Colloquium in January 2025 Dongkyun Im (Seoul National University, Department of Sociology) A wide range of studies and arguments suggested that meritocracy reinforces or justifies inequality, thereby solidifying a winner-takes-all system. In addition, criticisms have been raised that the rise of meritocracy leads individuals to obsess over a narrow definition Read more…
Colloquium in November 2024 Won-tae Koh (CLIO Institute for Social Development Studies, Yonsei University) This study explores the possibility that the recent increase in premarital pregnancies may reflect differential demographic behaviors across social strata and examines whether this serves as a pathway for intergenerational inequality reproduction. Analysis using The Panel Read more…
Colloquium in early September 2024 Don Moon Cho (Chairman of Korea Contingent Workers’ Center, South Korea) Piketty explains that in capitalist societies, the return on assets is always higher than the growth rate of national income, leading to an inevitable trend of increasing inequality. In most capitalist societies, generally the Read more…
Colloquium in April 2024 Keunbok Lee (Researcher, Gyeonggi Research Institute, South Korea) In South Korea, the belief that children cannot achieve the same level of socioeconomic success as their parents’ generation has been widely spread. The sense of helplessness stemming from entrenched inequalities in life opportunities, coupled with the belief Read more…
Colloquium in March 2024 Jung In (Postdoc, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Globally, it has been observed that grandparents often step in to address childcare needs arising from the prevalence of double-income families among younger adults. This form of parental assistance significantly affects the life events of their Read more…
Colloquium in February 2024 Haram Jeon (Professor, Department of Education, Chonnam National University, South Korea) To explore the implications of disparities in early childhood education for later educational inequalities, this study investigates the relationship between students’ academic achievements, their family backgrounds, and their early childhood education experiences. To address this Read more…
Colloquium in May 2023 Youngshin Lim (Researcher, Education Research Institute at Seoul National Univ., South Korea) This study aims to examine how family dissolution rates have changed by class and family norms in Korea in recent ten years. Using the data from Social Survey conducted by Statistics Korea, the study Read more…
Colloquium in Apr. 2023 Bongoh Kye (Professor, Department of Sociology at Kookmin University, South Korea) In the midst of hyper-low fertility rate in South Korea, this study aims to empirically analyze the association between household income and fertility and explore its implications. Using the data from Family and Fertility Survey Read more…
Colloquium in Feb. 2023 Hye Won Kwon (Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Turku, Finland) Despite evidence of declining intergenerational mobility, recent studies have shown a rising trend of meritocratic belief (e.g., hard work pays off) among American adults. However, as scholarly attention has been focused on the power of adolescent beliefs Read more…
Colloquium in Jan. 2023 Hyunji Kwon (Professor, Department of Sociology at Seoul National University, South Korea) Over the last 30 years, the labor market structure in South Korea has experienced dramatic changes particularly in the occupational composition and the employment norm. In these changes, an increasing number of young professionals Read more…