RESEARCH

Working Papers

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

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

[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 upon request

[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

[5] “Security Threats, Geographical Proximity, and the Redistribution of Alliance Dilemmas: Evidence from European Union Defense Integration”

  • Co-authored with Veronica Shirokova (NYU), undergraduate co-author
  • Veronica is finishing her B.A. in International Relations at New York University, with a focus on Russia and the post-Soviet space. She currently works at the Council on Foreign Relations, where she conducts research on Russian history, foreign policy and regional dynamics.

[6] “No One Left Behind?: Measuring American Public Opinion toward Military Collaborators”

  • Co-authored with Emmi Freeman (NYU), undergraduate co-author
  • Emmi is currently finishing her B.A. in International Relations and Middle Eastern Islamic Studies, with a focus on Arabic. She is interested in national security, intelligence, and diplomacy, with particular expertise in Middle Eastern politics. She is a Fulbright semi-finalist and plans to work as an associate at a research and financial services firm in New York City.

Works in Progress

“After the Bomb: Formation and Transmission of Attitudes toward Nuclear Weapons”

  • Book project


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 Statecraft: 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: Evidence from Field Experiments in Southeast Asia
  • [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 (Texas A&M)
  • 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 (Texas A&M)
  • Asian Survey 61(4), 2021