· Research Professor, Institute for East Asian Studies at Sogang University (2017. 6 – present)
· Lecturer, Yonsei University, Sungshin Women's University, Sungkonghoe University, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
· Research Fellow, Korean Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (2015. 12 – 2017. 5)
· Ph.D. in Sociology at Yonsei University (2015. 8)
· Visting Researcher, Institute of Sociology, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (Hanoi) (2013. 8 – 2014. 8)

· Making the Welfare State Work: Social and Cultural Embeddedness of Welfare Mix in Post-Socialist Vietnam

· "Vietnam 2019: Expectations for Sustainable Economic Growth and Omnidirectional Anti-corruption Campaign." Southeast Asian Review Vol. 30 No. 1 (2020, in Korean). 

·“Looking into the Context of Life Insurance Transactions: Understanding the Value of Vietnamese Life.” Asian Studies Vol. 22 No.2 (2019, in Korean).

· “An Inquiry of Regional Inequality and Development Policy in Southeast Asia: Focusing on Indonesia and Vietnam.” Vol.38 No.1 (2019 coauthored, in Korean).

· “Expanding Online Space and ‘Everyday Politics’ in Vietnam: The Draft Law on Special Administrative-Economic Units (Luật đặc khu).” Asian Studies Vol. 21 No. 4 (2018, in Korean).
· “Kiến Nghị Lý Thuyết cho Nghiên Cứu Phúc Lợi Xã Hội ở Việt Nam: Dựa trên Thảo Luận “Phúc Lợi Hỗn Hợp” và “Vốn Xã Hội”.” Tạp Chí Xã Hội Học, Viện Xã Hội Học, Viện Hàn Lâm Khoa Học Xã Hội Việt Nam (2018, in Vietnamese).
· “The Way to Achieve Universal Health Coverage: Focusing on the Historical and Cultural Context of Health Care Sector in Vietnam.” Southeast Asian Review Vol. 28 No. 1 (2018, in Korean).
· “Opportunities and Challenges for Vietnam in AEC.” International Area Studies Review Vol. 21 No. 4 (2017, in Korean).
· “Cultural Values and Economic Action: A Case Study of Life Insurance Market in Vietnam.” Asian Studies Vol. 20 No. 4 (2017, in Korean).
· “The Performance of Healthcare Service and Social Embeddedness: A Comparative Study between Nam Loi Commune in Northern and My Hoa Commune in Southern Vietnam.” East Asian Studies Vol. 35 No. 1 (2016, in Korean).
· “A Study on Mechanism of Community Welfare in Vietnam: Focused on Private Income Transfers and Voluntary Rotating Credit Systems.” East and West Studies Vol. 28 No. 1 (2016, in Korean).
· “Protecting Individuals vs. Families: Revived Familialism in Life Insurance Market in S. Korea.” Journal of Social Thoughts and Culture Vol. 19 No. 1 (2016, coauthored, in Korean).
· “Social Capital and Informal Community Welfare in Vietnam: A Case Study on Rural Communes in Red and Mekong River Delta.” Southeast Asian Review Vol. 25 No. 3 (2015, in Korean).
· “A Comparative Study on Social Capital between Northern and Southern Vietnam: Challenge to the Putnam’s interpretation of Italian Case” Southeast Asian Review Vol. 21 No. 2 (2011, coauthored, in Korean).

· Economic Sociology, Comparative Sociology, Social Capital, Social Welfare, Health Care Services, Vietnam

· Sociology in Contemporary Society
· Quantitative Methods of Area Studies
· Southeast Asian Society
· Southeast Asian Society and Culture
· Understanding of ASEAN