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Changwon YANG

Profile

Dr. Changwon Yang earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 2024 with a dissertation on electoral violence in Mindanao, Philippines. He is currently a full-time researcher at the Institute for East Asian Studies at Sogang University, where he conducts research on local politics in the Philippines, political violence, and changes in the Philippines' foreign policy. His work particularly focuses on identifying and analyzing the social and political context of political violence in the Philippines.


Position

Research Professor


Office Location

#326, Dasan Hall


E-mail

changwon@u.sogang.ac.kr


Education
· PhD University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
· M.A. Sogang University, Area Studies(Southeast Asia)
· B.A. Jeonbuk National University, Political Science & Diplomacy

Academic and Professional Positions
· Fulltime Researcher , Institute for East Asian Studies at Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (June 2024 - present)

Selected Publications
  • Yang, Changwon & Kim, Yongshin. 2025. “The role of domestic institutions amid foreign pressures: ASEA countries’ reactions to the US ban on Hauwei.” Pacific Review, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/09512748.2025.2543008.

  • Yang, Changwon. 2025. "The Structured Political Violence and the Crisis of Democracy in the Philippines." The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 26(2): 527–557.

  • Kim, Yongshin & Yang, Changwon. 2025. “The US–China 5G Technology Competition and Europe’s Strategic Responses: Firm-Level Analysis and a German Case Study to Inform Korea’s Policy Direction.” Journal of International Area Studies, 29(2): 153–184.

  • Yang, Changwon. 2025. “Philippines 2024: Deepening Political Polarization and Continuity of Domestic and External Security Crises.” The Southeast Asian Review, 35(1): 337–380.

  • "Power Fortified By Fear: Patron-Client Relations, Impunity, and Electoral Killing In Maguindanao, Philippines.” (Doctoral Dissertation, 2024).

  • Yang, Changwon. 2023. “The Establishment and the Challenges of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).” East Asian Studies, 42(1): 61–122.

  • Yang, Changwon & Baek, Yong-hun. 2021. “Dealing with COVID-19 in the Philippines and Vietnam: Comparing the Swarming of Disciplinary Mechanisms.” East Asian Studies, 40(1): 319–374.


Current Research 
· Philippine Politics
· Philippine Foreign Poicy
· State Violence
· Philippine Muslim Politics
· Philippine Local Politics