About
Kazimier Lim is a PhD candidate at the LSE Department of International Relations.
Kazimier is broadly interested in the intellectual and cultural foundations of verticality in international relations. His LSE PhD Studentship-funded doctoral research investigates how the scientific discovery of powered flight fundamentally altered the ways international politics is imagined, conceptualised, and practised. His other projects investigate how de facto actors choose different strategies to perform sovereignty and how actors engage in conspicuous consumption through national civil aviation infrastructures.
Kazimier’s work has been published by leading outlets and think tanks, including The Diplomat, the Lowy Institute, East Asia Forum, and the Australian Institute of International Affairs' Australian Outlook. He is co-convening the LISS-DTP-funded DoingIPS PhD Seminar Series in International Political Sociology (2025/2026) in London and is an active member of the Millennium: Journal of International Studies editorial board.
Kazimier is also a member of the Australian Institute of International Affairs' NextGen Network and the Pacific Forum's Young Leaders Program. He previously sat on the Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council (AGMC) National Committee and was recognised in Out for Australia's 30 Under 30 Awards.
A management consultant by training, Kazimier has advised businesses, government agencies, and not-for-profit organisations to translate policy into practice. He brings expertise in strategy, organisational performance, and leadership and capability in the government, health and aging, human services, education, and energy and decarbonisation sectors.
Research topic
When Nations Fly: International civil aviation and the transformation of international politics
Academic supervisors
Expertise
Aviation Politics; Postwar Institutions; Australian Foreign Policy; Southeast Asian Politics; Taiwanese Politics; Queer Politics; Imaginaries; Sovereignty; Historical IR; Critical Theory; Political Geography; International Political Sociology
Research Cluster affiliation
Theory/Area/History Research Cluster
Teaching
IR101: Contemporary Issues in International Relations (2025/26)