HK일반연구원

* Harvard University, Ph.D. in Government, November 2008
Primary fields: Comparative Political Economy and East Asian Politics
Dissertation: Global Forces, Local Adjustments: The Politics of Labor Market Deregulation in Contemporary Japan and Korea. Advisor: Torben Iversen

* Korea University, M.A. in Political Science and International Relations with Highest Honors, August 2001
Concentration: Comparative Politics
Master thesis: The Politics of Financial Reform After the Asian Financial Crisis in Korea and Thailand [in Korean]. Advisor: Byung-Kook Kim

* Korea University, B.A. in Political Science and International Relations with Highest Honors, August 1998

Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Graduate School of International Studies, August 2017-July 2018 & August 2019-present
- Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, September 2016- present
- Assistant Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, September 2014-August 2016

* Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
- Assistant Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, September 2013-August 2014

* University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
- Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and College of International Studies, August 2009-August 2013

* Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Advanced Research Fellow, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, September 2008-June 2009

Ph. D. Dissertation: Global Forces, Local Adjustments: The Politics of Labor Market Deregulation in Contemporary Japan and Korea. Advisor: Torben Iversen

Master thesis: The Politics of Financial Reform After the Asian Financial Crisis in Korea and Thailand [in Korean]. Advisor: Byung-Kook Kim

[14] “The Political Economy of Japan’s Pension Reform,” Review of International and Area Studies 28:4 (2019), pp. 71-99 (in Korean)
[13] “Abe Government’s Growth Strategy under the Pressure of Declining Fertility Rates and Aging Population,” Korea and International Politics 35:3 (2019), pp. 157-191 (in Korean)
[12] “Japan’s Contested Labor Market Reform,” Journal of Contemporary Asia 49:4 (July 2019), pp. 650-673
[11] “Young People, Precarious Work, and the Development of Youth Employment Policies in Japan,” Japanese Journal of Political Science 19:3 (September 2018), pp. 444-460
[10] “Activating Women in the Labor Market: The Development of South Korea’s Female-Friendly Employment and Labor Market Policies,” Korea Observer 47:3 (autumn 2016), pp. 559-596
[9] “The Politics of Immigrant Incorporation Policies in Korea and Japan,” Asian Perspective 40:1 (January-March 2016), pp. 1-26
[8] “Economic Empowerment of Women as the Third Arrow of Abenomics,” Journal of International and Area Studies 22:1 (June 2015), pp. 113-128
[7] “Development of Public-Funded Social Care in Japan and Korea: Policy Linkage between Social Care Programs and Labor Market Policies,” Korea Observer 46:2 (summer 2015), pp. 265-294
[6] “Labor Markets, Care Regimes, and Foreign Care Worker Policies in East Asia,” Social Policy & Administration 49:3 (May 2015), pp. 376-393 (DOI: 10.1111/spol.12081, published online first: June 13, 2014)
[5] “Japan’s Regional Inequality in Hard Times,” Pacific Focus 30:1 (April 2015), pp. 126-149
[4] “The Politics of Family Policies in Korea,” Korea Observer 43:2 (summer 2012), pp. 209-31
[3] “Economic Distress, Labor Market Reforms, and Dualism in Japan and Korea,”
Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions 25:3 (July 2012), pp. 415-38
[2] “The Diverging Political Pathways of Labor Market Reform in Japan and Korea.” Journal of East Asian Studies 12:2 (May-August 2012), pp. 161-91
[1] “Japan’s Labor Market Reform after the Collapse of the Bubble Economy: Political Determinants of Regulatory Changes,” Asian Survey 50:6 (November/December 2010), pp. 1011-31