Publications
In press
- Listening in Order Not to Listen: Relational Practice and the Labor of Consideration among Young Adults in Southeastern Korea장민욱, 양승훈 · The Korean Journal of Cultural Sociology 34(3) · 2026 · In press · (in Korean)
- Basic Research as an Alibi: An STS Commentary on the Research Support System for the Humanities and Social Sciences양승훈 · Critical Review of History(157) (Winter 2026) · In press · (in Korean)
Journal articles
- Behind ‘Youth Conservatization’: The Visible Few, the Lukewarm Many, and Political Sensibilities in Southeastern Korea
Examines the precarious work that keeps smart shipyard data stable.
- Seunghoon Yang, So-Young Kim · Asian Journal of Technology Innovation (SSCI) 34(2): 436-459 · 2026ResearchGateDOI
Examines how industrial patriarchy shapes women engineers’ entry and retention in southeastern South Korea.
- Levitating Factory: The Changing Status of Hyundai Motor's Ulsan Plant through Three Historical Moments양승훈 · 사회와역사 148: 477-521 · 2025 · (in Korean)ResearchGateDOI
Traces the changing status of Hyundai Motor’s Ulsan plant through three historical moments.
- Megacities and the Politics of Scale in the Developmental States of Korea and Japan: The Cases of the Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam Region and Kansai양승훈, 박해남 · 일본비평 33: 208-247 · 2025 · (in Korean)DOI
부울경·간사이 비교를 통한 발전국가 메가시티 구상의 스케일 정치 분석
- The Ideological Critique of the Local Extinction Discourse: Subjectification, Affective Politics, and Catastrophe
지방소멸 담론의 주체화·정동정치에 대한 비판적 분석
- "I'm Studying for the White-Collar Job": Work Experience and Job Search of Local University Students in the Southeast Region양승훈 · 경제와 사회 131: 10-54 · 2021 · (in Korean)DOI
동남권 지방대생의 일경험·구직 과정에 대한 인터뷰 연구
Working papers
Manuscripts in preparation and under review.
- Seunghoon Yang, Jun Ho Jeong · In revision
- Seunghoon Yang · In revision
- Seunghoon Yang, Joo-Hyoung Ji · Under review
- Seunghoon Yang · Out for review
Dissertation
- Seunghoon Yang · KAIST 과학기술정책대학원 · 2025ResearchGateSource
Examines production-mode changes in South Korean shipbuilding since the 2010s as a set of multidimensional challenges.
Books
After the Square: Beyond Hatred, Polarization, and Generational Discourse
Ulsan Dystopia: The Dismal Future of a Manufacturing PowerhouseExamines the limits of South Korea’s manufacturing-led growth model through labor, urban change, and generations in Ulsan.
Statistical Inference via Data Science: A ModernDive into R and the Tidyverse (Korean edition, sole translator)
Engineers in Manufacturing: Science-Based Innovation and Industrial Transition이상준, 정승일, 양승훈, 엄미정 · 한국노동연구원 · 2021YES24
The Age of Overtaking
Strengthening Human Capability in the Machinery Industry (II): Engineers이상준, 정승일, 엄미정, 양승훈 · 한국노동연구원 · 2020Aladin
The Utopia of the Heavy-Industry FamilyReads the formation and fractures of Geoje’s shipbuilding economy through the interlocking worlds of companies, families, and the city.
Book reviews & essays
- Questions Raised by Hyundai Motor's 'Fully Agile and Flashy' Production System양승훈 · 경제와 사회 145: 484-491 · 2025DOI
- The Gordian Knot Posed by the Twin Transition양승훈 · 경제와 사회 142: 398-405 · 2024DOI
- Two Megacity Projects: First as Tragedy, Then as Farce?양승훈 · 황해문화 122: 43-59 · 2024Aladin
- Does Real Estate Investment, Luxury Consumption, and College Admission Reproduce the Upper Middle Class?
- The Labor of 'Sewing Eyes onto AI Dolls': Reading in the Age of ChatGPT
- Review: The Formation and Development of Korean Engineers
- To Solve the Wicked Problems of Social Welfare in the Digital Age
- Adding Rough Edges to a Smooth Narrative