​Drawing on ethnographic research and interviews with young adults in Seoul and Tokyo, this research seeks to understand why we experience inequality and insecurity in the ways we do at different times and places. 


Published research​


2024. (with Dr. Myungji Yang). ”Why Are Korean Millennials More Resentful of Inequality than Their Japanese Peers?” European Journal of Korean Studies 23(2): 161-188. Link to the paper


2023. (with Jiehyun Roh and Jaeseog Yang) "National Patterns of Inequality Coverage: Japanese and South Korean Newspapers, 1990-2021." International Sociology 39(1): 92–112. Link to the paper


​2022. “Contradiction as Injustice: How Senses of Inequality Differ Across National Contexts.” Sociology 56(4): 710–729. — Link to the paper Pdf