사회학과

I received my degree in 'Unfair Labor Practices (Domination/Intervention),' which is the only system that protects labor unions under the current labor law. I provide consultation on various labor-management problems occurring in the labor field and deal directly with disciplinary and unfair labor practices cases. In addition, I am analyzing and studying labor laws and systems in the hope of a society where the three labor rights, which are basic rights under the constitution, can be fully exercised for their original purpose.

Ph.D. candidate, Interdisciplinary Program in Gender in Gender Studies of Seoul National University. A member of the Centre for Women’s Culture and Theory. The main subjects of academic interest are feminist cultural studies, sexuality, affect. In particular, the recent research topic is the entanglement between the topography of the emerging digital cultural economy and the gendered sexual subculture. 「Escape and Resistance : 'Becoming' of a woman in Han Kang’s The Vegetarian」, 「Women Fans of Women Idols, The Dynamics of The Gaze」, 「A Cultural Perception on ‘Love’: Focusing the Representation of Love in Boys’ Love Web Novel」, 「Care as Production of ‘the Social’ with Others」, 『Femidology』.

I hold a PhD in sociology and conduct research and lectures aimed at providing cultural theoretical explanations for ideology and emotions, among other topics. I am a full-time researcher at the Institute of Convergence Knowledge and Society at Dong-A University. I am also an editorial board member of the cultural theory journal "Culture/Science" and serve as an operating member for the Critical Sociological Association of Korea and the Korean Association of Cultural Studies. My publications include "The World of 18"(2014), a book on youth subcultures, and "Fanatic's Guide"(2016), a collection of critiques on popular culture. I have also written articles such as "We Do Not Discriminate: 'Gender Equalism' and Anti-Multiculturalism as Evolved Forms of Hate Discourse"(2018) and "Platform and 'So-jung': The Limit Situation of the Old Myth of Contestation between Production and Consumption"(2017).

He received his PhD from the Department of Sociology at Sungkonghoe University and is currently an academic research professor at the Institute of Labor History at Sungkonghoe University. Based on sociological theory and methodology, research on the Chinese labor system and socioeconomic change is being conducted steadily. Major books and translations include 『China as seen through labor』(2019), 『Artificial Intelligence, Platform, Future of Labor』(2023), 『Social Economy and Publicness』(2021), 『Modern China Reading as a City 2』(2017), 『Dying for an iPhone』(2021), 『The future of China's New Workers』(2018), 『The formation of China's New Workers』(2017). Major academic papers include “The Articulation (Im)Possibilities of Platform Capitalism, Platform Cooperativism, and China's Platform Socialism”, “Beyond ‘Management’ and ‘Rights’ to the City: Political and Social Implications of the Beijing Worker’s House Commune”, “The Development of Digital Economy in China and the Transformation of Labor-Society”, “Reconstruction of Urban Space in Northeast China and Changes in Social Governance System”, and “Reorganization of Regional Order in the New Northeast Asia Era and Seeking New Economic Cooperation Model”, etc.

Jin Won Chung is a lecturer of Sociology at the Catholic University of Korea. She received her M.A. in Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS) from Columbia University and her Ph.D. in Sociology from Emory University. She worked as a visiting assistant professor in the department of Sociology at Emory University from 2014 to 2015 and a research professor in the Graduate School of International Studies at Korea University from 2017 to 2021. Her research interests lie in the institutionalization process by which social and cultural practices become widely accepted. Her current research areas include digital and social media use, social networks, and social integration.
Her publications have appeared in various peer reviewed journal such as Korean Journal of Sociology, Journal of Cybercommunication Academic Society, Development and Society, Journal of broadcasting and Electronic Media, Plos One.