Journal Articles

• Lim, H.J., 2023. East Asian Mothers’ attitudes towards their children’s education in England: dialectics of East Asian and English education. Journal of Family Studies, 29 (4), 1722-1743.
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• Lim, H.J., 2022. Case Study: Enhancing the Learning Experiences of BAME Students at a University: The University Role. Social Policy and Society, 21 (1), 134-141.
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• Lim, H.J., 2021. Traversing: Familial Challenges for Escaped North Koreans. Journal of Refugee Studies, 34 (4), 4279-4299.
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• Lim, H.J., 2021. Human Rights Activism Among North Korean Refugees in the UK: Hope for a Democratic Future? Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, 6 (4), 277-286.
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• Lim, H., 2015. Chinese and Korean mothers in England: motherhood, gender and employment. Families, Relationships and Societies.
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• Lim, H., 2012. Culture and Motherhood: Findings from a Qualitative Study of East Asian Mothers in Britain’. Families, Relationships and Societies, 1 (3), 327-343.
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• Lim, H., 2011. The life history interview: researching the dynamic identities of ethnic minority women in Britain. Enquire, 4, 1-21.
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Books

• Lim, H.-J., 2023. North Korean women and defection. Bristol University Press.
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• Polkinghorne, M. et al., 2023. Fusion Learning Conference 2023 - Proceedings. Poole, Dorset, UK, BH12 5BB: Bournemouth University.
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• Lim, H.-J., 2018. East Asian Mothers in Britain An Intersectional Exploration of Motherhood and Employment. Springer.
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Chapters

• Lim, H.J., 2019. Motherhood experiences of East Asian women in Britain. Motherhood in Contemporary International Perspective: Continuity and Change. 121-133.
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• Lim, H.J., 2018. Introduction. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. 1-36.
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• Lim, H.J., 2018. The Question of Identity for East Asian Migrant Women. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. 37-77.
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• Lim, H.J., 2018. Gendered Division of Household Labour. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. 201-231.
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• Lim, H.J., 2018. ‘I Also Have a Life Other Than Just Being a Mother’: Narratives of Employed Mothers. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. 163-199.
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• Lim, H.J., 2018. Narratives of Stay-at-Home Mothers: The Ideology of Intensive Motherhood. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. 117-161.
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• Lim, H.J., 2018. Intersectionality and Storytelling in the Context of East Asian Mothers. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. 79-115.
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• Lim, H.J., 2018. Conclusion. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. 233-249.
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Conferences

• Lim, H., 2018. Effects of defection: familial challenges for escaped North Koreans. In: Transnational Family Justice in Migration Crises 19 July 2017 Middlesex University.
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• Lim, H., 2014. I should have married an Englishman”: the perceived impact of the husband’s ethnicity on gendered division of household labour for East Asian migrant women in England. In: British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2014 23-25 April 2014 University of Leeds.
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• Lim, H., 2014. The Persistent Impact of Gendered Ideology: Narratives of East Asian Mothers in Britain. In: University of York Centre for Women’s Studies Conference: Asian Women Negotiating Hierarchy within Family 15 April 2010 University of York.
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• Lim, H.J., 2014. Culture, Motherhood and Employment: Findings from a Pilot Qualitative Study of East Asian Working Mothers in Britain. In: Featherstone, B., ed. The Mother War Conference 25-26 June 2009 University of Surrey.
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• Lim, H. and Skinner, T., 2013. Intersectionality in Lived Experience: Disability, Migration, Religion, Poverty, Care and Motherhood. In: British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2013 17-19 April 2013 London.
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• Lim, H.J., 2012. The Intersection of Culture, Motherhood and Employment: Findings from a Pilot Qualitative Study of East Asian Working Mothers in Britain. In: Featherstone, B., ed. British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2010 21-23 April 2010 University of Glasgow Caledonian.
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• Lim, H., 2011. Research Stories: Opportunities and Obstacles for Social Scientists. In: University of Nottingham 3rd Enquire Conference 20 July 2011 University of Nottingham.
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• Lim, H., 2011. Motherhood and Employment: Narratives of East Asian Mothers in England. In: British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2011 13-15 April 2011 London School of Economics.
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• Lim, H., 2010. Voices of the Marginalised: A Qualitative Study of South Korean Mothers in New Malden. In: 4TH ESRC Research Methods Festival 28 July 2010-31 October 2014 University of Oxford.
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Reports

• Lim, H.-J., Alus, Y., Ashencaen Crabtree, S., Willetts, C. and Parker, J., 2015. Swimming Upstream: Identifying student anxieties and solutions. Bournemouth: Centre for Social Work, Sociology & Social Policy, Bournemouth University.
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Internet Publications

• Lim, H.-J. and Lim, H.. A terrible fate awaits North Korean women who escape to China.. Available from: http://theconversation.com/a-terrible-fate-awaits-north-korean-women-who-escape-to-china-82992.
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PhD Students

• Clare Keys. Who is looking after the UK citizen children of migrants detained for immigration purpose?, (In progress)
• David Galley. Social Work is Women’s Work, Right?
• Melsia Tomlin-Kraftner

Profile of Teaching UG

• Families and Kinship in Contemporary Society; Sociology of Ageing; Sociology of Health and Illness; Social Exclusion and Discrimination; Politics and Ideology

Grants

• How effective are menopause policies at universities in England? (British Academy/Leverhulme, 01 Apr 2024). In Progress
• The ‘things I need to know but wasn’t told’: PPI for Knowledge Exchange Health Promotion workshops for young women (BU Women's Network, 01 Mar 2024). Completed
• Neonate simulators and digital stories: enhancing social work practitioner’s knowledge of problem substance use during pregnancy (ACORN, 01 May 2020). Awarded
• Trafficking of North Korean Female Defectors (Bournemouth University, 01 Apr 2017). Completed
• Voices of the Secret State: Human Rights Activism among North Korean Defectors in the UK (Bournemouth University, 01 Apr 2016). Completed
• The Intersection of Motherhood Identity with Culture and Class: a Qualitative Study of East Asian Mothers in England. (University of Bath, 01 Oct 2008). Awarded

Conference Presentations

• Transnational Family Justice Conference, Effects of defection: familial challenges for escaped North Koreans, 19 Jul 2017, Middlesex University
• International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) Annual Conference, Voices of the Secret State: Human Rights Activism among North Korean Defectors in the UK, Envisioning the Possibility of Political Change in North Korea, 12 Jul 2016, Warsaw, Poland
• British Sociological Association (BSA) Annual Conference, North Korean defectors in the UK, 06 Apr 2016, University of Birmingham
• ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, North Korean defectors and their human rights activism, 27 Jun 2015, Bournemouth University

Qualifications

• PGCE in Educational Practice (Bournemouth University, 2017)
• PhD in Sociology (University of Bath, 2012)
• MRes (Master of Research in Sociology (University of Bath, 2008)
• BSc (hons) in Sociology with Human Resource Management (University of Bath, 2007)

Honours

• HEA Fellow, Postgraduate Certificate in Educational Practice (Bournemouth University, 2017)
• The Stephen Cotgrove Prize for Best Student in Sociology (University of Bath, 2007)
• Student of the Year Prize (Thanet College, 2003)

Memberships

• The BSA Race and Ethnicity Study Group, Member (2013-),
• East Asian Social Research Network, Member (2012-),
• British Sociological Association, Member (2008-),

Website Links

• The article was about the Festival of Learning event that Dr Lim organised on 11 July 2017., http://www.ifreenk.com/87671