Pusan National University, Department of Sociology

• 2024 - : Assistant Professor

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

• 2023 - 2024 : LSE Fellow

• 2022 - 2023 : ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Cambridge, PhD in Sociology (viva passed without corrections)

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

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

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

Korea Development Institute (KDI) School of Public Policy and Management, MA 

Ewha Womans University, BA (Hons) 

Peer-reviewed Articles

1. Lee, Youngcho (2026) A Qualitative Study of Divergent Workplace Practices Following South Korea’s 52-Hour Working Time Reform. Social Policy & Administration, 60(6). DOI: 10.1111/spol.70071 [SSCI, open access]

2. Choi, Meera and Lee, Youngcho (2026) Parenting culture in a neoliberal market society and the ‘no-kids zone’ controversy in South Korea. Sociology Compass, 20(3): e70175. DOI: 10.1111/soc4.70175 [SSCI, open access] 

3. Lee, Youngcho and Uzunalioglu, Merve (2026) (How) does fathers’ uptake of leave equalise the gendered division of childcare and housework?: A review and reflection. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 46(3/4): 357-373. DOI: 10.1108/IJSSP-06-2025-0398. [SCOPUS]

4. Choi, Meera and Lee, Youngcho (2024) Spatial norms as traversable and gendered: A study of parental experiences of 'no-kids zones' in South Korea. Gender, Place & Culture, 32(7), 1058–1078. DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2024.2396879 [SSCI, open access]

5. Lee, Youngcho (2024) 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 [SSCI, open access]

6. 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 [SSCI, open access]

7. 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 [SSCI, open access]

8. Lee, Youngcho (2023) 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 [SCOPUS, open access]

9. 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 [SSCI, open access]

   • • 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)

Teaching Awards

• Nominated for the Inclusive Teaching Award 2024, LSE Student Union

Methodology teaching (Quantitative, qualitative, and survey methods)

• 사회통계 (Social Statistics), Pusan National University Department of Sociology (lecturer, undergraduate level), 2026~

• 사회조사방법론 (Social Research Methods), Pusan National University Department of Sociology (lecturer, undergraduate level), 2025~

• 통계연구방법 (Statistical Research Methods), Pusan National University Department of Sociology (lecturer, graduate level), 2025~

• 소셜데이터의 이해와 분석 (Understanding and Analyzing Social Data), Pusan National University Department of Sociology (lecturer, undergraduate level), 2024~

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

• Statistics and Methods (SOC 5), University of Cambridge HSPS (Human, Social and Political Sciences) Tripos (supervisor, undergraduate level), 2020~22

• University of Cambridge Social Sciences Research Methods Programme module: (demonstrator, graduate level): Introduction to STATA, Doing Multivariate Analysis, Further Topics in Multivariate Analysis, 2019~2021

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

• 가족사회학 (Sociology of Family), Pusan National University Department of Sociology (lecturer, undergraduate & graduate level), 2024~

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

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

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

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

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

Research skills

• Software: STATA, Qualtrics, NVivo

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

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