Education

• Ph. D. in Political Science, University of Chicago, 2005
  (Dissertation: “Women’s Luck? Women’s Choice? Toward a Feminist Theory of Equality,” 
  Iris Marion Young, Chair)
  
  M.A. in Political Science, University of Chicago, 1999
  
  B.A. with Honors in Political Science & International Relations, Ewha Women’s University, 1996

Professional Experience and Awards

<POSITION>

Professor, Department of Public Administration, Korea University, March 2018-present

Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, Korea University, March 2013–February 2018

Head Professor, Urban and Regional Public Administration Major, Graduate School of Policy Studies, Korea University, February 2013–January 2015

Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Korea University, March 2009–February 2012 

Research Professor, Center for the Reconstruction of Human Society, Kyung Hee University, December 2005– February 2009 

Lecturer, University of Chicago, 2004, 2005 



<AWARDS, HONORS & GRANTS>

- Best Academic Book Awarded by the Seojong Books, 2022.

- Best Academic Book Awarded by the National Academic of Science, 2017. 

- Best Academic Book Awarded by the Seojong Books, 2017.

- Jin Ri Scholarship Program Manager, A Research Program on the Governmental Theories for Future Scholars, Korea University, November 2016-January 2017.  

- Korea Journal Award, Best Article in Social Sciences, Korea Journal, Korean National Commission for UNESCO, Oct. 16 2015. 

- Research Grants for Senior Scholars in Humanities and Social Science, “Women’s Migration to Sex Industries and the Global Division of Reproductive Labor: A Perspective of Global Gender Justice,” National Research Foundation of Korea, Project Leader, $40,000, May 2014-April 2016.

- Excellent Teaching Award, Korea University, Spring/Fall 2012, Spring/Fall 2013, Spring 2010.

- Research Grants, “Establishing Sustainable Development Goals,” Presidential Committee on Green Growth, Project Leader, $20,000, September 2012-December 2012. 

- Seoktop Teaching Award, Korea University, Fall 2011.

- Research Grants for Junior Scholars in Humanities and Social Science, “Gendered Migration and Global Justice,” National Research Foundation of Korea, Project Leader, $30,000, May 2011-April 2013. 

- Best Researcher, Department of Public Administration, Korea University, 2009.

- Uam Academic Award (Social Science Division), American Studies Association of Korea, 2008.

- Dissertation Teaching and Research Fellowship, University of Chicago, 2004-05.

- Dissertation Grant in Women’s Studies, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, 2004.

- Center for Gender Studies Office Fellowship (CGS Fellow), Center for Gender Studies, University of Chicago, 2004-05, 2002-03. 

- Doolittle-Harrison Fellowship, University of Chicago, Summer 2004.

- Grodzins Lectureship Prize, University of Chicago, 2003-04.

- Korean Honor Scholarship, Korean Embassy at Washington D.C., 2002-03.

- Graduate Fellowship, University of Chicago, 1999-2001.

- Residential Fellowship, International House of the University of Chicago, 1999-2000.

- Excellent Junior Student, Ewha Women’s University, 1995.

- Undergraduate Honor Scholarship, Ewha Women’s University, 1995-96.

Undergraduate/Graduate Courses

<UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL>
On State, Public Philosophy and Ethics, Normative Policy Analysis, Minority Policy, Feminism

<GRADUATE LEVEL>
Public Philosophy, Care and Fairness, Normative Policy Analysis, Global Justice, Multiculturalism: Theory and Policy

Books

• <BOOK>
  
  - Caring Democratic State (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2022) [in Korean]. *Best Academic Book Awarded by the Seojong Books in 2022 
  
  - Crisis and Vision of Contemporary Politics (Seoul: Acarnet, 2020, co-authored) [in Korean]. 
  
  - Care & Fairness (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2018, co-edited) [in Korean].
  
  - Normative Policy Analysis (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2016) [in Korean]. *Best Academic Book Awarded by the National Academy of Science in 2017
  
  - Critiques of Korean Multiculturalism (Seoul: LP Press, 2016, co-authored) [in Korean]. *Best Academic Book Awarded by the Seojong Books in 2017 
  
  
  <BOOK TRANSLATIONS>
  
  - Dolbom Jiwon Kukgwa (Seoul: Partyoungsa, 2024, co-translated) [Maxine Eichner, The Supportive Sate (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010)].   
  
  - Poyonggwa Minjujuii (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2020, co-translated) [Iris Marion Young, Inclusion and Democracy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000)].
  
  - Dolbom: Jeonguiui simjang (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2017, co-translated) [Daniel Engster, The Heart of Justice: Care Ethics and Political Theory (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007)]. 
  
  - Dolbom: Dolbumyunli (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2017, co-translated) [Virginia Held, The Ethics of Care: Personal, Political, and Global (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006)]. 
  
  - Dolbom: Sarangui nodong (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2016, co-translated) [Eva Feder Kittay, Love’s Labor: Essays on Women, Equality and Dependency (New York: Routledge, 1999)]. 
  
  - Dolbom minjujuui (Seoul: Aporia Books, 2014, co-translated) [Joan C. Tronto, Caring Democracy (New York: NYU Press, 2013)]. 
  
  - Gongdongche (Seoul: A-Books, 2010, co-translated) [Gerald Delanty, Community (London: Routledge, 2003)].

Book Chapters

• - “Care Ethics and Care Politics in South Korea,” in Matilda Carter (ed.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Care Ethics (London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024). 
  
  - “Does a Strong LTC System Benefit Societal Well-being?” in The Care Dividend: Why and How Countries Should Invest in Long-term Care (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024).
  
  - “Iris Young: Structural Injustice and Inclusive Democracy,” in Biwhan Kim et al. Crisis and Vision of Contemporary Politics (Seoul: Acarnet, 2020, co-authored) [in Korean]. 
  
  - “Carism: Care as a Political Theory,” in Hee-Kang Kim & Hyun Im (eds.), Care & Fairness (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2018). [in Korean]
  
  - “Locating Feminism beyond Gender and Culture: A Case of the Korean-head System in South Korea,” in Andrew Eungi Kim (ed.), Contemporary Korean Society: An Introduction (Seoul: Korea University Press, 2017). 
  
  - “Locating Feminism beyond Gender and Culture: A Case of the Korean-head System in South Korea,” in Sungmoon Kim (ed.), Confucianism, Law, and Politics in South Korea (Rowman & Littlefield International, 2015).
  
  - “Western Feminism and Korean Feminism,” in Jung In Kang (ed.), Contemporary Korean Political Thought (Lanham, Maryland: Lextington Books, 2014).
  
  - “Public Policy, Social Justice, and Normative Theory,” in Chong-Min Park and Moo-Kwon Chung (eds.), Current Issues in Korean Administration (Seoul: Parkyoungsa, 2009). [in Korean] 
  
  - “Minority Politics in U.S.,” in Association for Studies of American Politics (ed.), U.S. Politics and Government (Seoul: Myunginmoonhwasa, 2008). [in Korean] 
  
  - “Trends and Issues in Western Feminist Theory and Their Implications to Korean Feminist Scholarship in the Global Context” in Korean Political Science Association (ed)., Development of Contemporary Political Theories (Goyang: Ingansarang, 2006). [in Korean]
  

Journal Articles

• <IN ENGLISH>
  
  
  - “Caring Community in Zimbabwe: A Case of the Musasa Project,” Journal of Regional Studies and Development Vol. 33, No. 1 (April 2024): 173-211. Co-authored with Overson Musopero. 
  
  
  - “The Basic Income and Care Ethics,” Journal of Social Philosophy Vol. 52, No. 3 (Sept. 2021): 328-343. 
  
  - “Care Ethics as a Challenge to the Structural Oppression Surrounding Care,” Ethics and Social Welfare Vol. 15, No. 2 (May 2021): 151-166. 
  
  - “A Caring Welfare State in South Korea: Challenges and Prospects,” International Journal of Care and Caring Vol. 2, No. 3 (August 2018): 333-48. *Selected as the Editor’s Choice
  
  - “Is the Long-Term Care Insurance in South Korea a Socialising Care Policy?” Critical Social Policy Vol. 36, No.4 (November 2016): 1-19.
  
  - “Feminism, Nationalism, and Beyond: A Note on the Comfort Women Movement,” New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies Vol. 17, No. 1 (June 2015): 1-20.
  
  - “Feminization of Migration and Global Gender Injustice,” OUGHTOPIA: The Journal of Social Paradigm Studies Vol. 29, No. 2 (November 2014): 5-32.
  
  - “Revisiting the Constitutionality of Voting Rights of Overseas Koreans,” Korea Journal Vol. 54, No. 1 (March 2014): 5-29. Co-authored with Hyun Im.
  
  - “Marriage Migration between South Korea and Vietnam: A Gender Perspective,” Asian Perspective Vol. 36, No. 6 (September 2012): 531-563. 
  
  - “The Comfort Women System and Women’s International Human Rights,” Korea Observer Vol. 43, No. 2 (Summer 2012): 175-208. 
  
  - “Luck and the Gendered Social Structure,” Journal of Women, Politics & Policy Vol. 31, No. 1 (January-March 2010): 67-92. 
  
  - “Analyzing the Gender Division of Labor: The Cases of the U. S. and South Korea,” Asian Perspective Vol. 33, No. 2 (June 2009): 181-229. 
  
  - “Should Feminism Transcend Nationalism? A Defense of Feminist Nationalism in South Korea,” Women's Studies International Forum Vol. 32, No. 2 (May 2009): 108-119. 
  
  - “What Should a Good Feminist Theory of Equality Be? A Critique of Ronald Dworkin,” Korean Journal of International Studies Vol. 47, No. 5 (December 2007): 59-77.
  
  - “Locating Feminism beyond Culture and Gender: A Case of the Family-head System in South Korea,” Discourse 201 Vol. 10, No. 1 (May 2007): 245-290.
  
  - “Equality as an Evaluation of Social Relations,” Public Affairs Quarterly Vol. 20, No. 4 (October 2006): 313-328.
  
  - “On Liberal Nationalism,” Korean Journal of Public Policy Vol. 19 (December 2005): 43-59.
  
  
  
  <IN KOREAN>
  
  - “ 'Caring Robots'?: Care Robot and the Ethics of Robot Care,” Governmental Studies Vol. 30, No. 2 (August 2024): 31-59. 
  
  - “Global Citizenship Education From the Perspective of Care Ethics,” Korean Journal of Immigration Policy & Administration Vol. 7, No. 2 (June 2024): 167-187. 
  
  - “Care and Welfare,” Governmental Studies Vol. 27, No. 2 (August 2021): 35-62. 
  
  - “COVID-19, Care Injustice and Care-inclusive State,” Korean Public Administration Review Vol. 55, No. 2 (June 2021). Co-authored with Sunkyoung Park. 
  
  - “Public Perception on the Public Value of Care and State Roles for Care Justice during the COVID-19 Crisis,” Korea and International Society Vol. 37, No. 1 (Spring 2021): 117-152. Co-authored with Sunkyoung Park. 
  
  - “Caring Democracy: Beyond Liberal and Social Democracies,” Korean Women’s Studies Vol. 36, No. 1 (March 2020): 59-93.
  
  - “Examining Dual Poverty Studies From the Perspective of Care,” Korean Social Policy Vol. 26, No. 1 (March 2019): 35-59. Co-authored with Youngmin Shin.
  
  - “The Rights of Migrant Workers: Beyond the Dichotomy of Human Rights and State Sovereignty,” Legal Studies Vol. 42, No. 4 (December 2018): 133-175. Co-authored with Hyun Im.
  
  - “Care as a Constitutional Value,” Korean Social Policy Vol. 25, No. 2 (June 2018): 3-29. 
  
  - “Care and Political Theory without Care,” Korean Political Science Review Vol. 52, No. 2 (June 2018): 203-224. 
  
  - “Public Policy for Migrant Women in Sex/Entertaining Industries,” Multiculture & Peace Vol. 11, No. 2 (June 2017): 83-112. Co-authored with Hyung Joo Song. 
  
  - “Women’s International Migration to Sex/Entertaining Industries,” Gender & Culture Vol. 10, No. 1 (June 2017): 45-61. Co-authored with Hyung Joo Song. 
  
  - “Analysis of the UN sustainable Development Goals Using Martha Nussbaum’s Capabilities Approach,” Korean Public Administration Review Vol. 50, No. 3 (September 2016): 35-63. Co-authored with E Sol Cho. 
  
  - “The Caring State: A New Vision of Welfare State,” Governmental Studies Vol. 22, No. 1 (April 2016): 1-26. 
  
  - “Why Should Refugees Be Protected?” Discourse 201 Vol. 18, No. 3 (August 2015): 5-33. 
  
  - “Immigration Policy in the Era of Multiculturalism: Policy Directions for Permanent Residency System,” Korea Public Administration Review Vol. 49, No. 1 (March 2015): 223-244. Co-authored with Ji Hye Ryu. 
  
  - “John Rawls’s ‘Human Rights’ and Humanitarian Intervention Policy,” Discourse 201 Vol. 18, No. 1 (February 2015): 69-100. Co-authored with Yoo Jin Choi. 
  
  - “Green Aid Policy and Democracy,” Journal of Peace Studies Vol. 15, No. 3 (Semptember 2014): 63-89. Co-authored with Bobae Jeong. 
  
  - “Paradox of Multiculturalism,” Discourse 201 Vol. 16, No. 4 (November 2013): 67-95. 
  
  - “Just Wage, Just Society: Notes on a Normative Justification of Comparable Worth,” 21st Century Political Science Review Vol. 22, No. 1 (May 2012): 23-45. 
  
  - “Foreign Aid Policies, What are they Problematic? On Thomas Pogge’s Theory of Global Justice,” OUGHTOPIA: The Journal of Social Paradigm Studies Vol. 27, No. 1 (May 2012): 67-98. Co-authored with Bobae Jeong. 
  
  - “Quality of Government and Impartiality,” Journal of Governmental Studies Vol. 17, No. 3 (December 2011): 3-18. 
  
  - “A Public Ethic of Care: Eva Kittay and the ‘Care Aid Program to Families with Disabled Children’ in South Korea,’” Korean Political Science Review Vol. 44, No. 4 (December 2010): 45-72. Co-authored with Moon Sun Kang. 
  
  - “Japanese ‘Comfort Women’ and Responsibility,” Asian Studies Vol. 53, No. 3 (September 2010): 79-108. 
  
  - “Publicity, Social Groups, and Deliberative Democracy,” Korean Political Science Review Vol. 44, No. 2 (June 2010): 5-27. 
  
  - “Dilemmas of Women’s Human Rights,” Korean Political Science Review Vol. 43, No. 4 (December 2009): 99-124.    
  
  - “Is Polygamy Patriarchal? On the Mormon’s Polygamy Debate in the United States, 1862-1890,” Korean Political Science Association Vol. 42, No. 3 (September 2008): 99-120. 
  
  - “2007 US Immigration Reform: Process, Implication, and Pluralism in U.S. ” American Studies Vol. 39, No. 3(December 2007): 139-172. Co-authored with Sung-jin Yoo and Byong-Kwon Sohn. 
  
  - “American Republicanism in John Adams’s Defence,” Korean Political Science Review Vo. 41, No. 1 (March 2007): 211-234. 
  
  - “A Feminist Critique of the Luck Egalitarian Concept of Autonomy,” Korean Political Science Review Vol. 41, No. 3 (September 2006): 79-101. 
  
  - “Trends and Issues in Western Feminist Theory and Their Implications to Korean Feminist Scholarship in the Global Context” 21st Century Political Science Review Vol. 16, No. 2 (September 2006): 27-50; Reprinted in Korean Political Science Association (ed.), Development of Contemporary Political Theories (Goyang: Ingansarang, 2006). 
  
  - “The Philosophical Origins of the Declaration of Independence and Jeffersonian Republicanism,” Korean Journal of International Studies Vol. 46, No. 2 (June 2006): 121-144. 

Conference Presentations and Proceedings

• <INVITED TALKS AND COLLOQUIUMS>
  
  - “On the State Reponsibility of Care,” 4th Consultation on Care Policy, Korean Women Minwoonwhui, Seoul, August 29, 2024. 
  
  - “Care Ethics and a Vision of Disability Studies,” Future School on Diability Policy, Disabled Peoples' International Korea, Eroom Center, Seoul, July 30, 2024.     
  
  - “Care Robot and Caring Democracy,” Institute of Comparative Governance Seminar, Goverance of Digital Transition, Korea University, SK Future Hall, Seoul, June 24, 2024. 
  
  - “Caring Democracy,” Ewha Institute of Politics Colloquium, Political Science Department, Ewha Women's University, Posco Bulding, Seoul, May 29, 2024. 
  
  - “Theory and Practice of Caring Democratic State,” Caring Welfare State TF Seminar, People's Power(Chamyeoyeondae) Committee on Social Welfare, Webinar, February 28, 2024. 
  
  - “Care and Just & Innovative Society,” Special Lecture, Health-Care Resource Research Center, Seoul Supporting Center for Elderly Careworkers, Seoul Korea, February 27, 2024. 
  
  - “Caring Democratic State,” Advisory Meeting on Transition to a Caring Society, Korean Women Minwoowhui, Webinar, February 7, 2024.
  
  - “Justice, Welfare and Care,” Keynote Speech, Korean Academy of Social Work Practice and Research Conference, Eroom Center, Seoul, November, 3, 2023. 
  
  - “Caring Democratic State,” Being Citizen in a Caring Community. Bibi Social Cooperation, Webinar, September 10, 2023.
   
  - “Caring Dmocratic State,” The Institute of Comparative Governance Colloquium, Korea University, Seoul, April 14, 2023.
  
  - “Caring Democracy: Transition Toward a Universal Caring Society,” Keynote Speech, Korean Society for Young Children Becoming Curriculum Conference, Webinar, February 4, 2023. 
  
  - “Caring Democracy as an Alternative,” International Symposium on 'The Ethics of Care and the Humanities,' Center for Transregional Culture and Society, Graduate School of Humanities, Nagoya Univesity, Japan, January 28, 2023. 
  
  - “Careing Democratic State,” Pojeong Health Politics and Social Cooperation Network RE, Webniar, December 28, 2022. 
  
  - “Caring Democratic State,” 13th Worker's College, Worker's Educational Instititue, Bucheon, Kyeongki, December 17, 2022.
  
  - “Understading Carism,” Care Lectures on the Right to Disease, Dareonmondeol, Webniar, October 27, 2022.
  
  - “Care and Fairness,” Feminism & Labor Academy, Bucheon Women's Workers' Association, Webinar, October 26, 2022.
  
  - “Care and Fariness,” 2022 Korean Women's Institute Monthly Forum, Korean Women's Institutue, Ewha Women's University, Webinar, June 9, 2022.
  
  - “Caring Democracy,” 143th Keimyung Women's Studies Seminar, Women's Research Center, Keimyung University, Webinar, March 15, 2022.  
  
  - “Understanding Care,” Care Forum by Justice Party, Care Academy. Seoul Women's Plaza, Seoul, February 5, 2022. 
  
  - “Caring Justice,” Speical Lecture, the Department of Health Policy and Management, December 19, 2021. 
  
  - “Institutional Design for Caring Democratic State,” Presidential Council for Policy Design. Webinar, November 15. 
  
  - “Keynote Speech - Care Paradigm: How is Care Different?” 2021 Korean Associaiton of Gender and Law Meeting. Korean Association of Gender and law. Webinar, October 16, 2021.
  
  - “Carism,” Relations and Ethics-Care and Integration Conference. Sung Kyun Kwan University, Confucian Studies and Eastern Philosophy BK21, Webinar, June 19. 
  
  - “Caring Democracy,” Seoul Foundation of Women and Family, Seoul Women's Plaza, June 23, 2021.
  
  - “Politicization of Care,” Political Theory Workshop, Division of Political Science and International Relations, Seoul University, Webinar, May 27, 2021.  
  
  - “Caring Democracy,” Community Care and Health Equity Research Center, Chongang University, Webinar, April 29, 2021.
  
  - “Iris Young’s Structural Injustice and Inclusive Democracy,” ‘Feminist Political Theory School’ of Gender-Politics Research Center Yeoseoyeon, Webinar, January 26, 2021. 
  
  - “Public Perception on the Public Value of Care and State Roles for Care Justice during the COVID-19 Crisis” (with Sunkyoung Park), Special Workshop on the Journal of Korea and International Politics, Webinar, January 14, 2021. 
  
  - “Caring Democracy,” Seminar hosted by Korean Women’s Policy Research Center, Webinar, August 27, 2020.  
  
  - “Democracy and Feminism,” ‘Feminist Democratic Political School’ of Gender-Politics Research Center Yeoseoyeon, Women’s Future Center, Seoul, June 20, 2020.  
  
  - “Caring Democracy,” Peace Research Center SSK Colloquium, Hanyang University, Seoul, May 1, 2020.
  
  - “Care Ethics and Care Economy,” International Symposium on Care Economy - Towards the Achievement of the SDGs, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan, February 20, 2019. 
  
  - Discussant for the Workshop on War and Memories, Care Ethics and Democracy, “Care Ethics and Comfort Women Issue,” Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, October 20, 2018.
  
  - “Why Should Care be inscribed in Constitution?,” 2nd Forum for Health-Care Research Center, Seoul, September 13, 2018. 
  
  - “Carism: Care Ethics as a Political Theory,” Varieties of Governance Colloquium, Korea University, Seoul, February 1, 2018. 
  
  - “Search for New Justice: Care Justice,” Pojeong-Health Politics Colloquium, Hanyang University Medical College, January 25, 2018. 
  
  - “A Pubic Ethic of Care with Prof. Hee-Kang Kim,” Health-Care Resource Research Center, Seoul Supporting Center for Elderly Careworkers, Seoul Korea, November 8, 2017.
  
  - “Caring Democracy: Concept & Principle,” Korea Women’s Association United Forum, Seoul Korea, November 6, 2017.
  
  - “Care Ethics,” Seoul National University Medical College Forum, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul Korea, August 26, 2017.
  
  - “Carism: Revisiting Care in Political Philosophy,” Varieties of Governance Colloquium, Korea University, Seoul Korea, April 14, 2017.
  
  - “Public Ethic of Care,” 60th Anniversary Forum for the Public Administration Department of Korea University, November 6, 2015.
  
  - “Feminism,” Open Class for Discover KU, Korea University, Seoul Korea, October 27, 2014.
  
  - “Women and Gender Equality in Korea,” 13th Korea-Japan Millennium Forum, Waseda University, October 22, 2014. 
  
  
  
  <CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS>
  
  - “Caring Democratic State: Toward New Horizons,” Korean Association of Public Administration Conference, Yeosu Convention Center, Yeosu, June 20, 2024.  
  
  - “Publicity and Institutionalization of Care,” The Korean Association for Goverance Conference, Gwangju, October 26, 2023.    
  
  - “Book Concert - Normative Policy Analysis & Caring Democratic State,” The Korean Association for Policy Analysis and Evaluation Conference, Korea University Political Science and Economics Builing, Seoul, August 25, 2023.
  
  - “Why Caring Democratic State,” Gwangju City-Korean Society for Political Thought Join Conference, Caring Democratic State and Gwangju Caring City, Gwangju City Hall, Gwangju, August 23, 2023.
  
  - “Caring Democratic State,” Book Review Meeting, Korean Association of Political Theory, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, December 17, 2022. 
  
  - “Care and Innovation” (with Soyun Kim), Korean Association for Public Administration, Seoul, Korea, December 10, 2022.   
  
  - Caring Society for Social Sustainability (Moderator). Global Engagement & Empowerment Forum on Sustainability. Institute for Global Engagement & Empowerment. Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, February 22, 2022.  
  
  - “Institutional Design for Caring Democratic State,” 2021 Korean Association for Social Policy Conference, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, April 6, 2018. 
  
  - “Role of Local Community for Korean Style Community Care” (with Soyun Kim), Korean Association for Public Administration, Busan, Korea, June 21, 2021.   
  
  - “Caring Democracy for South Korea,” Care Ethics Research Consortium Conference 2021, Webinar, May 4, 2021.  
  
  - “Between Care Burden and Care Deficit” (with Sunkyoung Park), Korean Sociology Association Annual Meeting, Webinar, December 18, 2020. 
  
  - “Care and Welfare,” 2020 Korean Social Policy Association Meeting, Yonsei University, Korea, July 3, 2020. (on-line presentation)
  
  - “Liberal Democracy, Social Democracy, Caring Democracy,” Annual Autumn Conference of Korean Women’s Studies Association, Chongang University, Seoul, Korea, November 11, 2019. 
  
  - “Carism: Care Ethics as Political Theory,” 2019 Global Carework Summit, Toronto University, Canada, June 10, 2019. (on-line presentation)
  
  - “Publicness of Care and Inclusive State,” Annual Autumn Conference of Korean Women’s Studies Association, Chunchen, Korea, November 17, 2018. 
  
  - “The Faces of Care Injustice: A Case of South Korea” 1st Conference of Care Ethics Research Consortium, Portland, US. September 27, 2018. 
  
  - “Care as a Constitutional Value,” Forum for Korean Association for Social Policy, Seoul, Korea, April 6, 2018. 
  
  - “Redefining State Role: From the Perspective of a Public Value of Care,” Korean Association for Public Administration, Jeonju, Korea, June 22, 2017.  
  
  - “Caring Democracy in South Korea” in the keynote panel for ‘Creating Caring Democracies: Looking to the Future,’ Global Carework Summit, Lowell, Mass. US. June 3, 2017.
  
  - “Basic Income and Care Ethics,” Global Carework Summit, Lowell, Mass. US. June 2, 2017.
  
  - “Care Ethics and the Caring State,” Korean Society for Public Administration Theory, Kwangju, Korea, August 18, 2016.
  
  - “Care Ethics and the Caring State,” Korean Association for Public Administration, Wonju, Korea, December 11, 2015. 
  
  - “International Norm and Rights of Migrant Workers in South Korea,” Korean Association for Public Administration, Cheonan, Korea, July 17, 2015. 
  
  - “Should Refugees be Protected?” Korean Association for Socio-History, Seoul, Korea, May 22, 2015.
  
  - “Global Justice, Gender Justice,” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, U.S. April 18, 2015.  
  
  - “Immigration Policy in the Era of Multiculturalism: Policy Directions for Permanent Residency System” (with Ji Hye Ryu), Korean Association for Public Administration, Daegu, Korea, June 26, 2014.
  
  - “John Rawls’s Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention Policy” (with Yu Jin Choi), Korean Association for Public Administration, Daegu, Korea, June 26, 2014.  
  
  - “Normative Analysis of Refugee Policy,” Korean Association for Public Administration, Deagu, Korea, December 13, 2013.
  
  - “Sustainable Development, Greed Aid Policy, and Democracy” (with Bo Bae Jeong), Korea World Politics Congress, Korea Political Science Association, Korea University, Seoul, August 22, 2013.
  
  - “Revisiting the Constitutionality of the Voting Rights of Overseas Koreans” (with Hyun Im),  Multicultural Challenges and Sustainable Democracy in Europe and Asia, 2013 Jean Monnet Chair and SSK International Conference. Korea University, Seoul, April 26, 2013.
  
  - “Gender Equality and Feminism in Korea: A Perspective of Political Theory,” Women in Academia: Meritocracy and Gender Equality International Conference, Harvard-Yenching Institute and Women’s Studies Center of Seoul National University, Seoul, June 18, 2012. 
  
  - “Justice and Feminization of Migration,” International Workshop on Multicultural Coexistence and East Asian Community, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, October 17, 2011. 
  
  - “International Women’s Human Rights Revisited,” American Political Science Association, Seattle, U.S., September 3, 2011.  
  
  - “Quality of Government and Impartiality” Korean Association for Public Administration, Deajon, Korea, June 24, 2011. 
  
  - “That Is Not a Multicultural Issue: Seeking Justice for (Im)Migrants,” Association for Asian Studies, Hawaii, U.S., April 2, 2011.
  
  - “Gender and Justice,” Korean Political Science Association, Seoul, Korea, December 4, 2010. 
  
  - “Women’s Human Rights of Fear,” Northeastern Political Science Association, Boston, U.S., November 13, 2010.
  
  - (with Moon Sun Kang) “A Public Ethic of Care,” Korean Association for Public Administration, Chungju, Korea, June 2010; Critical Social Welfare Academy, Seoul, Korea, June 2010.
  
  - “Positioning ‘Comfort Women’ at the Intersection of Nation and Gender,” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, U.S., April 2010.
  
  - “Social Groups and Publicness,” Korean Association for Public Administration, Wonju, Korea, December 2009; Brain Korea Colloquium, Department of Public Administration, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, January 2010.  
  
  - “Gender and Equality,” Brain Korea Colloquium, Department of Political Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, August, 2009. 
  
  - “Women’s Human Rights, Women’s Rights, ” Korean Political Science Association, Seoul, Korea, August 2009.  
  
  - “A Normative Approach to Policy Studies,” Korean Association for Public Administration, Daejon, Korea, April 2008. 
  
  - “Is Polygamy Anti-feminist? On the Mormon’s Polygamy Debate in the United States, 1862-1890,” Korean Association for Socio-History,” Seoul, Korea; Center for the Reconstruction of Human Society, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea; Korean Studies for American Politics, Seoul Korea, April 2008.
   
  - “Global Activism of Korea NGO,” Korean Political Science Association, Seoul, Korea, October 2007.
  
  - “Immigration Reform in the U.S.: Discourses on ‘Security’ and ‘Merit,’ American Studies Association of Korea, Seoul, Korea, September 2007.
  
  - “Feminist Nationalism in South Korea,” World Congress for Korean Studies, Seoul, Korea, August 2007.
  
  - “Locating Feminism beyond Culture and Gender: A Case of the Family-head System in South Korea,” Korean Association for Governance Studies, Seoul, Korea, April 2007.
  
  - “Gender Inequality and Equality Theory,” Korean Association for International Studies, Seoul, Korea, December 2006.
  
  - “Culture and Gender,” Korean Political Science Association, Seoul, Korea, December 2006.
  
  - “Trends and Issues in Western Feminist Theory and Their Implications to Korean Feminist Scholarship in the Global Context,” Korean Association for Area Studies, Seoul, Korea, November 2006.
  
  - “Between Culture and Gender in Global Civil Society: Multiculturalism and Feminism Debate Revisited,” Center for the Reconstruction of Human Society, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, August 2006. 
  
  - “Trends and Issues in Western Feminist Theory and Implications for Korea,” Center for the Reconstruction of Human Society, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, May 2006.
  
  - “Equality, Women’s Autonomy, and Policy Implication,” Korea Association of Public Administration, Seoul, Korea, April 2006.
  
  - “Women’s Choice, Women’s Responsibility,” Korea Association of Political Thought, Seoul, Korea, March 2006.
  
  - “Feminist Theory: Trends, Critics, and Korean Implications,” Korean Political Science Association, Seoul, Korea, February 2006. 
  
  - “Normative Arguments on the Gender Division of Labor,” Korean Association for International Studies, Seoul, Korea, December 2005.
  
  - “The Philosophical Origins of the American Declaration of Independence,” Korean Political Science Association, Seoul, Korea, December 2005.
  
  - “The Gender Division of Labor in the U.S. and South Korea,” Korean Studies for American Politics, Seoul, Korea, October 2005. 
  
  - “The Feminist (Re)Construction of Equality,” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, U.S., April 2005.
  
  - “Egalitarian Theory of Justice: From a Feminist Perspective,” Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop, University of Chicago, U.S., March 2005.
  
  - “The Autonomy of Women, Choice, and Responsibility,” American Political Science Association, Chicago, U.S., September 2004. 
  
  - “Luck Egalitarianism and Feminist Equality,” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, U.S., April 2004.
  
  - “What Should a Good Feminist Theory of Equality Be?,” Political Theory Workshop, University of Chicago, U.S., April 2004. 
  
  - “Beyond Choice and Responsibility: Equality and Women’s Choices,” American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, U.S., September 2003.
  
  - “Women’s Choice and Women’s Responsibility: Understanding Equality and Autonomy,” Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop, University of Chicago, U.S., May 2003.
  
  - “Women’s Choice and Women’s Responsibility: Understanding Equality and Autonomy,” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, U.S., April 2003.
  
  - “Women, Equality, and Fortune: A Feminist Critique of Ronald Dworkin’s Theory of Equality,” Political Theory Workshop, University of Chicago, U.S., November 2002.
  
  - “Women, Equality, and Fortune: A Feminist Critique of Ronald Dworkin’s Theory of Equality,” American Political Science Association, Boston, U.S., September 2002.