I study international security and political violence with a focus on war, nuclear politics, and peacebuilding. I study three core questions about violence: (a) How does violence shape domestic and international politics? (b) How are the lessons of violence transmitted to subsequent generations? (c) How can we design and evaluate policy interventions that prevent the recurrence of violence and promote sustainable peace?

In my current book project, After the Bomb: Formation and Transmission of Human Attitudes toward Nuclear Weapons, I examine how the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki shaped survivors’ attitudes toward war and peace, and how these attitudes have been transmitted to both domestic and foreign audiences. The project is based on extensive fieldwork, including original data collection, surveys, experiments, archival research, and in-depth interviews.

Research plan for 2020 – 2026

Here is my Google Scholar page. My articles are published in Journal of Conflict Resolution, Comparative Political Studies, The Nonproliferation Review, and Asian Survey. My academic works have been supported by grants from Seoul National University (SNU), Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), and the UniKorea Foundation. I am the recipient of the NYU outstanding teaching award and the overseas graduate scholarship for the future leaders of South Korea by SBS Foundation.