Hyojin Seo

Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow

King's Business School, King's College London

About me

I am a social scientist researching gender and labour market, with a background in comparative social policy. My work is international and interdisciplinary in nature, drawing on perspectives across Europe and East Asia.

Since February 2026, I have been a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow, based in the Department of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations and King's Global Institute for Women's Leadership at King's Business School.

About

『RePRECARiAT』

My fellowship project RePRECARiAT(Rethinking gendered PRECARity in the Age of Technology) examines how digitalisation shapes the long-term labour market experiences of workers in the UK and South Korea, with a particular focus on gendered precarity. The project draws on mixed methods, combining quantitative approaches with qualitative inquiry.

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

My broader research centres on the gendered experience of precarious work and the institutional contexts — social policy, norms, and regulatory frameworks — that structure it.

Methodologically, I have expertise in quantitative methods, including Latent Class Analysis and Multilevel Modelling, as well as survey design and cross-national comparison.

Key topics of interest:

gender and labour market
precarious work
digitalisation
comparative social policy
labour market segmentation

Academic background

Prior to my current fellowship, I held positions at Tilburg University (Netherlands), KU Leuven (Belgium), the University of Kent (UK), and Ewha Womans University (South Korea).

I received my PhD in Social Policy from the University of Kent, and hold a BA and MA in Social Welfare (Policy) from Ewha Womans University(이화여자대학교). I also hold a BSc in Chemistry and Nano-science from Ewha Womans University. During my undergraduate and master's studies, I trained as a social worker — a grounding that continues to inform my commitment to research with real-world policy relevance.

2017 Nagoya, Japan