Talks & Media

Conference & invited talks

Visiting Scholar, Fukuoka University (host: Youngjin Ryu)
Fukuoka University · Fukuoka, Japan · Jul 2026
Industrial Patriarchy as a Gendered Mode of Regulation: Heavy Chemical Industrialization, 'Bloody Fordism,' and the Expiry of a Regional Middle-Class Project in Korea's Southeast
NTU GIND International Workshop · Taipei · Apr 2026
Industrial Patriarchy and the Transformation of Korea's Labor Market
Graduate Institute of National Development, National Taiwan University · Taipei · Oct 31, 2025
Book Discussion: A Sociological Assessment of Fifty Years of Heavy and Chemical Industrialization
Book Discussion, Korean Social History Association · Oct 24, 2025
The Human Back-End of Smart Shipyards
JAPP Paper Workshop · Taipei · Sep 12, 2025
Men in Their Twenties and Thirties
Spring Conference, Korean Association of Social Policy · May 30, 2025
Redefining Engineering Work in South Korea: The Case of Offshore Projects
Spring Conference, Society for Critical Sociology · Apr 18, 2025
The Workplace Politics of Building the 'Backend': Digital Transformation and AI in Shipbuilding Industry in Korea
Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Annual Meeting · Honolulu · Nov 8, 2023
Industrial Patriarchy and the Employment of Female Students of S&T Disciplines
41st Annual Meeting of the Japan Association for Urban Sociology · Japan · Sep 6, 2023
Talking about Young People in Non-metropolitan Regions
Summer Conference, Korean Sociological Association · Jun 16, 2023
Industrial Patriarchy: Spatial Divisions of Labor and Women's Employment in Southeastern Korea
Annual Conference, Society for Critical Sociology · Nov 5, 2022
Ulsan Rejects Its Youth, and Its Youth Reject Ulsan
Conference on Urban Space and Regional Integration in Southeastern Korea · 2021
Engineers on Shuttle Buses in Industrial Cities
Summer Conference, Korean Association for Social Economics · Aug 27, 2019
The Historical Formation of Geoje's Shipbuilding and Offshore Workforce
ICHSEA · Aug 23, 2019
Shipbuilding Restructuring and Local Communities: Analysis and Assessment
Spring Conference, Society for Critical Sociology · Apr 27, 2019
Industrial Cities and Heavy-Industry Families
Conference of the Society for Critical Sociology · Oct 21, 2017

Media appearances & interviews

"A Southern Boundary for Semiconductor Jobs? A Crude and Violent Prejudice"
CPBC Catholic Peace Broadcasting 〈Kim Jun-il's Current Affairs Heaven〉 · Jul 6, 2026Related 1
Class e: Seunghoon Yang on Korea's Shipbuilding Industry (six lectures)
EBS 〈Class e〉 · Dec 24, 2025Related 1
The Decline of 'Industrial Patriarchy': Have We Heard Why Men in Their Twenties Are Angry?
Slow News · Jun 15, 2025Related 1
"The Next Government Must Give Regions a Chance: Focused Investment in Megacities Is Needed"
News1 · May 9, 2025
Can Ulsan's Decline Be Reversed?
SisaIN · Mar 27, 2024Related 1
Sociologist and Former DSME Employee: "Korea Development Bank's Ambiguous Management Direction Triggered the Strike"
Hankook Ilbo · Jul 22, 2022
Korea Publishing Culture Award: "Geoje's Decline Is a Challenge Korea Must Overcome on Its Path to the Fourth Industrial Revolution"
Hankook Ilbo · Dec 26, 2019Related 1
How to Address Labor Shortages in Shipbuilding: An In-Depth Interview
3Pro TV · date unconfirmed
Why Korean Manufacturing Has Faltered
Understanding · date unconfirmedRelated 1
Seunghoon Yang, Author of Ulsan Dystopia: "If Ulsan Collapses, Korea Collapses Too"
Magazine Donga · date unconfirmedRelated 1