RESEARCH

Working Papers

[1] “Extreme Wartime Violence and Attitudes toward the Use of Force: Evidence from Atomic Bomb Survivors”

  • Chapter from the dissertation
  • Click the title above for the latest manuscript
  • Under Review

[2] “Intergenerational Transmission under Extreme Violence: Families, Memorial Institutions, and the Legacies of Atomic Bombings”

  • Chapter from the dissertation
  • Click the title above for the latest manuscript

[3] “Do War Memorial Museums Foster Peace or Backfire?: Evidence from Domestic and International Audiences

  • Chapter from the dissertation
  • Manuscript available after March 2026 (request from partnering organization)

[4] “Democratic Integration of Migrants from Autocracy: Lab-in-the-Field Evidence from North Korean Defectors“

  • Co-authored with Mike Gilligan (NYU)
  • Click the title above for the latest manuscript

Works in Progress


Post-Conflict Peacebuilding (Main Project, 2026–2032 Implementation)

  • [1] Rationalist Explanation for Political Apology: Theory and Evidence with Joohyun Shon (NYU)
  • [2] War Memory as Political Power: Memorial Museums, Domestic Cohesion, and Foreign Policy Preferences
  • [3] Learning Weapons Taboos from Museums of Extreme Violence: Evidence from Field Experiments in China, Vietnam, and Japan
  • [4] Postwar Diplomacy through Foreign Aid: Evidence from Field Experiments in Vietnam
  • [5] Post-Conflict Peacebuilding through Civic Education and Memorial Museums: Evidence from Field Experiments in Cambodia
  • [6] Postwar Peacebuilding through Peace Education: Evidence from Japan

“Extreme Wartime Violence and Attitudes toward the Use of Force: Evidence from Agent Orange Survivors in the Vietnam War”

Peer-Reviewed Publications

[4] “Legacy of Resisting State Repression: Evidence from the Gwangju Uprising in South Korea”

  • Online first at Comparative Political Studies

[3] “How the Fear of Entrapment Shapes South Korean Public Opinion on Conflicts with North Korea under the US Extended Deterrence?”

  • Pre-PhD research / Lead article with Hyeong-Pil Ham (ROK Army) and Man-Sung Yim (KAIST)
  • The Nonproliferation Review 30(1-3), 2024

[2] “Nonproliferation Information and Attitude Change: Experimental Evidence from South Korea”

  • Pre-PhD research / Chapter from MA thesis / Lead article with Jong Hee Park (SNU)
  • Journal of Conflict Resolution 67(6), 2023

[1] “Correlates of South Korean Public Opinion on Nuclear Proliferation”

  • Pre-PhD research / Chapter from MA thesis / Lead Article with Man-Sung Yim (KAIST)
  • Asian Survey 61(4), 2021