Jin-ho Chung

Researcher in Climate Mobility  

Affiliation: Transport Studies Unit (TSU), School of Geography and the Environment
Expert in: Cities and migration, Global development and climate change, Inclusion and integration, Migration governance and policy, Migration and race
Geographic focus: Ethiopia, and the Horn of Africa

Jin-ho is Researcher in Climate Mobility at the Transport Studies Unit (TSU). His work centres on three key themes: climate-related migration/mobilities, climate change adaptation, and urban development. He is also Research Fellow at the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR), supporting its Equitable Development and Migration (EDM) pillar of work.

Jin-ho is Principal Investigator of Climate Mobility, Onward Precarity and Urban Environment (CEMENT). Commenced in 2023, CEMENT investigates family mobility/immobility practices in response to increasingly frequent drought events in Ethiopia which arise amid other social, economic and political constraints and how internal climate migrants navigate opportunities and challenges in cities.