Colloquium in October 2023 Juho Kim (Professor, Department of Sociology, Gyeongsang National University, South Korea) This study addresses the question of whether populism in South Korea is a mere construct of terminology and discourse, rather than a tangible political phenomenon. If this hypothesis holds true, how can we explain this Read more…
Colloquium in April 2020 Shin, Jin-Wook (Professor, Department of Sociology at Chung-Ang University) Recently the extractive and redistributive state capacity has been given greater attention as expected to alleviate class inequalities, which become critical problems in many industrialized societies. This study analyzes how the extractive and redistributive state capacity in Read more…
Yonsei-UPenn Joint Graduate Students Workshop was held at Yonsei University on June 7th, 2019. On the topics of family, welfare, and education, the total six studies were presented by graduate students from Yonsei University, Seoul National University, and University of Pennsylvania. The presentations were followed by the workshop participants’ questions and Read more…
Colloquium in Oct. 2018 Lee, Chul-Sung (Professor, Dept. of Sociology at Sogang Univ.) Based on ‘Household Income Trends’ in 1990~2016, this study analyzes how wealth inequality has increased in Korean society. According to the analysis, cohorts born in the 1930s~40s and the 1970s~80s show especially a high level of wealth inequality Read more…
Colloquium in Sep. 2017 Im, Dong-Kyun (Professor, Department of Urban Sociology at Univ. of Seoul, South Korea) Based on the attitude toward the social inequality and welfare issues, this research categorizes South Koreans into three groups. With RCA (Relational Class Analysis), the main method of this research, survey respondents’ attitude Read more…