Research

You can find my full list of publications on Google Scholar.

Doctoral Dissertation

My dissertation examines the political economy of industrial decarbonization. It investigates how states, firms, and international markets interact to shape the transition of carbon-intensive industries in an era of climate change and geopolitical competition. As decarbonization increasingly becomes a source of international competitiveness, governments face the challenge of reducing emissions while sustaining industrial growth and export performance. Through three interconnected papers, I examine how domestic institutions, firm capabilities, and external decarbonization pressures interact and shape industrial transformation across sectors and countries. Drawing on comparative case studies, process tracing, expert interviews, and mixed-methods analysis, the dissertation contributes to the political economy of climate policy by explaining when and how governments can successfully facilitate industrial decarbonization in export-oriented economies. My first dissertation chapter is published on ERSS here.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

• Oh, S. (2026). From industrialization to industrial decarbonization: Divergent steel decarbonization pathways in South Korea and Germany. Energy Research & Social Science, 139, 104857.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2026.104857
• Veen, P., Winkler, M., Oh, S., & Michaelowa, A. (2025). Can digital monitoring, reporting, and verification (dMRV) unlock industrial CO2 capture and removal in carbon markets? Environmental Research Letters, 20(12), 121002.
  https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae20ad
• Oh, S., Eberenz, S., Honegger, M., Wallis, O., Michaelowa, A., & Poralla, M. (2025). Effective and fair policy to mobilize industrial carbon dioxide removal. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 30(6), 47.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-025-10235-8
• Oh, S., Greene, J., Honegger, M. & Michaelowa, A. (2025). Review of Economics and Policies of Carbon Dioxide Removal. Current Sustainable and Renewable Energy Report, 12(1), 6.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s40518-025-00252-1
• Winkler, M., Oh, S., Holland-Cunz, A., Honegger, M., Poralla, M., Vollmer, A., & Michaelowa, A. (2025). Exploring key dimensions of policy instruments for carbon dioxide removal. Climate Policy, 1–15.
  https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2521118
• Oh, S. & Al-Juaied, M. (2024). Decarbonizing industrial hubs and clusters: Towards an integrated framework of green industrial policies. Energy Research & Social Science, 117, 103777.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103777
• Gallagher, K. S. & Oh, S. (2023). Job Creation and Deep Decarbonization. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 39(4), 689–705.
  https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grad038
• Jaffe, A. M., Myslikova, Z., Qi, Q., Zhang, F., Oh, S., & Elass, J. (2023). Green innovation of state-owned oil and gas enterprises in BRICS countries: a review of performance. Climate Policy, 1–15.
  https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2022.2145261

Work in Progress

• Oh, S., Sy, S. A., Franck, T., Chi, K. H., Gallagher, K. S., & Sari, A. From coal-powered growth to green growth: A modeling assessment of jobs and resilience in Indonesia's net-zero path. Under Review
• Oh, S., Liu, H., Chi, K. H., Hampl, N., Owusu-Mante, S., Jain, S., Cui, Z., Gopalakrishnan, T., Gallagher, K. S., & Narassimhan, E. From Policy Adoption to Outcomes: Assessing Climate Policy Implementation Gaps Across Six Emerging Economies. Under Review