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Haejoo Chung RPh, MSc, PhD
Professor of Health and Social Policy
Division of Health Policy and Management, Korea University
B-365 Hana Science Hall, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu
Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
hpolicy.korea.ac.kr
hpolicy@korea.ac.kr
+82-2-3290-5675
Research interestsRedesigning health and social care · Health justice and equity · Smart and healthy cities · Comparative health and politics · Program evaluation (causal inference) · Systems and concept mapping

Education

2006
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Health and Social PolicyDepartment of Health Policy & Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
2001
Master of Science (MSc), Clinical PharmacyDepartment of Manufacturing Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
1999
Bachelor of Science (BSc), PharmacyDepartment of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Appointments

03/2010-
Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor of Health & Social Policy, Division of Health Policy & Management, Korea University
07/2026-
Interim Dean, University College
08/2025-
Director, Institute of Health Policy & Management, Korea University
07/2021-02/2027
Vice-Director, Institute of Sustainable Development, Korea University
02/2022-01/2024
Chair, Division of Health Policy & Management, College of Health Sciences, Korea University
02/2021-01/2022
Chair, Professors’ Council, College of Health Science
03/2021-01/2022
Chair, Department of Healthcare Science, Graduate School, Korea University
09/2020-02/2025
Director, BK21FOUR R&E Center for Learning Health Systems, Korea University
05/2020-02/2025
Chair, Transdisciplinary Major in Learning Health Systems, Graduate School, Korea University
09/2013-02/2021
Director, BK21PLUS Program in ‘Embodiment: Health-Society Interaction’, Department of Public Health Sciences, Graduate School, Korea University
06/2013-02/2016, 04/2019-07/2020
Chair, Department of Public Health Sciences, Graduate School, Korea University
02/2013-01/2014
Chair, Department of Healthcare Management, College of Health Science, Korea University
01/2007-02/2010
CIHR IHSPR Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto (Toronto, ON, Canada).
09/2005-08/2007
Research Scientist, Employment Conditions Network (EMCONET), The WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health, the World Health Organization

Peer-reviewed articles

* corresponding author · Korean-language articles are shown with the original Korean citation.

  1. 90.Chung, H.*, & Jo, M. (2026). From climate concerns to health equity: Local government priorities for smart healthy cities in South Korea. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, e4926. https://www.ijhpm.com/article_4926.html
  2. 89.Chung, H.*, Kim, G., Shim, H., et al. (2026). Mapping “Health Politics”: Two conceptual traditions, 1976–2025 (Review). Health Politics. 1(2):e008
  3. 88.Jeong, H. S., & Chung, H.* (2026). Media discourse on healthy cities: Topic modeling of South Korean news articles (2004–2024). Journal of Urban Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-026-01100-3
  4. 87.Kim, J., Son, S., Chung, H.*, Ryu, K., Lee, D., & Paeng, H. (2025). A two-stage concept mapping for emerging concepts: An analysis of the smart healthy city. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-06222-8
  5. 86.Hong, A., Choi, D.*, Chung, H., Kumar, P., & Lee, J. (2025). Environmental and health monitoring in smart cities: A systematic review of trends, opportunities, and challenges. Sustainable Cities and Society, 130, 106491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2025.106491
  6. 85.Ko, S., Cha, S., Yu, S., Moon, D., & Chung, H.* (2025). Effects of emotional labor on workers' sleep disorders: Focusing on analysis by occupational group. Korean Public Health Research, 51(4):227-239. https://doi.org/10.22900/kphr.2025.51.4.016 [In Korean]
    고수영, 차선화, 유사라, 문다슬, 정혜주* (2025). 감정노동이 근로자의 수면장애에 미치는 영향: 직종에 따른 분석을 중심으로. 대한보건연구. 51(4): 227-239.
  7. 84.Bak, D., Ahn, Y., & Chung, H.* (2025). Legal challenges for the introduction of digital technology in long-term care hospitals. Law Review, 25(3):227-254. https://doi.org/10.57057/LawReview.2025.09.25.3.227 [In Korean]
    박덕봉, 안예빈, 정혜주* (2025). 요양병원의 디지털기술 도입을 위한 법적 과제. 법학연구. 25(3): 227-254.
  8. 83.Jeong, H. S., & Chung, H.* (2024). Bridging smart technologies and healthy cities: A scoping review using WHO’s 6P framework. Sustainable Cities and Society, 116, 105888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2024.105888
  9. 82.Jo, M., Oh, I., Moon, D., Kim, S., Jung-Choi, K., & Chung, H.* (2023). Maternal socioeconomic position and inequity in child deaths: An analysis of 2012 South Korean birth cohort of 466,636 children. SSM - Population Health, 21, 101304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101304
  10. 81.Son, S., Kim, J., Ryu, K., & Chung, H.* (2023). Creating a concept map to construct the concept of smart healthy city: A pilot study. Urban Health Studies, 2(2), 5–15. https://doi.org/10.59013/auh.2023.2.2.001 [In Korean]
    손성민, 김지은, 류경석, 정혜주* (2023). 스마트 건강도시 개념 구성을 위한 개념도 그리기: 사전 연구. 도시건강연구. 2(2): 5-15.
  11. 80.Sohn, M., Moon, D., O’Campo, P., Muntaner, C., & Chung, H.* (2022). Who loses more? Identifying the relationship between hospitalization and income loss: prediction of hospitalization duration and differences of gender and employment status. BMC Public Health, 22(1), 232. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12647-6
  12. 79.Bae, G., Yang, J., Song, K., Kim, J., Lee, J., & Chung, H.* (2022). A scoping review of living lab literature in Korea: Focused on health and welfare. Health and Social Welfare Review, 42(4), 248–265. https://doi.org/10.15709/hswr.2022.42.4.248 [In Korean]
    배기련, 양정연, 송경신, 김재민, 이준협, 정혜주* (2022). 보건복지 분야를 중심으로 본 국내 리빙랩 연구의 현황: 주제범위 문헌고찰. 보건사회연구. 42(4): 248-265.
  13. 78.Jung, Y., Lee, J. K., Moon, D., Park, I., Oh, I., & Chung, H.* (2022). A comparative study of maternal and child healthcare services. Korean Social Security Studies, 38(4), 101–138. [In Korean]
    정유진, 이재경, 문다슬, 박인희, 오인성, 정혜주* (2022). 국가별 산모·영유아 건강관리 서비스 비교 분석. 사회보장연구. 38(4): 101-138.
  14. 77.Yu, S., Sohn, H., Kim, H.-Y., Kim, H., Oh, K.-H., Kim, H.-J., Chung, H., & Choi, H.* (2021). Evaluating the impact of the nationwide public–private mix (PPM) program for tuberculosis under National Health Insurance in South Korea: A difference in differences analysis. PLOS Medicine, 18(7), e1003717. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003717
  15. 76.Moon, D., Yu, S., Kim, S., Chung, H.*, & Noh, J.-W. (2021). Logic model-based evaluation of the Seoul-type paid sick leave policy: An early appraisal. Health and Social Welfare Review, 41(3), 269–297. https://doi.org/10.15709/hswr.2021.41.3.269 [In Korean]
    문다슬, 유사라, 김소담, 정혜주*, 노진원 (2021). 서울형 유급병가지원 제도를 위한 논리모형 설계와 초기 평가 결과. 보건사회연구. 41(3): 269-297.
  16. 75.Kim, B., & Chung, H.* (2021). Relationship between adolescent violence victimization and sexual victimization in a poly-victimization perspective. Health and Social Science, 56(1), 51–85. https://doi.org/10.37243/kahms.2021.56.51 [In Korean]
    김보아, 정혜주* (2021). 중복피해 관점에서의 청소년기 폭력피해 경험과 성피해 경험과의 연관성. 보건과 사회과학. 56: 51-85.
  17. 74.Heo, H.-H., Jeong, W., Che, X. H., & Chung, H.* (2020). A stakeholder analysis of community-led collaboration to reduce health inequity in a deprived neighbourhood in South Korea. Global Health Promotion, 27(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/1757975918791517
  18. 73.Sohn, M., O’Campo, P., Muntaner, C., Chung, H., & Choi, M.* (2020). Has the long-term care insurance resolved disparities in mortality for older Koreans? examination of service type and income level. Social Science and Medicine, 247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112812
  19. 72.Park, I.-H., Moon, D., Lee, J. K., Oh, I., & Chung, H.* (2020). An analysis of maternal and child healthcare services in South Korea. Korean Social Security Studies, 36(4), 1–32. [In Korean]
    박인희, 문다슬, 이재경, 오인성, 정혜주* (2020). 국내 산모·영유아 건강관리 지원제도 분석. 사회보장연구. 36(4): 1-32.
  20. 71.Jung, H. W., Park, S. Y., Sohn, M., & Chung, H.* (2020). A study on the policy decision-making process of Seoul-type paid sick leave: Applying Kingdon’s multiple streams model. Health Policy and Management, 30(3), 286–300. https://doi.org/10.4332/KJHPA.2020.30.3.286 [In Korean]
    정현우, 박소현, 손민성, 정혜주* (2020). 다중흐름모형을 적용한 서울형 유급병가 정책 도입과정에 관한 연구. 보건행정학회지. 30(3): 286-300.
  21. 70.Choi, H., Chung, H.*, & Muntaner, C. (2019). Social selection in historical time: The case of tuberculosis in South Korea after the East Asian financial crisis. PLoS ONE, 14(5). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217055
  22. 69.Sohn, M., Kim, H., Sung, H., Lee, Y., Choi, H., & Chung, H.* (2019). Association of social deprivation and outdoor air pollution with pulmonary tuberculosis in spatiotemporal analysis. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 29(6). https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2019.1566522
  23. 68.Kim, H., Choi, H.*, Yu, S., Lee, A.-Y., Kim, H.-O., Joh, J.-S., Heo, E. Y., Oh, K.-H., Kim, H. J., & Chung, H. (2019). Impact of Housing Provision Package on Treatment Outcome Among Homeless Tuberculosis Patients in South Korea. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 31(7). https://doi.org/10.1177/1010539519871779
  24. 67.Gunn, V.*, Muntaner, C., Ng, E., Villeneuve, M., Gea-Sanchez, M., & Chung, H. (2019). Gender equality policies, nursing professionalization, and the nursing workforce: A cross-sectional, time-series analysis of 22 countries, 2000–2015. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2019.103388
  25. 66.Gunn, V.*, Muntaner, C., Villeneuve, M., Chung, H., & Gea-Sanchez, M. (2019). Nursing professionalization and welfare state policies: A critical review of structural factors influencing the development of nursing and the nursing workforce. Nursing Inquiry, 26(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12263
  26. 65.Sohn, M., Kim, Y., Chang, J., & Chung, H.* (2019). Financial projection for sickness benefits and paid sick leave using the NHIS cohort database. The Korean Journal of Health Economics and Policy, 25(2), 1–28. [In Korean]
    손민성, 김연용, 장정민, 정혜주* (2019). 국민건강보험 맞춤형 코호트 DB를 이용한 한국의 상병수당 및 유급병가를 위한 소요재정추계. 보건경제와 정책연구. 25(2): 1-28.
  27. 64.Jung, H. W., Sohn, M. S., & Chung, H.* (2019). Designing the sickness benefit scheme in South Korea: Using implications from schemes of advanced nations. Health Policy and Management, 29(2), 112–129. https://doi.org/10.4332/KJHPA.2019.29.2.112 [In Korean]
    정현우, 손민성, 정혜주* (2019). 한국 상병수당제도 및 전달체계 설계연구: 주요 선진국과의 제도 비교를 중심으로. 보건행정학회지. 29(2): 112-129.
  28. 63.Moon, D., & Chung, H.* (2018). Two economic crises, unemployment, working poor, and gender: Explaining the dynamics of the risk patterns of suicide in South Korea. Korea Social Policy Review, 25(4), 233–263. https://doi.org/10.17000/kspr.25.4.201812.233 [In Korean]
    문다슬, 정혜주* (2018). 두 번의 경제위기와 실업, 노동빈곤, 그리고 젠더: 한국 자살 위험양식의 역동적 변화에 대한 시론. 한국사회정책. 25(4): 233-263.
  29. 62.Moon, D., & Chung, H.* (2018). Health publicness beyond the healthcare system: Focusing on the concept of health security and the process of social dialogue. Health Policy and Management, 28(4), 329–338. https://doi.org/10.4332/KJHPA.2018.28.4.329 [In Korean]
    문다슬, 정혜주* (2018). 보건의료 공공성을 넘어 건강공공성으로: 건강안보와 사회적 대화를 중심으로. 보건행정학회지. 28(4): 329-338.
  30. 61.Goh, Y.-G., Heo, H.-H., & Chung, H.* (2018). Scoping review of theory-based empirical studies on health service utilization. Korean Public Health Research, 44(3), 105–127. https://doi.org/10.22900/kphr.2018.44.3.008 [In Korean]
    고영곤, 허현희, 정혜주* (2018). 대한보건연구. 44(3): 105-127.
  31. 60.Seo, W.-Y., Moon, D., & Chung, H.* (2017). Determinants of welfare attitudes towards healthcare services: Focusing on self-interest, symbolic attitude, and sociotropic perceptions. Health Policy and Management, 27(4), 324–334. [In Korean]
    서욱영, 문다슬, 정혜주* (2017). 의료서비스에 대한 복지태도의 결정요인: 자기이해, 상징적 태도, 사회지향적 인식요인들을 중심으로. 보건행정학회지. 27(4): 324-335.
  32. 59.Heo, H.-H., Che, X. H., Jeong, W. J., & Chung, H.* (2017). Evaluation of community interventions to reduce health inequity in socioeconomically vulnerable populations. Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion, 34(2), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.14367/kjhep.2017.34.2.1 [In Korean]
    허현희, 차선화, 정우진, 정혜주* (2017). 사회경제적 취약계층의 건강불평등 해소를 위한 지역사회 건강증진사업 평가. 보건교육건강증진학회지. 34(2): 1-13.
  33. 58.Choi, H., Chung, H.*, Muntaner, C., Lee, M., Kim, Y., Barry, C. E., & Cho, S.-N. (2016). The impact of social conditions on patient adherence to pulmonary tuberculosis treatment. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 20(7). https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.15.0759
  34. 57.Ng, E., Muntaner, C., & Chung, H. (2016). Welfare states, labor markets, political dynamics, and population health: A time-series cross-sectional analysis among East and Southeast Asian nations. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 28(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/1010539516628171
  35. 56.Jung, Y., Byeon, J., & Chung, H.* (2016). Prescription Drug Use among Adults with Chronic Conditions in South Korea. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 28(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/1010539515612906
  36. 55.Heo, H.-H., Kim, J. S., Che, X., & Chung, H.* (2016). The relationship between marginalization and health inequalities in an urban slum of South Korea: A qualitative study. Health and Social Science, 43, 5–32. [In Korean]
    허현희, 김진성, 차선화, 정혜주* (2016). 도시 빈곤지역 주민의 주변화와 건강불평등의 관계에 대한 질적 연구. 보건과 사회과학. 43:5-32.
  37. 54.Jung, T.-Y., Goh, Y.-G., & Chung, H.* (2016). A study on strategies to galvanize the anti-aging industry. The Korean Journal of Health Service Management, 10(2), 145–154. [In Korean]
    정태영*, 고영곤, 정혜주. (2016). 항노화산업 활성화 방안에 관한 연구. 보건의료산업학회지. 10(2). 145-154.
  38. 53.Muntaner, C.*, Ng, E., Chung, H., & Prins, S. J. (2015). Two decades of Neo-Marxist class analysis and health inequalities: A critical reconstruction. Social Theory and Health, 13(3–4), 267–287. https://doi.org/10.1057/sth.2015.17
  39. 52.Muntaner, C., Ng, E., Prins, S. J., Bones-Rocha, K., Espelt, A., & Chung, H.* (2015). Social class and mental health: testing exploitation as a relational determinant of depression. International Journal of Health Services: Planning, Administration, Evaluation, 45(2), 265–284. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020731414568508
  40. 51.Kim, J. S., Heo, H.-H., & Chung, H.* (2015). Trends and implications of Jjok-bang research in South Korea: A systematic review based on community participation and the socio-ecological model. Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion, 32(4), 79–92. https://doi.org/10.14367/kjhep.2015.32.4.79 [In Korean]
    김진성, 허현희, 정혜주* (2015). 지역사회기반 참여와 사회생태적 관점에서 본 국내 쪽방지역 주민의 건강증진 역량강화 방안. 보건교육건강증진학회지. 32(4): 79-92.
  41. 50.Jeon, J., Che, X. H., Chung, H.*, … (2015). Lived experiences of persons with disabilities living alone in a single room occupancy community. Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies, 46(2), 5–35. https://doi.org/10.16999/kasws.2015.46.2.5 [In Korean]
    전지혜, 차선화, 정혜주* 등 (2015). 쪽방 거주 장애인의 삶의 경험에 관한 연구. 사회복지연구. 46(2):5-35.
  42. 49.Heo, H.-H., Che, X. H., Chung, H.*, … (2015). Effects of socio-ecological factors on mental health of residents in a single room occupancy (jjok-bang) community in South Korea. Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion, 32(2), 39–52. https://doi.org/10.14367/kjhep.2015.32.2.39 [In Korean]
    허현희, 차선화, 정혜주* 등 (2015). 사회생태적 모델을 적용한 쪽방 주민의 정신건강 영향요인 분석. 보건교육건강증진학회지. 32(2): 39-52.
  43. 48.Goh, Y.-G., Jung, T.-Y., Chung, H.*, Che, X. H., Yu, S., Jo, M., Cha, S., Moon, D., Seo, J., & Cho, K. (2015). An analysis of health-related R&D registered at the National Technical Information Services. Health Policy and Management, 25(2), 71–79. https://doi.org/10.4332/kjhpa.2015.25.2.71 [In Korean]
    고영곤, 정태영, 정혜주*, 차선화, 유사라, 조민진, 차수진, 문다슬, 서지영, 조규진 (2015). 과학기술지식정보서비스의 보건의료 분야 연구·개발과제: 분포와 연구비용 비중 분석. 보건행정학회지. 25(2): 71-79.
  44. 47.Kim, S., & Chung, H.* (2015). Analysis of family-environmental factors affecting game addiction among adolescents: Focusing on economic, cultural, and social capital. Health and Social Science, 38, 5–36. [In Korean]
    김석환*, 정혜주 (2015). 게임중독에 영향을 미치는 청소년의 가정환경요인분석: 가정 내 경제, 문화, 사회자본을 중심으로. 보건과 사회과학. 38(6월): 5-36.
  45. 46.Choi, H., Kim, M.-H., & Chung, H.* (2014). Present and future of tuberculosis research from the perspective of social determinants of tuberculosis in South Korea. Health and Social Science, 35, 145–174. [In Korean]
    최홍조, 김명희, 정혜주* (2014). 결핵의 사회적 결정요인 관점에서 바라본 한국 결핵 연구의 현재와 향후 방향. 보건과 사회과학. 35(6): 145-174.
  46. 45.Chung, H., Ng, E., Ibrahim, S., Karlsson, B., Benach, J., Espelt, A., & Muntaner, C.* (2013). Welfare state regimes, gender, and depression: A multilevel analysis of middle and high income countries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 10(4), 1324–1341. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10041324
  47. 44.Afzal, Z., Muntaner, C., Chung, H.*, Mahmood, Q., Ng, E., & Schrecker, T. (2013). Complementarities or contradictions? scoping the health dimensions of “flexicurity” labor market policies. International Journal of Health Services, 43(3), 473–482. https://doi.org/10.2190/HS.43.3.f
  48. 43.Muntaner, C., Benach, J., Victor, M., Ng, E., & Chung, H.* (2013). Egalitarian policies and social determinants of health in Bolivarian Venezuela. International Journal of Health Services, 43(3), 537–549. https://doi.org/10.2190/HS.43.3.j
  49. 42.Muntaner, C., Chung, H.*, Murphy, K., & Ng, E. (2012). Barriers to knowledge production, knowledge translation, and urban health policy change: Ideological, economic, and political considerations. Journal of Urban Health, 89(6), 915–924. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-012-9699-1
  50. 41.Muntaner, C.*, Ng, E., Benach, J., & Chung, H. (2012). Occupation and (social) class refer to different social mechanisms. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 69(10), 770–771. https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2012-100728
  51. 40.Muntaner, C., Chung, H., Benach, J., & Ng, E.* (2012). Hierarchical cluster analysis of labour market regulations and population health: A taxonomy of low- and middle-income countries. BMC Public Health, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-286
  52. 39.Muntaner, C., Rai, N., Ng, E., & Chung, H.* (2012). Social class, politics, and the spirit level: Why income inequality remains unexplained and unsolved. International Journal of Health Services, 42(3), 369–381. https://doi.org/10.2190/HS.42.3.a
  53. 38.Muntaner, C., Ng, E., & Chung, H.* (2012). Making Power Visible in Global Health Governance. American Journal of Bioethics, 12(7), 63–64. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2012.675401
  54. 37.Byeon, J., Jung, Y., & Chung, H.* (2012). Medication use among adults in Korea: Focusing on prescription drugs and lifestyle drugs. Korean Journal of Health Policy and Management, 22(4), 579–596. https://doi.org/10.4332/kjhpa.2012.22.4.579 [In Korean]
    변진옥, 정연, 정혜주* (2012). 우리나라 성인 의약품 사용 양상: 외래처방의약품과 라이프스타일 의약품을 중심으로. 보건행정학회지. 12월; 22(4): 579-596.
  55. 36.Muntaner, C., Benach, J., Tarafa, G., & Chung, H.* (2011). The welfare state and global health: Latin America, the Arab world and the politics of social class. Gaceta Sanitaria, 25(6), 445–447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2011.09.007
  56. 35.Muntaner, C.*, Borrell, C., Ng, E., Chung, H., Espelt, A., Rodriguez-Sanz, M., Benach, J., & O’Campo, P. (2011). Politics, welfare regimes, and population health: Controversies and evidence. Sociology of Health and Illness, 33(6), 946–964. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01339.x
  57. 34.Muntaner, C., Li, Y., Ng, E., Benach, J., & Chung, H.* (2011). Work or place? Assessing the concurrent effects of workplace exploitation and area-of-residence economic inequality on individual health. International Journal of Health Services, 41(1), 27–50. https://doi.org/10.2190/HS.41.1.c
  58. 33.Muntaner, C., Borrell, C., Solà, J., Marí-Dell’Olmo, M., Chung, H.*, Rodríguez-Sanz, M., Benach, J., Rocha, K., & Ng, E. (2011). Class relations and all-cause mortality: A test of Wright’s social class scheme using the Barcelona 2000 Health Interview Survey. International Journal of Health Services, 41(3), 431–458. https://doi.org/10.2190/HS.41.3.c
  59. 32.Park, J. H., Kim, S. H.*, Lee, M. A., Sim, E. J., & Chung, H. (2011). Koreans’ views of life and death: Results from a nationally representative survey. Korean Journal of Survey Research, 12(3), 95–121. [In Korean]
    박재현, 김석호*, 이민아, 심은정, 정혜주 (2011). 한국인의 사생관에 대한 실증적 조사 연구. 조사연구. 11월; 12(3): 95~121.
  60. 31.Chung, H.*, Byeon, J., & Lee, K. (2011). Economic crisis and health: A descriptive analysis of trends and changes in South Korean society. Asiatic Research, 54(2), 111–153. [In Korean]
    정혜주*, 변진옥, 이광현 (2011). 경제 위기와 건강 한국사회의 변화에 대한 묘사적 연구. 아세아연구. 6월; 54(2): 111~153.
  61. 30.Chung, H.*, Muntaner, C., & EMCONET. (2011). Employment conditions and inequalities in health: Pathways and mechanisms. Korea Social Policy Review, 18(2), 245–287. https://doi.org/10.17000/kspr.18.2.201106.245 [In Korean]
    정혜주*, Muntaner, C., EMCONET (2011). 고용관계와 건강불평등: 경로와 메커니즘에 관한 탐색. 한국사회정책. 6월; 18(2): 245~287.
  62. 29.Muntaner, C., Benach, J., Chung, H.*, Ng, E., & Schrecker, T. (2010). Welfare state, labour market inequalities and health. In a global context: An integrated framework. SESPAS report 2010 | El reto de la globalización para la salud pública: El estado de bienestar, y las desigualdades en salud. Informe SESPAS 2010. Gaceta Sanitaria, 24(SUPPL. 1), 56–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2010.09.013 [In Spanish]
  63. 28.Muntaner, C.*, Borrell, C., Vanroelen, C., Chung, H., Benach, J., Kim, I. H., & Ng, E. (2010). Employment relations, social class and health: A review and analysis of conceptual and measurement alternatives. Social Science and Medicine, 71(12), 2130–2140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.09.038
  64. 27.Benach, J.*, Muntaner, C., Chung, H., Solar, O., Santana, V., Friel, S., Houweling, T. A., & Marmot, M. (2010). The importance of government policies in reducing employment related health inequalities. BMJ, 340, c2154. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c2154
  65. 26.Benach, J.*, Muntaner, C., Chung, H., & Benavides, F. G. (2010). Immigration, employment relations, and health: Developing a research agenda. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 53(4), 338–343. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.20717
  66. 25.Chung, H.*, Muntaner, C., & Benach, J. (2010). Employment relations and global health: A typological study of world labor markets. International Journal of Health Services, 40(2), 229–253. https://doi.org/10.2190/HS.40.2.e
  67. 24.Muntaner, C., Sridharan, S., Chung, H.*, Solar, O., Quinlan, M., Vergara, M., & Benach, J. (2010). The solution space: Developing research and policy agendas to eliminate employment-related health inequalities. International Journal of Health Services, 40(2), 309–314. https://doi.org/10.2190/HS.40.2.j
  68. 23.Quinlan, M., Muntaner, C., Solar, O., Vergara, M., Eijkemans, G., Santana, V., Chung, H., Castedo, A., & Benach, J.* (2010). Policies and interventions on employment relations and health inequalities. International Journal of Health Services, 40(2), 297–307. https://doi.org/10.2190/HS.40.2.i
  69. 22.Kim, I.-H., Muntaner, C., Chung, H.*, & Benach, J. (2010). Case studies on employment-related health inequalities in countries representing different types of labor markets. International Journal of Health Services, 40(2), 255–267. https://doi.org/10.2190/HS.40.2.f
  70. 21.Benach, J.*, Solar, O., Santana, V., Castedo, A., Chung, H., & Muntaner, C. (2010). A micro-level model of employment relations and health inequalities. International Journal of Health Services, 40(2), 223–227. https://doi.org/10.2190/HS.40.2.d
  71. 20.Muntaner, C.*, Chung, H., Solar, O., Santana, V., Castedo, A., & Benach, J. (2010). A macro-level model of employment relations and health inequalities. International Journal of Health Services, 40(2), 215–221. https://doi.org/10.2190/HS.40.2.c
  72. 19.Muntaner, C.*, Borrell, C., Solá, J., Marí-Dell’Olmo, M., Chung, H., Rodríguez-Sanz, M., Benach, J., & Noh, S. (2009). Capitalists, managers, professionals and mortality: Findings from the Barcelona social class and all cause mortality longitudinal study. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 37(8), 826–838. https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494809346870
  73. 18.Sarkar, A.*, Muntaner, C., Chung, H., & Benach, J. (2009). The employment conditions network final report is a political, anti-neoliberal & welfare state move. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 130(1), 93–94.
  74. 17.Armada, F., Muntaner, C.*, Chung, H., Williams-Brennan, L., & Benach, J. (2009). Barrio adentro and the reduction of health inequalities in Venezuela: An appraisal of the first years. International Journal of Health Services, 39(1), 161–187. https://doi.org/10.2190/HS.39.1.h
  75. 16.Muntaner, C.*, Armada, F., Chung, H., & Benach, J. (2009). Misión Barrio Adentro: Democracia participativa y salud pública en la Venezuela bolivariana. Palimpsesto, 12(57), 103–114. [In Spanish]
  76. 15.Chung, H.*, & Muntaner, C. (2008). Determinantes políticos y del estado de bienestar de los indicadores de salud infantil y juvenil: un análisis de los países ricos. Revista Gerencia y Políticas de Salud. 7(14), 32-52. [In Spanish]
  77. 14.Chung, H., & Muntaner, C.* (2008). Welfare regime types and global health: An emerging challenge. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 62(4), 282–283. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2006.057778
  78. 13.Muntaner, C.*, & Chung, H. (2008). Macrosocial determinants, epidemiology, and health policy: Should politics and economics be banned from social determinants of health research? Journal of Public Health Policy, 29(3), 299–306. https://doi.org/10.1057/jphp.2008.23
  79. 12.Muntaner, C.*, Armada, F., Chung, H., Mata, R., Williams-Brennan, L., & Benach, J. (2008). Venezuela’s Barrio Adentro: Participatory democracy, South–South cooperation and health care for all. Social Medicine, 3(4), 232–246.
  80. 11.Alterman, T.*, Grosch, J., Chen, X., Chrislip, D., Petersen, M., Krieg Jr., E., Chung, H., & Muntaner, C. (2008). Examining associations between job characteristics and health: Linking data from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) to two U.S. national health surveys. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 50(12), 1401–1413. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e318188e882
  81. 10.Chung, H.*, & Muntaner, C. (2008). Health care placebo? – Obama, Hillary, and the prospect of the US health care reform. Social Welfare and Labour, 12, 142–153. [In Korean]
    정혜주*, 카를레스 문타네. (2008). 플라시보 의료개혁? – 오바마, 힐러리, 그리고 미국 보건의료개혁의 전망. 사회복지와 노동. 8월; 12: 142-153.
  82. 9.Chung, H.*, & Muntaner, C. (2007). Welfare state matters: A typological multilevel analysis of wealthy countries. Health Policy, 80(2), 328–339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2006.03.004
  83. 8.Chung, H.*, & Muntaner, C. (2007). Diseases, patients, and access to medicine: A reflection on an alternative Global Pharmaceutical Regime. Contrastes – Revista Cultural, 48, 151–156.
  84. 7.Chung, H.*, & Muntaner, C. (2006). Political and welfare state determinants of infant and child health indicators: An analysis of wealthy countries. Social Science and Medicine, 63(3), 829–842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.01.030
  85. 6.Muntaner, C.*, Li, Y., Xue, X., Thompson, T., Chung, H., & O’Campo, P. (2006). County and organizational predictors of depression symptoms among low-income nursing assistants in the USA. Social Science and Medicine, 63(6), 1454–1465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.03.042
  86. 5.Muntaner, C.*, Li, Y., Xue, X., Thompson, T., O’Campo, P., Chung, H., & Eaton, W. W. (2006). County level socioeconomic position, work organization and depression disorder: A repeated measures cross-classified multilevel analysis of low-income nursing home workers. Health and Place, 12(4), 688–700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2005.09.004
  87. 4.Muntaner, C.*, van Dussen, D. J., Li, Y., Zimmerman, S., Chung, H., & Benach, J. (2006). Work organization, economic inequality, and depression among nursing assistants: A multilevel modeling approach. Psychological Reports, 98(2), 585–601. https://doi.org/10.2466/PR0.98.2.585-601
  88. 3.Muntaner, C.*, & Chung, H. J. (2005). Psychosocial epidemiology, social structure, and ideology. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 59(7), 540–541.Muntaner, C., & Chung, H. J. (2007). Erratum: Psychosocial epidemiology, social structure, and ideology (Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (2005) 59, (540-541)). Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 61(6), 559. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2006.045997corr1
  89. 2.Muntaner, C.*, Li, Y., Xue, X. N., O'Campo, P., Chung, H., & Eaton, W. W. (2004). Work organization, area labor-market characteristics, and depression among US nursing home workers: A cross-classified multilevel analysis. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 10(4), 392-400.
  90. 1.Chung, H.* (2001). Medicines for all nations, medicines for all patients. Joong Deung Uri Kyo Yook, 140, 48–49. [In Korean]
    정혜주*. (2001). 모든 나라를 위한 의약품, 모든 환자를 위한 의약품. 중등우리교육. 10월;140:48-49.

Articles under review

  1. 3.Kim, G., Chung, H.* Depression trajectories following transition to living alone among Korean older adults: a 16-year longitudinal study, Journal of Gerontology Series B: Social Science
  2. 2.Jo, M., Choe, S.-a., Chung, H.* Unequal beginnings: socioeconomic disparities in preterm birth and under-5 mortality rates in South Korea. Journal of Urban Health
  3. 1.Yu, S., Chung, H.* Clarifying the Smart Healthy City: Concept analysis with systems thinking approach for urban health governance. Cities.

Editorials and essays

  1. 3.Chung, H., & Muntaner, C. (2026). Health systems as contested ground (Editorial). Health Politics. 1(2):e006
  2. 2.Chung, H., & Muntaner, C. (2026). Introducing Health Politics (Editorial). Health Politics. 1(1):e001
  3. 1.Chung, H., & Muntaner, C. (2026). Why Health Politics? Power, institutions, and the political determinants of health in an age of converging crises. Health Politics. 1(1):e002

Books, chapters and translations

Books

  1. 6.Co-author. (2020). The start of hyper-recovery after COVID-19. Seoul: Across. [In Korean]
  2. 5.Co-author. (2019).Innovation report for the future: Korea in 2020 forecasted by 46 experts. Seoul: Yoonseongsa. [In Korean]
  3. 4.Kim, S. B., Lee, T., Shin, B., Bae, Y., Cho, H., Shin, S., Lee, S., Chung, H.*, Kim, H., Lee, S., Oh, H., Hwang, J., & Ku, M. (2016). The future strategy of emerging security: Beyond the theory of non-traditional security. Seoul: Sa-heo-pyeong-ron. [In Korean]
  4. 3.Kang, M., Ahn, J., Kwon, H., Kim, Y., Kim, I., Kim, S., Chung, H.*, Ma, I., Kim, Y., Yang, J., Eun, M., & Kwon, S. (2012). The political economy of the Korean welfare state. Seoul: Asiatic Research Institute Press. [In Korean]
  5. 2.Cho, K., Kim, C.-Y., Chung, H.*, Lim, J., & Kim, C.-B. (2012). Health for all: Creating a country where the 99% are healthy. Seoul: Imagine. [In Korean]
  6. 1.Kim, M.-H., et al. (2010). The inconvenient truth of healthcare privatization. Seoul: Humanitas. [In Korean]

Book chapters

  1. 20.Muntaner, C., Ng, E., Chung, H., Eaton, W.W. (2026). Mental Health. In: Levy, B. S., Sidel, V. W. (Ed.s) Social Injustice and Public Health. 3rd ed. Oxford University Press.
  2. 19.Muntaner, C., et al. (2020). Precarious Employment Conditions, Exploitation, and Health in Two Global Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean and East Asia. In: Theorell, T. (Ed.) Handbook of Socioeconomic Determinants of Occupational Health. (2020). Springer.
  3. 18.Muntaner, C., Ng, E., Chung, H., Eaton, W.W. (2019). Mental Health. In: Levy, B. S., Sidel, V. W. (Ed.s) Social Injustice and Public Health. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press.
  4. 17.Afzal, A., Muntaner, C., Chung, H., Mahmood, Q., Ng, E., Schrecker, T. (2017). Complementarities and or contradictions? Scoping the health dimensions of “flexicurity” labour market policies. In: Bourgeault, I. L., Labonte, R., Packer, C., Runnels, V. (Ed.s). Population Health in Canada: Issues, Research, and Action. Toronto, ON: Canadian Scholars.
  5. 16.Muntaner, C., Shahidy, F. V., Kim, I.-H., Chung, H., & Benach, J. (2016) Populations at Special Health Risk: Workers. In International Encyclopedia of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-803678-5.00351-9
  6. 15.Chung, H., Muntaner, C., Benach, J. & the EMCONET Network. (2014). Employment relations and global health: A typological study of world labor markets. In Navarro, V., Muntaner, C. (Ed.s). The Financial and Economic Crises and Their Impact on Health and Social Well-Being. Amityville, NY. Baywood Publishing Company.
  7. 14.Muntaner, C., Rai, N., Ng, E., & Chung, H. (2014). Social class, politics, and the spirit level: why income inequality remains unexplained and unsolved. In Navarro, V., Muntaner, C. (Ed.s). The Financial and Economic Crises and Their Impact on Health and Social Well-Being. Amityville, NY. Baywood Publishing Company.
  8. 13.Edwin, N., Muntaner, C., Chung, H. & Eaton, W. W. (2014). Socioeconomic Status and Mental Illness. The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society. 2232–2238.
  9. 12.Muntaner, C., Ng, E., Chung, H., Eaton, W. W. (2013). Mental Health. In: Levy, B.S. & Sidel, V. W. (Eds.) Social Injustice and Public Health. New York: Oxford University Press.
  10. 11.Muntaner, C., Borrell, C., Ng, E., Chung, H., Espelt, A., Rodriguez-Sans, M., Benach, J., O’Campo, P. (2012). Politics, welfare state, and population health: controversies and evidence [: ]. In: Korean Research Group in Welfare State. (Ed.). Political Economy of Korean Welfare State [ ] Seoul: Asiatic Research Press [: ]. [In Korean]
  11. 10.Muntaner, C., Borrell, C., Ng, E., Chung, H., Espelt, A., Rodriguez-Sanz, M., Benach, J., & O’Campo, P. (2012). Locating politics in social epidemiology. In Rethinking Social Epidemiology: Towards a Science of Change (Vol. 9789400721). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2138-8_9
  12. 9.Muntaner, C., Armada F., Chung H. (2011). Barrio Adentro and health care in Venezuela. In J. Eastwood & T. Poniah (Eds.) The Revolution in Venezuela: Social and Political Change under Chávez. New York: Rockfeller Center for Latin American Studies.
  13. 8.Muntaner, C., & Chung, H. (2010). Teaching social inequalities in health: Institutional barriers and creative solutions. In R. Bhatia & R. Hofrichter (Eds.), Tacking Health Inequities through Public Health Practice: Theory to Action. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
  14. 7.Muntaner, C., Chung, H., Borrell, C., & Benach, J. (2010). Class and psychiatric disorders. In R. Bhatia & R. Hofrichter (Eds.), Tacking Health Inequities through Public Health Practice: Theory to Action. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
  15. 6.Muntaner, C., Chung, H., Kim, I.-H. (2009). Populations at special health risk: workers. In Kris Heggenhougen (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Public Health. Elsevier.
  16. 5.Benach, J., Muntaner, C., Sollar, O., Quinlan, M., Chung, H., Vergara Duarte, M., Santana, W. (2009). The global impact of employment and work on health inequalities: the need for a new policy agenda. In J. Borrell Fontelles (Ed.), Dilemmas in Globalization: Exploring Global Trends and Progressive Solutions. Brussels, Belgium: The European Parliament in coordination with the Global Progressive Forum.
  17. 4.Muntaner, C., Chung, H., Borrell, C., & Benach, J. (2008). Class and psychiatric disorders. In K. Cohen & S, Timimi (Eds.), In Liberatory Psychiatry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 131-146. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511543678.008
  18. 3.Muntaner, C., Borrell, C., & Chung, H. (2007). Class Relations, Economic Inequality, and Mental Health: Why Social Class Matters to Sociology of Mental Health. In W.R. Avison, J. McLeod, & B.A. Pescosolido (Eds.), Mental Health, Social Mirror. New York, NY: Springer Publishing. (American Sociological Association). Pp. 127-142. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-36320-2
  19. 2.Muntaner, C., Schooler, C., Pulver, A. E., & Chung, H. (2007). Social class trajectory and psychotic disorders: A comparison between schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, and community non-cases. In D. P. French (Ed.), Schizophrenic Psychology: New Research. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
  20. 1.Muntaner, C., Borrell, C., Kunst, A., Chung, H., Benach, J., & Ibrahim, S. (2006). Social Class, Welfare State and Health. In D. Raphael, T. Bryant & M. Rioux (Eds.), Staying Alive: Critical Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care. Toronto, ON: Canadian Scholars' Press, Inc.

Translated books

  1. 1.Chung, H., & colleagues (Co-Trans.). (2021). Social Epidemiology. Seoul: Hanool. [In Korean]

Funded research

PeriodTitleFunding agencyRole
2026.01.01-AI-Oriented UniversityIITPCo-I
2026.03.01-CARE-net: Compassionate AI-IoT for Resilient Elder Care and Network System (Human-Technology-Data Integrated Care Solutions for Frail Older Adults)Korean ARPA-H Initiative (contracted via KHIDI)Co-PI
2025.06.01-2028.05.31HADES: Healthy City Atlas for Decision-Making Enhancement SystemNational Research Foundation (NRF)PI
2024.05.01-2026.02.28AI Robot-Based Digital Twin Care Platform for Continuous Integrated Care of the ElderlyKorean ARPA-H InitiativeCo-PI
2022.05.01-2024.01.31Designing Participatory Smart Healthy Cities based on the Learning Health Systems Framework (two consecutive contracts)Korea Health Promotion Institute (KHEPI), National Smart Health Management R&D Program (contracted via KHIDI)PI
2020.09.01-2025.02.28BK21FOUR Research & Education Center for Learning Health SystemsMinistry of EducationPI(Director)
2023.05.01-2026.12.31Software(SW)-Oriented UniversityIITPCo-I
2022.05.10-2022.10.31Child Policy Impact Assessment of Health PoliciesNational Center for the Rights of the Child (NCRC)PI
2022.03.01-2022.04.30Research to Design Core Competencies of Division of Health Policy & ManagementKorea UniversityPI
2021.09.01-2022.02.28A Formative Research for Community-based Precision Healthcare Living LabKorea UniversityPI
2021.06.01-2021.11.15In Depth Analysis of the Seoul-Type Sickness BenefitKorea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA)PI
2021.05.03-2021.11.16Analysis for the Future Strategy of the Seoul-Type Sickness BenefitSeoul Health Foundation (SHF)PI
2020.08.20-2020.12.19Basic Research for Seoul Citizens’ Health Security after COVID-19SHFPI
2020.04.14-2020.09.10Designing Consultation System for Pregnancies and ChildbirthsMoHWCo-I
2020.02.01-2020.11.30Research on Migration Levels from Functional Food Contact Articles and Containers/Packaging Materials - Focusing on Antimicrobial Agents in Synthetic Resin ProductsNational Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation(NIFDS)Co-I
2020Directions and Challenges for Social Security Policy in the Post-COVID EraKorea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA)Co-I
2020A Study on the Legal Institutionalization of Sexual and Reproductive Health and RightsCo-I
2019.06.10-2019.11.30Technical Support and Impact Evaluation of Seoul Sick Leave Benefit PolicySHFPI
2019.05.30-2019.11.29Review and Impact Evaluation of Essential Maternal and Child Medical and Health Care ServicesSocial Security Committee (SSC)PI
2016Developing Evidence-based Agendas for the Healthcare Quadripartite Committee of SeoulKorean Health and Medical Workers’ Union (KHMU)PI
2016.09.01-2020.08.31[Social Science Korea 3rd Phase] Social Risks and Welfare State: Constructing General Theories Based on Experiences in Small Welfare StateNRFCo-I
2015.11.01- 2018.10.30Developing Health & Social Care Model for Tuberculosis Patients with Precarious HousingKorea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI)Co-I
2017.12.29-2018.05.30Analyses of Out-Of-Pocket Payments at City Hospitals and Strategies of Enhancing National Health Insurance CoverageSHFPI
2015.03.31- 2015.11.30A Process Evaluation of Community-Based Autonomous Health Promotion Programs and PolicyKorea Health Promotion Institute (KHEPI)PI
2015Indicators of Health Inequality in Korea and Policy Agenda: Strategies to Reduce Health InequalitiesKIHASACo-I
2014.09.01-2014.11.30Revision of Korea Health Panel Survey – Review of the Medical Expenditures and Healthcare Utilization PartNational Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC)PI
2014.04.21-2014.11.20A Research on the Impact of Mental Health Self-Help Groups and Psychological Consultations to Treat Psychological Trauma and Enhance Inner Strength in Reducing Alcohol Abuse and DepressionKorea Health Promotion Institute (KHEPI; formerly Korea Health Promotion Foundation)PI
2013.09.01-2016.08.31[Social Science Korea 2nd Phase] Social Risks and Welfare States: Establishing a General Theory based on the Experiences of Least-Developed Welfare StatesNRFCo-I
2013.09.01-2020.08.31BK21PLUS Program in “Embodiment: Health-Society Interaction”Ministry of EducationPI(Director)
2013.07.30-2013.12.30Modification of Medical Review Terminologies to Enhance Access of CitizensHealth Insurance Review & Assessment Service (HIRA)PI
2013.05.28-2013.11.27A Formative Research to Design an Asset-Based Participatory Health Promotion Research ProgramKorea Health Promotion Institute (KHEPI; formerly Korea Health Promotion Foundation)PI
2013.03.01-2014.02.28Research Support Award for Outstanding Investigators, 2013Korea UniversityPI
2013.02.01-2013.11.30Sustainable Essential Medicines Procurement : A Search for Effective Strategies for KoreaNIFDSPI
2012.11.01-2013.08.31Fund for Innovations in Research and EducationKorea UniversityPI
2012.08.01-2012.12.31Strategy for the Health System StrengtheningKorea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)Co-I
2012.05.01-2014.04.30[New Investigator Award] The “Recognition” of Middle-Income Welfare States and Its Implication for the Health Policy and Politics ResearchNRFPI
2012.05.01-2013.02.28Research Support Award for Outstanding Investigators, 2012Korea UniversityPI
2012.03.16-2012.11.15The Strategy For The Pharmaceutical International Cooperation Through Official Development Assistant ProgramsKorea Food and Drug Agency (KFDA)PI
2012.02.15-2012.11.30Research on Improvising the Provision of Medication InformationNIFDSPI
2011.11.01-2012.10.31Social Determinants of Health within a Canadian Context: A Scoping and Meta-Analytic ReviewCanadian Health Services Research FoundationCo-I
2011.05.01-2012.04.30[Award for Outstanding Publications in Social Science and Humanities] Employment relations and global health: a typological study of world labor marketsNRFPI
2011.05.01-2012.04.30Research Support Award for Outstanding Investigators, 2011Korea UniversityPI
2011.04.21-2011.07.31Evaluation of Air-Ticket Solidarity Levy FundKOICACo-I
2011.04.01-2011.11.30Reasons of and Solutions to Increasing Drug ExpendituresNHICPI
2011Solutions to Promote Mental Health in Children and AdolescentsNational Youth Policy InstituteCo-I
2011Health Insurance and Pharmaceutical Pricing System of ChinaMoHWCo-I
2010-2011Evaluative Study of the New Health Plan 2010MoHWCo-I
2010.12.28-2011.06.28Society at a “Deep” GlanceOECD Korea Policy CenterCo-I
2010.09.01-2013.08.31[Social Science Korea 1st Phase] Social RisksNRFCo-I
2009Uncovering Determinants and Impact of Workplace Violence for Psychiatric Nurses Using Concept MappingCanadian Nursing Research Foundation (CNRF)Co-I
2008New Country Typology for the Presentation of Social Determinants and Health Equity Policy Recommendations, Including the Recommendations of the Commission on Social Determinants of HealthWHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH)Co-PI
2007Country Typology for the Presentation of Social Determinants and Health Equity Policy Recommendations, Including the Recommendations of the Commission on Social Determinants of HealthWHO CSDHCo-PI
2007Application of the Northern European Health Insurance Systems in Transition to KoreaNHICCo-I
2007-2008[CIHR Analysis of the World Health Survey Priority Announcement] Labor Institutions and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health among Wealthy CountriesCanadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)Co-PI
2007.01.01-2009.12.31[CIHR Post-Doctoral Fellowship Competition]Improving Population Health Beyond Universal Health Care: The Context of Welfare States and the Relative Effectiveness of Health Care SystemCIHRPost-Doctoral Fellow

Honours and awards

2026
Seok-Tap Teaching Award for Health Policy, Korea University
2016
Seok-Tap Research Award (Top 3% Research Performance), Korea University
2016
Outstanding Program in BK21PLUS (top-ranked in the Humanities and Social Sciences-based Convergence panel)
2011, 2012, 2013
Research Support Award for Outstanding Investigators, College of Health Science, Korea University
2011
Outstanding Journal Article Award in Social Science, National Research Foundation (NRF), Republic of Korea for Chung, H.*, Muntaner, C., Benach, J.; EMCONET Network. (2010). Employment relations and global health: a typological study of world labor markets. International Journal of Health Services. 40(2):229-53.
2006
Selected as one of ten best scientific papers published on Early Childhood Development by Centre for Excellence in Early Childhood Development (CEECD) for Chung, H., & Muntaner, C. (2006). Political and welfare state determinants of population health. Social Science & Medicine, 63(3), 829-42.
2006
“Improving population health beyond universal health care: The context of welfare states and the relative effectiveness of health care system.” Canadian Institutes of Health Research CIHR IHSPR Post-Doctoral Fellowship competition, CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR)
2006
Research Associateship Award, Comparative Program on Health and Society, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto
2004
Health and Social Justice Student Poster Competition, Spirit of 1848 Caucus, American Public Health Association.
2002-2006
Ruth Rice Puffer Fund for International Student Support, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
2000
Scholarship for academic excellence (tuition support), Department of Manufacturing Pharmacy, Graduate School, Seoul National University
1994, 1995, 1998
Scholarship for academic excellence (tuition support), Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University

Teaching

LevelInstitutionCourseYear
Under-graduateDivision of Health Policy & Management, Korea UniversityHealth and Social Justice2014-
Health Policy2010-
Social Policy & Health2012-
Politics of Health Policy2012-20
Health Policy Analysis and Evaluation2010-11
Healthcare Management Practicum I2010-12
Community Health Promotion2012
Introduction to Global Health2010-12
Healthcare Industry2010
Introduction to Health Policy & Management (Team Teaching)2014-
Introduction to Healthcare Administration2011-13
Freshmen Seminar2013-
GraduateGraduate School, Korea UniversityIntroduction to Community-Based Learning Health Systems2020-
Implementation Science for Public Health2022
Health Justice2020-
Introduction to Trans-Disciplinary Public Health Research2013-
Social Science Research Methods in Public Health2011-
Macro-Comparative Methods for Health & Health Policy Analyses2013-
Welfare State, Social Policy, and Health2013-
Case Studies in Global Health Promotion and Intersectoral Action for Health2012-
Graduate Seminar in Health Policy2010-
Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of TorontoComparative Politics of Health and Health Policy in a Globalizing World · Co-teaching with Pf. Carles Muntaner · Core required course for Interdisciplinary Program in “Global Health,” and Interdisciplinary Program in “Community Health.”2007, 2008, 2010
Theories and Methods in Global Inequalities of Health · Co-teaching with Pf. Carles Muntaner · Registered in the Interdisciplinary Program in “Global Health,” and Clinical course in “Master in Nursing”2009
Welfare State in Developing Countries · Co-teaching with Pf. Carles Muntaner2008
Department of Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins UniversitySpecial Studies Course: Class Analysis in Social Epidemiology: Measurement and Conceptual Issues2004
Public Policies to Reduce Health Inequalities: The International Experience, Part I. The Analysis of the Current Situation · Syllabus coauthor & course coordinator · The 2nd Johns Hopkins Fall Institute in Health Policy · Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain (11/21-23)2005
The Epidemiology of Health Inequalities · Syllabus coauthor & course coordinator · The 1st Johns Hopkins Fall Institute in Health Policy · Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain2004
Special Studies Course: Class Analysis in Social Epidemiology: Measurement and Conceptual Issues. · Syllabus coauthor & course coordinator · Dep’t Mental Health & Health Policy and Management2004
“Globalization, Trade, Health, and the Welfare State.” · Course development and coordination with Teresa Thompson, Jeff Johnson, & Carles Muntaner2003
Other InstitutionsPolíticas para Reducir las Desigualdades en la Salud: La Experiencia Internacional - El Análisis de la Situación Actual · Syllabus coauthor · Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud & Instituto de Altos Estudios “Dr. Arnoldo Gabaldon” (IAES) · Caracas, República Bolivariana de Venezuela, 11-12 de Septiembre2005
Desigualdades Sociales en Salud · Syllabus coautor & course coordinator · IAES, Universidad de Carabobo · Maracay, República Bolivariana de Venezuela2005
Social Class and Population Health: Contemporary Models and Debates · Syllabus coauthor & course coordinator · Universitat Pompeu Fabra with Consorci Sanitari de Barcelona (CSB) & Agencia de Salut Publica · Barcelona, Spain (04/26-27)2004

Advising and mentoring

ProgrammeNamePeriodCurrent position
Post-Doctoral TraineesJinok Byeon2011Director of Policy Research, Health Insurance Research Institute (HIRI)
Hyun-Hee Heo2015–17Research Professor, Korea University
Jihye Jeon2015–16Professor, Incheon National University
Minsung Sohn2017–19Professor, Division of Health Policy & Management, Korea University
Daseul Moon2019–20Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Inje University
Jaekyoung Lee2019–20Researcher, Seoul Foundation of Women & Family
Xian Hua Che2019Researcher, Daejeon Public Health Policy Institute
Jaemin Kim2021–22Researcher, Jeonbuk Women & Family Foundation
Jieun Kim2022–23Architect
Sungmin Son2022–23Occupational Therapist
Hyesu Jung2023–24
Geun-Ah Kim2025–2026
PhDSuyeong Ko2020–
Joohyun Han2022–
Yoojin Choi2022–
Jihyun Pyo2026–
Seok Hwan Kim2010–14Professor, Department of Health Information, Dongguk University
Jin Sung Kim2012–16Director, Seoul Metropolitan Psychological Support Center
Hongjo Choi2013–16Professor, Division of Health Policy & Management, Korea University
Tae-Young Jung2013–16
Young-Gon Koh2014–19
MPHJuhee Ha2022–
Jaeho Gwak2025–
Yebin Ahn2025–
Gwang Hyun Lee2010–12Manager, National Health Insurance Service
Manlai Erdembaht2010–13Mongolia
Gum-Ryeong Park2012–14Professor, Division of Health Policy & Management, Korea University
Wook Young Seo2012–14Researcher, Korea Disabled People’s Development Institute
Su Jin Cha2013–15
Woojin Jeong2015–18Korea Health Promotion Institute
Sohun Park2018–20Seoul Medical Center
Boa Kim2019–21
Inseong Oh2019–21
Yoojin Chung2020–22
Heesun Lee2021–23PhD student
Yewon Kwon2021–23
Dasom Lee2022–24National Medical Center
Hyunkyung Choo2022–24
Goeun Kim2023–25National Medical Center
UndergraduateHyunbee Shim2025–
MPH + PhDMinjin Jo2014–16, 2022–
Kyungsuk Ryu2023–
Jeongyeon Joo2024–
Kibeum Kwon2025–
Xian Hua Che2012–19Daejeon Public Health Policy Institute
Daseul Moon2014–19Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Inje University
Sarah Yu2014–16, 2021–25
Sodam Kim2020–22, 2025–Assistant Researcher, Health Insurance Research Institute (HIRI)
Inhee Park2021–23, 2025–Assistant Researcher, Incheon Public Health Policy Institute

Editorial roles and academic service

Editorial roles

2026-
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Health Politics
2023-
Editorial Consultant, International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services
2013-23
Editorial Consultant, International Journal of Health Services
2022-23
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Critical Social Policy
2015
Editorial Board Member, Korean Social Policy Review
2011-14
Editorial Board Member, Korean Public Health Research
2009-
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Critical Social Policy

Academic societies

2027
President, Academy of Critical Health Policy
09/2025-
Co-Chair, RC 25 (Politics of Health Policy), International Political Science Association
07/2025-2026
President, Korea Association of Social Policy
06/2024-
Vice-President, Academy of Critical Health Policy
2024-25
Vice-Chair, RC 25 (Politics of Health Policy), International Political Science Association
2015-21, 2026
Member, Scientific Committee, Korean Academy of Health Policy and Management
2015-21
Member, Accreditation Committee, Korea Association of Schools of Public Health
2014-16
Secretary General, Korea Society of Equity in Health
2013-14
Secretary General, Korea Association of Social Policy
2013-14
Member, Scientific Committee, Universitas 21 Health Science Group Meeting
2013
Member, International Committee, The Korean Association for Policy Studies
2011-13
Secretary General, Academy of Critical Health Policy
Board member
Korea Association of Social Policy · Academy of Critical Health Policy · Korean Society of Global Health · The Korean Association of Health Economics and Policy · The Korean Social Security Association

Invited talks and keynotes

04/2026
Keynote, “Sickness benefit: concept, history and evaluation of the pilot programme”, Busan Labour Rights Centre roundtable on sickness benefit (Apr 3)
03/2026
Invited lecture, “The light and shadow of digital technology adoption from a health equity perspective”, expert meeting of the National Assembly Research Service, Seoul (Mar 31)
11/2025
Invited presentation, “Operating system, monitoring and scale-up of the Jeju primary care physician pilot”, Jeju Research Institute policy breakfast forum, with the Governor of Jeju (Nov 7)
06/2025
Invited lecture, “Digital Health Transformation: Technology, System Utilisation and Health Workforce Capacity Building”, World Bank–HIRA training programme for Nepalese health officials (Jun 30)
04/2025
Lecture, “Understanding the healthy-city concept and setting policy directions through cases”, healthy-city officer training, Gangdong-gu, Seoul (Apr 10)
12/2024
Invited seminar, SMART Healthy Cities Training Platform and Guelph Family Health Study, University of Guelph, Ontario (Dec 5)
11/2024
Invited talk, “Universal Health Services: reconceptualising the health system through critical social theory”, Centre for Global Social Policy, University of Toronto (Nov 28); guest lecture, “Sickness benefits in South Korea 2019–2024: from local initiative to national policy”, Politics of Health Policy course, University of Toronto (Nov 19)
11/2024
Invited speaker, “Smart Healthy Cities in Korea”, AKCSE-WiSE Special Forum for Healthy Cities, Association of Korean-Canadian Scientists and Engineers, Vancouver, BC
09/2024
Speaker and session coordinator, “Building smart healthy cities: a practical framework for city health officials”, Plenary Session 1 “Crafting the Roadmap for Smart Healthy Cities”, 10th Global Conference of the Alliance for Healthy Cities (AFHC), Seoul
07/2024
Lecture on sickness benefit, Lawyers for a Democratic Society (민변), Seoul (Jul 1)
02/2024
Lecture on the concept and understanding of healthy cities, healthy-city practitioner training, Bucheon (Jan 31)
08/2023
Special lecture on smart health cities, Seoul National University College of Medicine (Aug 23)
07/2023
Lectures for healthy-city practitioners, Korea Healthy Cities Partnership training, Gwangju Dong-gu (Jul 11) and Daejeon (Jul 20)
06/2023
Keynote, “Current status and issues of the sickness benefit pilot”, National Assembly forum “Is the Sickness Benefit on the Right Track?”, Seoul (Jun 9)
02/2023
Invited talk, “Issues and tasks in health security”, ICG Colloquium, Korea University (Feb 10)
04/2022
Lecture, “The new health care environment and the union’s response”, 5th Policy Advisory Committee, Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union (Apr 7)
09/2021
Presenter, “Issues and tasks in health security”, 27th KOFST Bioeconomy Forum “Bio-security in an Age of Hegemonic Competition”, Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies, online (Sep 28)
05/2021
Special lecture, Korean Association of Health Economics and Policy (May 14)
06/2020
Keynote on sickness benefit, Presidential Commission on Policy Planning (Jun 17); discussant, Ministry of Health and Welfare sickness benefit forum (Jun 24)
05/2020
Lecture, “SDGs: status and implementation tasks at home and abroad”, KOICA ODA Education Centre (May 22)
04–05/2019
Special lectures, “Health and politics” (Apr 1) and “Poverty and health” (May 20), Hanyang University
11/2015
Presentations on the Sustainable Development Goals and health, National Assembly (Oct 8) and Seoul Metropolitan Government (Nov 5)
05/2015
Lecture, “Healthy and happy lives and sustainable development: the health sector”, Citizens’ International School, Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice (경실련), Seoul (May 14)
2015
Invited lecture, “Community and mental health practice”, 5th and 6th Public Affairs Academy for Public Officers, Korea University Institute of Social Research (May 15 and Nov 6)
2014
Invited lecture, “Community mental health promotion”, Public Affairs Academy for Public Officers, Korea University Institute of Social Research, Seoul (Apr 18 and Oct 24)
08/2013
Plenary speaker (Aug 22) and discussant (Aug 23), ISA RC19 Annual Conference “Social Exclusion and the Challenges of Inclusion”, Central European University, Budapest
2013
Invited lecture, “Politics and population health: state of the art and future directions”, Institute of Human Sciences Advanced Research Seminar, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto (Dec 13)
2013
Invited lecture, “Healthcare ODA”, Seminar to Establish ODA in Korean Traditional Medicine, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon (Sep 13)
2013
Invited lecture, “Basic health care services”, ADB GMS PPP Learning Programme, Seoul National University (Jul 10)
2013
Invited lecture, “Korean experiences of quality assurance”, Africa–Korea Partnership Workshop on Neglected Diseases, Abuja, Nigeria (Jun 25)
2013
Invited lecture, “The political economy of health and development”, Department of Global Public Administration, Yonsei University Wonju Campus
2013
Invited lecture, “Welfare state and health”, doctoral seminar, Department of Social Welfare, Kyonggi University (May 9)
2013
Invited lecture, “Public pharmaceuticals and a public pharmaceutical company”, lecture, Pharmacists for a Healthy Society (건강사회를 위한 약사회), Seoul (Jun 9)
2012
Invited lecture, “Good health at low cost” and “The social determinants of health perspective and healthy public policy”, Lee Jong-wook Fellowship Training, College of Medicine, Korea University (Aug 7, Aug 15, Nov 15, Nov 28)
2012
Invited lecture, “Employment, working conditions and health: from informality to flexicurity?”, PAHO/WHO Fifth Seminar on Employment and Working Conditions for Sustainable Development
2012
Invited lecture, “Science and technology in international development cooperation”, SSK Networking Seminar, Konkuk University, Seoul (Oct 30)
2012
Invited lecture, “Containment of health-insurance pharmaceutical expenditure and the role of the NHIS”, 13th Seminar on Health Security Policy, National Health Insurance Corporation, Seoul (Oct 19)
2012
Invited lecture, “Welfare state and health promotion: healthy public policy and a new intersectoral vision for healthy communities”, forum on the Role of Regional Government in Universal Welfare Provision, Seoul City Hall (Oct 13)
2012
Invited lecture, “The prospect of welfare reform in the Republic of Korea”, 4th Stockholm Forum — The Crisis, Opportunities and the New Vision of Swedish Welfare, Gotland, Sweden (Jul 2)
2012
Invited lecture, “Methods in health politics research”, Academy of Critical Health Policy Spring Conference “Health Meets Politics”, Seoul National University (May 4)
2012
Invited lecture, “Welfare state, health services and population health in wealthy countries”, Department of Public Administration, Ewha Womans University (Apr 19)
2012
Invited lecture, “Justice in healthcare”, Pharmacists’ Progressive Forum 2012, Seoul (Mar 10)
2012
Invited lecture, “The welfare debate: what is the right perspective?”, 12th Research Committee Seminar, Good Church Academy, Gangwon (Feb 7)
2011
Invited lecture, “The introduction of for-profit hospitals and medical doctors”, special lecture, College of Medicine, Korea University (Dec 6)
2011
Invited lecture, “Korea’s drug prices: lower than the OECD average?”, 117th Friday Morning Seminar, National Health Insurance Corporation, Seoul (Nov 4)
2011
Invited lecture, “Economic crises and health: a descriptive study of changes in Korean society”, Houi Academy, Korea University Guro Hospital (Oct 5)
2010
Invited lecture, “Reconfiguring public and private health insurance: what is the solution?”, Serial Discussion on the Future of Health Security, National Health Insurance Corporation, Seoul (Dec 22)
2010
Invited lecture, “Studying inequalities in health”, Graduate School of Social Welfare, Yonsei University (Dec 9)
2010
Invited lecture, “Canada and the US: same origin, different realities”, People’s Health Institute Seminar on Healthcare Reform, Seoul National University Yeongeon Campus (Oct 7)
2010
Invited lecture, “Political economy of health”, Sae-Um Seminar, Seminar Network Sae-Um, Seoul (Jul 30)
2010
Invited lecture, “Labour market and health inequality: a typological analysis of the globe”, Korean Society for Equity in Health Spring Conference, Seoul National University (May 14)
2010
Invited lecture, “Welfare state, health services and population health in wealthy countries”, Academy of Critical Health Policy Spring Conference (Apr 10)
2009
Invited lecture, “Welfare state, health services and population health in wealthy countries”, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (May 4)
2009
Invited lecture, “Topics in global pharmaceutical policy: essential medicines and access” (Apr 15) and “Diseases, patients and access to medicine: a reflection on an alternative global pharmaceutical regime” (Apr 14), College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University
2009
Invited lecture, “Global networks in health policy: a blueprint for students”, Department of Health Care Management, College of Health Science, Korea University (Apr 13)
2007
Invited lecture, “The prospect and problems of Korean welfare alliances”, Social Welfare and Labour Monthly Seminar Series, Seoul (Oct 25)
2007
Invited lecture, “Employment relations, welfare state and population health: a typology” (with C. Muntaner), Preventive and Industrial Medicine Seminar Series, Pusan National University College of Medicine (Oct 22)
2007
Invited lecture, “Estado de bienestar, mercado laboral, condiciones de empleo y salud: un enfoque global” (with C. Muntaner), Coordination Meeting of the Red Iberoamericana de Riesgos Psicosociales Laborales (RIPSOL), Havana, Cuba (Apr 27)
2007
Invited lecture, “Political, welfare state and health care determinants of population health in wealthy countries”, Medicine, Liberal Arts and Social Science Seminar Series, Department of Preventive Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine (Jan 23)
2007
Invited lecture, “Venezuela’s Barrio Adentro: a preliminary assessment” (with C. Muntaner and F. Armada), University of Toronto (Feb 1), McMaster University (Mar 21), Consulate General of Venezuela in Toronto (Apr 17) and York University (Oct 31)
2002
Invited lecture, “The WTO TRIPS Agreement and access to medicine”, Society and Health course, School of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju
2001
Invited lecture, “The right to life and property rights”, 18th Monthly Forum, Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), Seoul

Conference presentations, chairing and discussant roles

06/2026
Chair, Smart Healthy Cities session, Korea Association of Social Policy 2026 Spring Conference “Reflecting on the Fundamental Role of Social Policy in an Age of Multiple Crises”, Korea University
06/2026
Convenor, AI Symposium “Future Strategies for Addressing Public Health Technology Inequality and Embracing Health Equity in the AI Era”, Institute of Health Policy & Management and Institute of Sustainable Development, Korea University, with the office of National Assembly Member Cha Ji-ho
05/2026
Presenter, “The future of cities and health: smart healthy cities, equity and sustainable care” (도시와 건강의 미래), 4th Regular Seminar “AI Cities and Health”, Urban Research Institute, Korea University (May 28)
05/2026
Discussant, plenary session on the new government’s health policy directions, Korean Academy of Health Policy and Management 2026 Spring Conference
04/2026
Chair, keynote session “The Political Economy of the Health Workforce” (보건의료인력의 정치경제), Academy of Critical Health Policy 2026 Spring Conference, Korea University
04–06/2026
Convenor and chair, “Salon Great Transition 2026” policy salon series (살롱 대전환), Great Transition Forum, Seoul
02/2026
Discussant, 1st Regular Seminar “The Future of Cities”, Urban Research Institute, Korea University
11/2025
Chair and presenter, roundtable “Care beyond the Boundary of Health and Welfare: New Imaginations and Dialogue” (돌봄, 보건과 복지의 경계를 넘어), 2025 Joint Conference of Korean Social Policy Associations (사회정책연합 공동학술대회), Osong
11/2025
Discussant, Session 6, Conference on Decentralisation and Basic Society (40th Population Forum, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs), Ulsan
11/2025
Organiser and chair, HADES Smart Healthy Cities Workshop, 2025 Joint Conference of Korean Social Policy Associations, Osong
10/2025
Discussant, 2nd Regular Seminar “An Integrated Approach to Spatial Welfare and Housing Welfare”, Urban Research Institute, Korea University
09/2025
Discussant, roundtable on the National Health Promotion Fund (Korea Health Promotion Institute session), Korean Association for Policy Analysis and Evaluation 2025 Fall Conference, Seoul National University
09/2025
Chair, National Assembly forum “A Society Where You Can Rest When Sick: Social Dialogue for Institutionalising Sickness Benefit — Financing Options” (office of Rep. Kim Sun-min), Seoul (Sep 9)
08/2025
Presenter, “A two-stage concept mapping study to establish the concept of the smart healthy city”, Chung-Ang University–Korea University Open Academic Forum “Participatory Smart Integrated Care and Healthy City Innovation: Connecting Community, Technology and Environment” (Institute for Community Care and Health Equity, Chung-Ang University), online (Aug 18)
07/2025
Discussant and RC25 track chair, panel “Health Politics and Policy in Polarized Societies” (RC25/RC30), 28th IPSA World Congress, Seoul
06/2025
Discussant, 1st Regular Seminar “Directions for a Korean UBRC: Ageing and the Role of Universities”, Urban Research Institute, Korea University
05/2025
Chair, keynote and plenary discussion session, Korea Association of Social Policy 2025 Spring Conference “80 Years of Korean Social Policy: The Road Travelled and the Road Ahead”, Korea University
06/2024
Presenter, “A two-stage concept mapping for emerging concepts: an analysis of the smart healthy city”, Chung-Ang University–KAIST joint research workshop (Jun 14)
11/2023
Presenter, “Smart healthy cities”, Korean Society for Urban Health Fall Conference, Osong (Nov 10)
09/2023
Discussant, forum on digital solutions to social problems, National Information Society Agency (NIA), Seoul (Sep 26)
08/2023
Discussant, Great Transition Forum (대전환포럼) session on low fertility, National Assembly Members’ Office Building (Aug 25)
06/2023
Discussant, Academy of Critical Health Policy Spring Conference (Jun 2)
04/2023
Presenter, “The concept of the smart healthy city”, Korean Society for Urban Health Spring Conference, Hanyang University (Apr 28)
03/2023
Presenter, “A health and care system for capability” (역량을 위한 건강돌봄시스템), Care Forum, Great Transition Forum (대전환포럼), Seoul (Mar 16)
02/2023
Organiser (as BK21 Director), 2nd Smart Healthy City Symposium “Designing a Participatory Smart Healthy City Pilot Based on Learning Health Systems”, BK21 FOUR R&E Center for Learning Health Systems and Korean Society for Urban Health, Korea University
11/2022
Discussant, session “Health Policy Implications of Climate Change and Health”, Korean Academy of Health Policy and Management 2022 Fall Conference, Buan
08/2022
Discussant, “Reconfiguring health and care for caregiving: the political and policy meaning of care”, 2nd Care Forum (간병×돌봄 포럼), Korea University (Aug 27)
06/2022
Presenter, “A convergent approach to mitigating population health inequalities in the COVID-19 pandemic”, Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing Summer Joint Conference (Jun 24)
06/2022
Presenter, “Health and care living-lab research in Korea and abroad” (건강돌봄 리빙랩 연구의 국내외 현황), 2022 Colloquium, Korean Society for Urban Health (Jun 10)
06/2022
Presenter, “A prolegomenon to health politics research” (건강정치 연구를 위한 시론), Academy of Critical Health Policy Spring Conference (Jun 3)
06/2022
Discussant, Seoul Metropolitan Government symposium on housing services for people with mental illness (Jun 30)
04/2022
Presenter, “Issues and tasks in health security”, 2022 Spring Symposium, Korea Association of Schools of Public Health (Apr 9)
12/2021
Presenter, “The meaning of health security and tasks for health policy”, Critical Policy Forum, Academy of Critical Health Policy, University of Seoul (Dec 22)
12/2021
Presenter, “Future issues for the Korean welfare state: health”, 20th Anniversary Seminar of the Social Policy Research Group (사회정책연구회), online (Dec 18)
12/2021
Moderator, Labour Health Policy Forum on older workers’ health (노동건강정책포럼) (Dec 10)
11/2021
Session chair, Korean Academy of Health Policy and Management 2021 Fall Conference (Nov 5)
09/2021
Presenter, “Social justice and health: social stratification and mental health”, 100-41st Health Politics Colloquium (포정 건강정치학 콜로키엄) (Sep 16)
08/2021–08/2022
Convenor, BK21 FOUR International Symposia and the Living Lab Forum series for Sustainable Development (지속가능발전을 위한 리빙랩 포럼), Korea University
07/2021
Discussant, International Symposium on Population and Health (Jul 8)
06/2021
Presenter, Academy of Critical Health Policy Spring Conference (Jun 4)
06/2021
Discussant, “COVID-19 governance and the global politics of vaccines” (Jun 4) and “Korea–China–Japan cooperation on non-traditional security for peace and prosperity in East Asia” (Jun 11)
04/2021
Presenter, “Health security after COVID-19 and a new direction for health policy”, expert briefing, Seoul Public Health and Medical Foundation (Apr 20)
03/2021
Presenter, forum on building a healthy-city safety net towards 2030 in the post-COVID era, Seoul Metropolitan Council (Mar 24); keynote, “Directions for a Korean sickness benefit: lessons from Seoul’s paid sick leave”, Workers’ Health Rights Forum (Mar 27)
02/2021
Presenter, “Health security and new health policy in the post-COVID era”, symposium, Seoul Public Health and Medical Foundation (Feb 24)
05/2020
Presenter, Korean Society for Equity in Health Spring Conference (May 15)
12/2019
Discussant, Korea Health Panel Conference (Dec 13)
06/2019
Presenter, New Security Forum, Institute for National Security Strategy (Jun 5)
06/2019
Discussant, Korean Association for Policy Studies Summer Conference (Jun 21)
11/2018
Discussant, National Health Insurance Service symposium, Seoul (Nov 23); discussant, forum on inter-Korean health cooperation, Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University (Nov 30)
09/2018
Discussant, “2018 Emerging Security Threat Assessment and 2019 Outlook”, Institute for National Security Strategy (Sep 12)
04/2018
Discussant, Korean Public Health Joint Conference (보건학 종합학술대회) (Apr 6)
02/2018
Discussant, STEPI seminar on demographic change (Feb 1)
12/2017
Presenter, Northeast Asia Emerging Security Conference (동북아 신흥안보 컨퍼런스), Seoul (Dec 26)
12/2017
Discussant, Korea Health Panel Conference (Dec 14)
11/2016
Presenter, Emerging Security seminar (신흥안보), Hoam Faculty House, Seoul National University (Nov 2)
05/2016
Presenter, “From IHR to global health security”, Session 3 (Epidemic Risk Assessment and Responses), 6th RINSA–KAS Joint International Conference “Emerging Transnational Risk Assessment and Responses: Europe and Korea”, Westin Chosun Hotel, Seoul (May 16)
01/2016
Presenter, “Housing and health in a precarious housing neighbourhood in Seoul”, HiAP Seminar “Housing as a Social Policy”, Korea University (Jan 13)
12/2015
Presenter, Korean Association of International Studies (한국국제정치학회) Annual Conference, Korea National Diplomatic Academy (Dec 12)
12/2015
Presenter, “Global health research by Korean scholars”, Korean Association of International Development and Cooperation (KAIDEC) Winter Conference, Seoul National University (Dec 11)
09/2015
Presenter, “Determinants of welfare attitudes toward health care services: self-interest, symbolic attitudes and sociotropic perceptions” (with Wook-Young Seo), 11th International Conference on Social Security (한중일 사회보장 국제학술대회), Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul (Sep 13)
05/2015
Discussant, Korean Association of International Development and Cooperation Spring Conference, Kyung Hee University (May 29)
07/2014
Presenter, “Welfare states, labour markets and population health among East and Southeast Asian nations” (with C. Muntaner and E. Ng) and “Determinants of health and welfare attitudes: individual and national factors in high- and middle-income countries” (with Gum-Ryeong Park), 11th East Asian Social Policy (EASP) Conference, University of Hawaii at Manoa (Jul 24–25)
07/2014
Presenter, “Opportunities and challenges of HiAP governance at the community level: a case of a precarious housing community in Seoul”, 23rd IPSA World Congress of Political Science, Montréal (Jul 21)
04/2014
Presenter, “The health–poverty reinforcement: a case for intersectoral action for a participatory health promotion programme”, Asia-Pacific public health international conference (아태보건협회 국제대회), Olympic Parktel, Seoul (Apr 11)
12/2013
Presenter, Korean Association for Policy Studies Winter Conference (Dec 6)
11/2013
Presenter, “An exploratory study on the life and health of precariously housed poor residents in Seoul” (with Jin-Sung Kim, Sun-Hwa Cha and Wook-Young Seo), Korean Society for Equity in Health Fall Conference, Seoul National University (Nov 29)
09/2013
Presenter, “Health technology ODA”, Korean Association for Policy Studies Fall Conference (Sep 27)
04/2013
Presenter, “Welfare state regimes, gender and depression”, Korean Association for Policy Studies Spring Conference (Apr 19)
2013
Presenter, “Welfare state regimes, gender and depression”, Korean Sociological Association Summer Conference; presenter, “An intersectoral vision for healthy public policy and healthy communities”, Korean Association of Health and Medical Sociology Spring Conference, Seoul National University
12/2012
Discussant, WHO Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO) session, Korea University College of Medicine (Dec 20)
11/2012
Presenter, “An intersectoral vision for healthy public policy and healthy communities”, Health Equity Session (Korean Society for Equity in Health), 2012 Fall Joint Conference of Health and Welfare Associations (보건복지연합학술대회), Seoul National University (Nov 30)
09/2012
Presenter, “Politics, welfare regimes and population health: controversies and evidence”, 8th International Conference on Social Security (한중일 사회보장 국제학술대회) (Sep 8)
06/2012
Discussant, Korean Association for Public Administration Summer Conference (Jun 28)
12/2011
Presenter, “Politics, welfare regimes and population health: controversies and evidence”, Korean Association for Public Administration Winter Conference (Dec 9)
12/2011
Presenter, “Free health care: which countries do it, and how?”, forum “Free Health Care — How Should We Do It?” (무상의료, 어떻게 할 것인가?), Seoul (Dec 5)
11/2011
Presenter, “Methodological issues in conducting macro-comparative analyses in public health” (with C. Muntaner), 2011 Fall Joint Conference of Health and Welfare Associations (Nov 11)
2011
Presenter, “Pharmacy practices and social and administrative pharmacy” (with Kyenghee Kwon), Session S16-3, Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Annual Convention
2011
Discussant, “Welfare state and health care”, Academy of Critical Health Policy Spring Conference
11/2010
Presenter, “Employment conditions and inequalities in health: a global analysis” (with C. Muntaner), Korea Association of Social Policy Fall Conference, Yonsei University (Nov 19)
11/2010
Presenter, International Symposium on Health and Human Rights, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University (Nov 3–4)
10/2010
Discussant, main session “The Terrain and Tasks of Welfare State Discourse in Korea”, 3rd Joint Conference of Health and Welfare Associations (보건복지연합학술대회), Hanyang University (Oct 30)
08/2010
Presenter, “Different societies, different health systems: Cuba and Venezuela”, Monthly Forum, Health and Alternatives (건강과대안), Seoul (Aug 27)
05/2010
Discussant, 17th HIRA Forum “US health insurance reform and its implications”, Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service, Seoul (May 11)
2010
Poster, “Employment conditions, welfare states and population health: a global typology” (with E. Ng, J. Benach and C. Muntaner), Canadian Conference on Global Health

Public service and advisory roles

Current Positions

· Non-Executive Director, Board of Directors, Korea Health Promotion Institute (KHEPI) (2026-2028)

· Member, Future Innovation Integration Committee, Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service (HIRA) (2026-2028)

· Member, Advisory Committee on Fiscal Policy, Ministry of Economy and Finance (2023-2027)

· Member (Private-Sector Expert), Subcommittee, Fiscal Program Evaluation Committee, Ministry of Economy and Finance (2025-)

· Member, Central Medical Aid Review Committee, Ministry of Health & Welfare (2017-)

· Member, Policy Research Review Committee, Ministry of Health and Welfare (2022–2026)

· Member, Advisory Committee on Issues of Sickness Benefit, Ministry of Health and Welfare (2025– )

· Member, Pathogen Resource Review Committee, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (2025–2027)

· Member, Research Ethics Committee, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (2024-)

· Member, Research Advisory Committee, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (2026-)

· Member, Research Advisory Committee, Jeju Research Institute (2025-)

· Member, Academic Committee, Korea Healthy Cities Partnership (KHCP) (2023-2026)

Past Positions

· Member, Presidential Commission on Policy Planning (2020-2022)

· Member, Special Committee on Healthcare, Presidential Commission on Jobs (2018-2020)

· Member, Advisory Committee on the Korean New Deal, Ministry of Economy and Finance (Safety Net Division) (2020-2021)

· Member, Specialized Committee on Evaluation, Social Security Committee, Ministry of Health & Welfare (2017-2021)

· Member, Sickness Benefit System Planning Advisory Committee, Ministry of Health & Welfare (2021-2023)

· Member, Advisory Committee on Gender Equality, Ministry of Health & Welfare (2018-2020)

· Vice-Chair, Seoul Paid Sick Leave Support Advisory Committee (2019-2023)

· Steering Committee Member, Health Section, Citizens' Welfare Standard, City of Seoul

· Academic Committee Member, City of Seoul

· Member, Spatial Welfare Advisory Committee, Gyeonggi Housing & Urban Development Corporation (GH) (2024-2025)

· Member, Spatial Welfare Forum, Seoul Housing & Communities Corporation (SH) (2020)

· Member, New Security Forum, the Institute for National Security Strategy (2018-2021)

· Member, Steering Committee, Hankyoreh Institute for Social Policy

· Member, Policy Committee, Welfare State Society

· Member, Policy Committee, Korea Organization for Patient Groups

· Member, Policy Committee, Health and Alternatives

· Scholarly Reviews

· Academic Journals

· Special Issue Editor (With Muntaner, C., and Benach, J.) for “The Role of Employment Relations in Reducing Health Inequalities.” International Journal of Health Services. 41(1). (2011)

· Special Issue Editor (With Muntaner, C., and Benach, J.) for “Employment Conditions and Health,” International Journal of Health Services. 40(1). (2010)

· Academic Conferences

· Invited Abstract Reviewer for the American Public Health Association (APHA) 135th Annual Meeting “Politics, Policy, and Public Health” (International Health Section) (2007)

· Other Scholarly Recognition

· Navarro, V., & Muntaner, C. (Eds.). (2005). Political and Economic Determinants of Population Health and Well-Being: Controversies and Developments. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing Company, Inc.

· Muntaner, C. (2004). Commentary: Social capital, social class, and the slow progress of psychosocial epidemiology. International Journal of Epidemiology, 33(4), 1–7

· Shin, W. G., & Lee, B. G. (2000). Illustrated Handbook of Prescription, Dispensing and Patient Education. Seoul (Republic of Korea): Code Software Press.

Policy and media impact

Health care policy reform

1. Proposal for a public pharmaceutical company (2016–2019)

· Sep 2016: Keynote presentation at the National Assembly public hearing on the Bill on the Establishment and Operation of a Public Pharmaceutical Company (covered by Yakup, Daily Medi and others)

· Jan 2019: Argued the case for a public pharmaceutical company against multinational drug monopolies (Seoul Economic Daily)

· Mar 2019: MBC interview on drug supply disruptions and the need for a national control tower

2. Contribution to Seoul’s paid sick leave scheme (2018–2020)

· Oct 2018: Lead presentation at the Seoul Metropolitan Government symposium on the Seoul health-and-care system (Labor Today, Medical Observer)

· May 2019: TBS interview on the need for paid sick leave for vulnerable workers

· May 2019: Op-ed in the Kyunghyang Shinmun, “A message of inclusion and solidarity: Seoul’s paid sick leave”

· Jul 2020: Policy recommendations for institutionalising a national sickness benefit (MediPana News, Korean Medicine Newspaper)

3. Health security and infectious disease response (2016–2021)

· May 2016: Korea–Germany forum on transnational threats — presentation on epidemic threat assessment and response (Kookbang Ilbo, Money Today)

· Jun 2020: Panellist, Seoul international city cooperation forum on COVID-19 (Edaily, Ajou Economy)

· Sep 2021: Lead presentation on health security at the KOFST biosecurity forum (Yonhap News)

· Feb–Apr 2021: Presentations on “health security and a new direction for health policy after COVID-19” — Seoul Public Health and Medical Foundation symposium and expert briefing; Seoul Metropolitan Council forum on a healthy-city safety net towards 2030 (Mar 24)

4. Institutionalising a national sickness benefit (2020–2026)

· 2020: Presentations to the Presidential Commission on Policy Planning (Jun), the Ministry of Health and Welfare (Jun) and the sickness benefit working group (Sep, Oct)

· 2021: Presentations to the Economic, Social and Labour Council special committee on health insurance (May) and the government sickness benefit task force (Dec); keynote at the Workers’ Health Rights Forum (Mar 27) on lessons from Seoul’s paid sick leave

· Jun 2023: Keynote, National Assembly forum “Is the sickness benefit on the right track?” — current status and issues of the pilot programme

· Sep 2025: Chair, National Assembly forum on financing the sickness benefit (office of Rep. Kim Sun-min); Apr 2026: keynote, Busan Labour Rights Centre roundtable; Jul 2024: lecture for Lawyers for a Democratic Society (민변)

Health equity and policy for vulnerable populations

1. Advancing integrated community care (2018–2021)

· Oct 2018: Symposium on community care in Seoul’s public hospitals — “The health of poverty and the expansion of publicness in health care: the Dongja-dong experience” (Doctors News, Medical Observer)

· Aug 2021: 2nd Sustainable Development Living Lab Forum — “Participatory health promotion linking health and welfare in housing-deprived communities” (Kyosu Shinmun, Digital Times)

· Aug 2021: “Integrated care requires a structure that draws on public, private and civil-society resources” (Rapportian)

2. Women’s health and reproductive health policy (2020–2022)

· Dec 2020: Presentation at the forum on sexual and reproductive health in an era of ultra-low fertility (Whosaeng, Baby News)

· Jul 2021: 60th anniversary symposium of the Planned Population Federation of Korea — on equity in early childhood health (Baby News)

· Sep 2021: Chosun Ilbo interview — analysis of labour-market discrimination behind suicide among women in their twenties

· Apr 2022: Kookje Shinmun — policy proposals for women drawn from an analysis of youth suicide in Europe

Living labs and sustainable development

1. Korea University Sustainable Development Living Lab Forum series (2021–2022)

· Jul 2021: 1st forum — strategic R&D agendas for solving social problems (Kyosu Shinmun, Smart Economy)

· Aug 2021: 2nd forum — community-participatory integrated care research (Energy Economy, Pinpoint News)

· Jan 2022: 4th forum — graduate education reform for a sustainable care transition (Kyosu Shinmun, Veritas Alpha)

Policy advice and expert activities

1. Policy committees

· Nov 2017: Steering committee member, Reset Korea (JoongAng Ilbo)

· Oct 2018: Member, People’s Committee of Seoul’s ‘Deeper Change’ Commission (Labor Today)

· Sep 2020: Policy advice on emergency disaster relief payments (Edaily)

· Dec 2020: Reset Korea column in the JoongAng Ilbo, “Suicide among women in their twenties: the state must respond seriously”

2. Health insurance and health security policy

· Oct–Nov 2015: Presentations on the Sustainable Development Goals and health to the National Assembly (Oct 8) and Seoul Metropolitan Government (Nov 5)

· Dec 2011: Korea Health Panel conference — “Determinants of individual and household pharmaceutical expenditure” (Yonhap News, Money Today)

· Nov 2018: Debate on strengthening National Health Insurance coverage (MedigateNews, Yakup)

3. Health policy after COVID-19

· Mar 2021: Seoul Metropolitan Council debate — “Health security and the direction of health policy after COVID-19” (Daily Hankook, Baby News)

· May 2021: Kyosu Shinmun column — “After the COVID-19 catastrophe, flexicurity with a minimum income guarantee is the alternative”

4. Healthy cities

· Jul 2023: Lectures for healthy-city practitioners, Korea Healthy Cities Partnership training, Daejeon and Gwangju Dong-gu

· Feb 2024: Training for healthy-city practitioners, Bucheon — lecture on the concept and understanding of healthy cities

· Apr 2025: Expert lecture for healthy-city officers, Gangdong-gu, Seoul

5. Sickness benefit, primary care and digital health equity (2025–2026)

· Sep 2025: Chair, National Assembly forum “A Society Where You Can Rest When Sick: Social Dialogue for Institutionalising Sickness Benefit — Financing Options” (office of Rep. Kim Sun-min)

· Nov 2025: Presentation to the Jeju Research Institute breakfast forum, with the Governor of Jeju, on the operating system, monitoring and scale-up of the Jeju primary care physician pilot

· Mar 2026: Invited lecture, National Assembly Research Service expert meeting — “The light and shadow of digital technology adoption from a health equity perspective”

· Apr 2026: Keynote presentation, Busan Labour Rights Centre roundtable on sickness benefit — concept, history and evaluation of the pilot programme

Research and publication highlights

1. Research findings

· May 2019: Reported in the press — the research team found that people of low childhood socioeconomic position who contract tuberculosis are unlikely to escape poverty (published in a PLOS journal)

· May 2025: Selected for the NRF Global Research Support Programme in the Humanities and Social Sciences — “Healthy City Atlas for Decision-Making Enhancement System (HADES)”

2. International academic exchange

· Nov 2022: Korea University–Sweden research forum — joint research discussions with Professor Steven Schmidt, Lund University

Digital media and online lectures

1. Social security: sickness benefit, health security, health protection

· Public Health Care Academy — “What model for Korea’s sickness benefit pilot?”

· Seoul Public Health and Medical Foundation — “Universal health coverage”, from the series Health Disasters and Human Security

· Seoul Metropolitan Council debate — “Health security and the direction of health policy after COVID-19”

· 27th KOFST Bioeconomy Forum — “Issues and tasks in health security”

· 2022 Child Policy Forum — expert impact assessment of health-equity policy

· 3rd Social Security Academy

· Forum on sexual and reproductive health in an era of ultra-low fertility (Planned Population Federation of Korea)

2. International cooperation, SDGs, living labs

· Global Values – SDG lecture 2: “Implementing the SDGs at home and abroad” (KOICA)

· Panellist, Seoul international city cooperation forum on COVID-19

· Colloquium, Korean Society for Urban Health — “Living-lab research on health and care at home and abroad”

3. Korea University forum series

· 7th KU Innovation Forum — “Research for social innovation: living labs and the university in transition”

· KU Higher Education Forum 2020 — “Interdisciplinary graduate education”

· Korea University Sustainable Development Living Lab Forum series (1st–4th)

4. Academic conferences

· Korean Association for Policy Studies, autumn conference — “From neurons to communities: what can policy research learn from the natural sciences?”

5. Education and careers

· Finding a career: Division of Health Policy and Management, Korea University (STUDYFLEX)

Selected op-eds and interviews

· Kyunghyang Shinmun (14 May 2019): “A message of inclusion and solidarity: Seoul’s paid sick leave”

· MBC (13 Mar 2019): Expert interview on drug supply disruptions

· TBS (29 May 2019): Interview on paid sick leave for vulnerable workers

· Chosun Ilbo (4 Sep 2021): Analysis of rising suicide rates among women in their twenties

Skills and languages

Methods: Multilevel models, GMM/LCGA, Causal inference, Concept mapping/CLD

Tools: Stata, R, Python; English/Korean (bilingual)