Introduction
Jihyun Kwon is a PhD candidate in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto. She is also a Vanier CGS scholar, a recipient of the Delta Kappa Gamma World Fellowship, and Richard Ericson Paper Award. She is currently appointed as a Visiting Scholar at the Asia Center, Seoul National University. Her research focuses on accountability, oversight, and administrative governance of law enforcement agencies. She examines the structural and functional dynamics that lead to various degrees of coordination and fragmentation among different state oversight entities. She also specializes in policy reforms related to the SDG16, such as access to justice, protecting human rights and eliminating discrimination, reporting of corruption and victimization, and independent national institutions. She has extensive knowledge of policing, corrections (prison), complaint and accountability procedures, dispute resolution, and bureaucratic governance.
Expert
Over a decade, Jihyun has worked on various research and advocacy projects with different government agencies, NGOs, and universities on the topic of criminal justice oversight and reform. She was the Advisor to the Independent Expert at the Ministry of the Solicitor General in Ontario, Canada where she worked to enforce the terms of a human rights consent order in Ontario prisons between 2018 and 2020. She has also worked with the Korea Legislation Research Institute to support the development of national legislations through surveys and analyses of the legislative/regulatory landscapes across the world.
Fields of expertise: Inclusive social development / inclusive societies / social inclusion, Monitoring and evaluation, Policy design and delivery, Sustainable Development Goals