Colloquium in Mar. 2022 Kim, Harris Hyun-Soo (Professor, Dept. of Sociology at Ewha Womans Univ., South Korea) and Yool Choi (Professor, Dept. of Sociology at Chung-Ang Univ., South Korea) This study examines the role of environmental contexts in mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. By using multilevel models, the study Read more…
Colloquium in Feb. 2022 Kim, Joeun (Professor, KDI School of Public Policy and Management, South Korea) The purpose of this study is to examine whether and how job demands, as measured through distinct combinations of work hours and work schedules, are associated with young people’s marital intentions in Korea, a Read more…
Colloquium in Jan. 2022 Lee, Sang-Jic (Researcher, National Assembly Futures Institute, South Korea) This study investigates structural changes in transition to adulthood between the year 1998 and 2017, during which Korean society went through changes in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis. The study’s research question is how and Read more…
Colloquium in Nov. 2021 In, Jung (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Nuffield College at the University of Oxford, UK) In 2014 Raj Chetty and his colleagues’ study of the U.S. tax data finds geographic differences in intergenerational social mobility in the US, and has been succeeded by similar studies of social mobility Read more…
Colloquium in Oct. 2021 Jang, Sou Hyun (Professor, Department of Sociology at Sungkyunkwan Univ., South Korea) There has been a plethora of research to reduce health disparities with various research methods. In the current presentation, I introduce community-based participatory research (CBPR) and how it differs from the traditional research methods. Read more…
Colloquium in Sept. 2021 Kim, Jinho (Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management at Korea University, South Korea) Despite gender similarity in math ability, studies show persistent gender differences in STEM aspirations among adolescents. Extending previous literature on student math ability, biased self-assessment, and gender stereotypes, this paper emphasizes Read more…
Colloquium in Aug. 2021 Suh, Hyungjun (Professor, School of Sociology at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia) This study investigates the conceptualization of housing inequality, and its impacts on subjective wellbeing and perceived social support in the context of post-socialist countries. As one of the ways Read more…
Colloquium in June 2021 Choi, Seongsoo (Professor, Dept. of Sociology at Yonsei Univ.) and Youngshin Lim (PhD Student, Dept. of Education at Seoul National Univ.) How have family background gaps in primary and secondary school students’ academic achievement changed in Korea? To answer the question, based on the total 11 Read more…
Colloquium in May 2021 Choi, Seung-won Emily (Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work at Texas Tech Univ.) This study examines the relationship between caring for grandchildren (i.e., grandparenting) and mortality risk and how the link differs by race-ethnicity in the United States. Drawing from the Health and Retirement Read more…
Colloquium in Apr. 2021 Jung, Gowoon (Professor, Department of Sociology at Kyung Hee Univ.) This study analyzes how young women construct their feminist identity in relation to participation in the ‘corset-free movement’ in South Korea, based on its online in-depth interviews with 40 women students in their early 20s, mostly Read more…