  • Governance ‘of’ and ‘for’ Sustainable Development Goals
  • Health
  • Waste management