Kim is a PhD student at the University of British Columbia working on international relations and international organizations. Under the supervision of Katharina Coleman, her research delves into peace operations and the politics of consent. She focuses on the relationship between the United Nations and host countries during statebuilding processes. She holds an M.A and a B.A from the University of Montreal.

She previously interned at the United Nations with the Justice and Corrections Service within the Department of Peace Operations in 2024. From September 2025 to June 2026, she will be a visiting researcher at Yale as part of the Fox Fellowship.

Beaulieu, Kim. “In Search of Legitimacy? Canada’s Strategic Adoption of Feminist Branding in its Foreign Policy” Forthcoming, Canadian Journal of Political Science.

Yale Fox Fellowship, Fox International Fellowship, Yale University, 2025-2026

JSPS Predoctoral Fellowship for Research, Mitacs Globalink Research Award – Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), 2025

MINDS Scholarship Initiative award, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), 2023-2024

Canadian Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), 2023-2026

Doctoral Scholarship, Research Network on Women, Peace and Security, 2022

President’s Academic Excellence Award, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, 2022

International Development Studies Recruitment Award, McGill University, 2019

The Killam Undergraduate Fellowship Award, Fulbright Canada, 2018