RESEARCH

Working Papers

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

  • Revise & Resubmit at American Political Science Review
  • Chapter from the dissertation

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

  • Chapter from the dissertation
  • [PDF]

[3] “Do War Memorial Museums Persuade at Home and Abroad?: Evidence from Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum”

  • 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), Professor in New York University’s Department of Politics. His research centers on insurgency and violent extremism and the efforts of states and the international community to mitigate them through peacekeeping, disarmament demobilization and reintegration, building social capital and teaching tolerance and non-violence. 
  • [PDF]

[5] “Security Threats, Borders, 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 Foreign 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

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

  • Book project

[2] “Buying Peace without Apology: A Rationalist Explanation of Postwar Reconciliation”

  • Co-authored with Joohyun Shon (NYU), PhD candidate in the Wilf Family Department of Politics at New York University. He is a formal theorist studying political economy and American politics, with a focus on understanding the effects of corporations on policymaking and electoral accountability.

[3] “War Memory as Statecraft: Memorial Museums in Domestic and International Politics”

  • Field experiments scheduled in May – June 2027


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

  • Rationalist Explanation for Postwar Reconciliation: Theory and Evidence
  • War Memorial Museums and Postwar Peacebuilding
  • Postwar Diplomacy through Foreign Aid
  • Postconflict Peacebuilding through Civic Education
  • Postwar Peacebuilding through Peace Education

Peer-Reviewed Publications

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

  • Online first at Comparative Political Studies
  • [PDF]

[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
  • [PDF]

[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
  • [PDF]

[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
  • [PDF]