Colloquium in October 2024 Misun Lim (Postdoctoral research fellow at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and University of Siegen, Germany) Recent studies highlight the role of parenthood in perpetuating persistent gender inequality in the labour market. We examine whether the transition to parenthood influences job-related training participation. This study Read more…
Colloquium in September 2024 Youngcho Lee(Pusan National University, Department of Sociology) Previous studies on the gendered division of household labor and responsibilities have characterized mothers as the household managers primarily responsible for mental labor and fathers as ‘helping out’ with physical tasks when asked or given directions. While such a Read more…
Colloquium in May 2024 Ohjae Gowen (Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology, Harvard University, US) In the recent discussion on the “gender revolution,” the challenges dual-earner parents face in balancing work and family have been identified as the primary cause of gender inequalities. It has also been argued that the revolution 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 January 2024 Juyeon Park (Professor, Department of Sociology, Yonsei University, South Korea) Using interviews with 74 Korean undergraduate students at ten elite U.S. colleges, I explore how intersections of gender and class decide who pursues transnational mobility and cosmopolitan life more successfully. Men from highly-transnational families tried to Read more…
Colloquium in July 2023 Ho Youn Koh (Professor, Dept. of Political Science and Int’l Relations, Nazarbayev Univ., Kazakhstan) Since the #MeToo movement and gender-related events in 2018, feminism and generational conflicts have been utilized for political mobilization, making gender and generation an important topic to understand the current politics in Read more…
Colloquium in Nov. 2022 Kim, Lanu (Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences at KAIST, South Korea) Women and men often contribute differently to research knowledge. Do differences in these contributions partially explain disparities in academic career outcomes? We explore this by looking at how gender is embodied in research Read more…
Colloquium in Sept. 2022 Chang, Han Il (Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations at Kookmin Univ., South Korea) Using survey data collected in 2021 and 2022, this study analyzes gender differences in authoritarian attitudes between the young (born after 1980) and the middle-aged (born in the year between Read more…
Colloquium in May 2022 Lee, Yeonjin (Professor, Dept. of Sociology at Kookmin Univ., South Korea) Among all OECD countries, South Korean older adults work until the latest age. We investigate the extent to which work experiences over the life course and family circumstances can be associated with older workers’ incentives Read more…
Colloquium in Apr. 2022 Kim, Kwanwook (Professor, Dept. of Cultural Anthropology at Duksung Women’s Univ., South Korea) The primary goal of this study is to address changes in the working environment of call center during the COVID–19 crisis. Furthermore, it intends to discuss that the health of counselors in this Read more…