2022 University of Cambridge, PhD in Sociology 

• Full scholarship jointly funded by the Cambridge International Trust & Murray Edwards College 

• Thesis: Fathers’ Uptake of Parental Leave in South Korea: Determinants and Aftermaths

• Viva passed without corrections

• Examiners: Professor Mary Brinton (Harvard) & Professor Margaret O’Brien (UCL)

• Supervisor: Professor Maria Iacovou / Advisor: Professor Jacqueline Scott

2018 London School of Economics and Political Science, MSc in Gender, Policy, Inequalities (Distinction & Overall best performance award)

2017 Korea Development Institute (KDI) School of Public Policy and Management, MA in Development Policy (Summa Cum Laude)

2016 Ewha Womans University, BA (Hons) in International Studies (Magna Cum Laude)

London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Social Policy

• 2023 Sept - : LSE Fellow

• 2022 Oct - 2023 Sept: ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow

Peer-reviewed Articles

1. Lee, Youngcho (2023) Narratives of children's gender socialization from fathers who take parental leave in South Korea. Sex Roles, 9(2): 98-109. DOI: 10.1007/s11199-023-01429-y

2. Lee, Youngcho (2023) ‘Undoing gender’ or selection effects? Fathers’ uptake of leave and involvement in housework and childcare in South Korea. Journal of Family Studies, 29(5): 2430-2458. DOI: 10.1080/13229400.2023.2200747

3. Lee, Youngcho (2023) Online media experiences of caregiving fathers: A study of leave-taking fathers in South Korea. Family Relations, 72(2): p.426-442. DOI: 10.1111/fare.12817

4. Lee, Youngcho (2022) Norms about childcare, working hours, and fathers’ uptake of parental leave in South Korea. Community, Work & Family, 26(4): p. 466-491. DOI: 10.1080/13668803.2022.2031889

5. Lee, Youngcho (2022) Is leave for fathers pro-natalist? A mixed-methods study of the impact of fathers’ uptake of parental leave on couples’ childbearing intentions in South Korea. Population Research and Policy Review, 41(4): p.1471–1500. DOI: 10.1007/s11113-022-09697-4 

   • • 2022 American Sociological Association (ASA) Outstanding Student Paper Award, Honorable Mention

Book Reviews

1. Lee, Youngcho (2023) The Flexibility Paradox: Why Flexible Working Leads to (Self-) Exploitation by Heejung Chung. Gender, Work & Organization. DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12983

2. Lee, Youngcho (2023) Women, Welfare and Productivism in East Asia and Europe by Ruby Chau and Sam Yu. European Journal of Social Security. 25(1): 102-104. DOI: 10.1177/13882627231158522

Other Publications

• Lee, Youngcho (2022) Fathers’ Uptake of Parental Leave in South Korea: Determinants and Aftermaths. University of Cambridge, Department of Sociology. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/337127 (Doctoral thesis)

Works Under Review

• Choi, Meera and Lee, Youngcho (Revised and resubmitted to Gender, Place & Culture) Spatial Norms as Traversable and Gendered: A Study of Parental Experiences of 'No-Kids Zones' in South Korea

• Lee, Youngcho and Uzunalioglu, Merve (Under review in the Journal of European Social Policy) Does fathers’ uptake of parental leave lead to greater gender equality in the division of domestic labour?: A review and reflection

Methodology teaching (Quantitative & qualitative methods)

• Understanding Policy Research (SP401), London School of Economics Department of Social Policy (seminar teacher, graduate level), academic year 2023/24  

• Statistics and Methods (SOC 5), University of Cambridge HSPS (Human, Social and Political Sciences) Tripos (supervisor, undergraduate level), academic years 2020/21 & 2021/22

• Doing Multivariate Analysis, University of Cambridge Social Sciences Research Methods Programme module: (demonstrator, graduate level), academic year 2021/22

• Further Topics in Multivariate Analysis, University of Cambridge Social Sciences Research Methods Programme module: (demonstrator, graduate level), academic year 2020/21

• Introduction to STATA, University of Cambridge Social Sciences Research Methods Programme module (demonstrator, graduate level), academic years 2019/20 & 2020/21

Substantive teaching (Sociology, social policy, gender, family)

• Comparative and International Social Policy (SP200), London School of Economics Department of Social Policy (convenor, lecturer and class teacher, undergraduate level), academic year 2023/24  

• Understanding International Social and Public Policy (SP100), London School of Economics Department of Social Policy (class teacher, undergraduate level), academic year 2022/23  

• Social Theory (SOC 2), University of Cambridge HSPS (Human, Social and Political Sciences) Tripos (supervisor, undergraduate level), academic year 2020/21

• Sociology of Gender (SOC 10), University of Cambridge HSPS (Human, Social and Political Sciences) Tripos (supervisor, undergraduate level), academic year 2021/22

• The Family (PBS 8), University of Cambridge PBS (Psychological and Behavioral Sciences) Tripos (supervisor, undergraduate level), academic year 2021/22

Research skills

• Software: STATA, Qualtrics, NVivo

• Quantitative methods: Descriptive analysis, multivariate analysis, survey design

• Qualitative methods: Semi-structured interviews, policy analysis, creative methods

Membership

• FemQuant (International network of feminist quantitative methods), Coordinator

• LPR (International Network on Leave Policy and Research)

• 한국여성사회정책연구자 네트워크 

• 불평등 연구회 

• Reviewer for Journal of Marriage and Family, Community, Work & Family, Population Research and Policy Review, etc