I am Yoonyoung Cho
I’m a political science PhD candidate at Georgia State University. My research examines how personal experiences with climate change influence political attitudes and policy preferences. I explore how these experiences shape what l define as political climate concern—a distinct dimension of public engagement that connects climate change experiences with political behavior and climate governance.
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Research Projects
My research examines how people experience climate change and how these experiences shape political attitudes and climate policy support. I focus on the intersection of climate attitudes, political behavior, and climate governance across the United States, Europe, and East & Southeast Asia using comparative and multi-method approaches.
Book Project
Understanding how disaster experience shapes political climate concern and climate-policy preferences.
Working Papers
Current manuscripts examining climate attitudes, political behavior, and cross-national climate policy.
Projects in Progress
Survey experiments, comparative studies, and regional extensions across East & Southeast Asia.
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Welcome to New Niche Lab
Here is my personal research space, where I share my work, data projects, and reflections on climate politics and public opinion. Drawing on my training in political science, this space explores how climate change shapes politics, how policy can respond, and how research can be made accessible to both citizens and institutions. I’m currently developing Political Climate Concern Index to conceptualize climate perceptions as a political filter–one that transformed individual risk perception into politically consequential orientations.
The goal of this lab is to create a new niche for bridging academic research with public knowledge and generating policy insights that make climate politics understandable, actionable, and relevant. I always welcome collaboration on research and new ideas.
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