Professor, Department of Social Studies Education, College of Education, Jeonbuk National University (Mar. 2002 – Present)

Professor, Donghae University (Mar. 2000 – Feb. 2002)

Director, People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD), Institute for Social Participation (Mar. 2023 – Present)

Board Member, Network for a Labor Society without Discrimination (Dec. 2011 – Present)

Editorial Board Member, Economy and Society (Journal of the Korean Association of Critical Sociology) (Jan. 2012 – Present)

Policy Committee Member, Korean Federation for Environmental Movements (KFEM) (Jan. 2014 – Dec. 2023)

Public Interest Commissioner, Jeonbuk Regional Labor Relations Commission (Sep. 2014 – Sep. 2021)

Deputy Director, PSPD Institute for Social Participation (Jun. 2015 – Feb. 2023)

Auditor, Korean Association for Environmental Sociology (Jan. 2017 – Dec. 2020)

2025. ‘The vacillation of fetishism and the limits of the theory of mode of subjectivation in Balibar’s theory‘ "Economy and society" Vol. 145, pp.205-239
2024. ‘Breaking away from the logic of totalizing fetishism - Critical review of Étienne Balibar’s and Seung-wook Baek’s theory of fetishism’. "Economy and society" Vol. 142, pp.200-240
2023. ‘The debate on the just ecological transformation and the reflection of the strategies of ecological politics in Korea "Economy and society" Vol. 137, pp.42-79
2022. ‘Theoretical Construction of a Fragmented society: Fragmentations in Social System and in Interpersonal Relationships’. “Journal of Asian Sociology” 51(1). 97-128.
2021. ‘Meritocracy and the Dilemma of Fairness: competing criteria for value judgment’. "Economy and society" Vol. 132. pp.12-46.
2021. ‘Diversified Democratic Society and Reflection on Theories of Intellecturals: Agonistic Public Intellectuals’ “Locality and Globality: Korean Journal of Social Sciences” 45(1) pp.71-106
2018. 'The 87 Regime and Ideology-Value Changes in Civil Society Candlelight Revolution and The Prospect of Social Regime Transition', "Economy and society" Vol. 117, pp.18-61.
2016. 'The Prospect of citizenship and ‘public good governance’ in the techno-scientific society', "Economy and society" Vol. 112, pp.232-259
2015. 'Critical Investigation for the Radicalization of the Jungmin Theory', "Society and Theory" Vol. 27, pp.77-112.
2015. 'Changes in citizens’ trust about ‘4 Rivers Project’ and the Prospect of the Scientific-Tecnnological Citizenship', "Journal of Science & Technology Studies" 15(1), pp.69-107.
2015. 'Historical Development of Citizenship and its Implications in the Globalized and Risk Society‘, “Korean Regional Sociology” 16(1), pp.239-269
2015. 'Diverging Social Movements and the Politics of Articulation: ‘the Social’ and Democracy', "Economy and society" 54(3), 419-444.
2015. 'Take Changes in Accordance with Changes! – Change of the Structure of Political Support and the Shaking of NPAD', "Citizens and World" Vol. 26, pp.56-72
2014. 'The Employment Status of Nonstandard Workers and Policy Alternatives at the Local Level : with Special Reference to the Jeonbuk Province' (co-authored, 3 authors), "Journal of Industrial Economics and Business" 27(4), 114, pp.1621-1652
2013. 'The Stream and Issues of Critical Social Theories', "Economy and society" Vol. 100, pp.209-228
2013. 'Social Change after Democratization and People`s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy in Korea', "Civil Society & NGO" 11(2). 3-40.
2013. 'A Study on the Employment Status of Nonstandard Workers in the Public Sector and Policy Alternatives: with Special Reference to Public Institutions of the Jeonbuk Province'(co-authored, 3 authors), "KOREAN JOURNAL OF LABOR STUDIES" 19(2). 97-126.
2013. 'Comparison of the State-Civil Society Relationship in the Decision-making Process of Nuclear Energy Policies in Germany and Korea, and Its Implication to the Politics of Expertise', "Korean Regional Sociology" 15(1).
2012. 'The politics of expertise and the cracks of the scientific and technological safety discourse in site selection process of radioactive waste repository', "Economy and society" Vol. 93, pp.72-103.
2011. 'The Terrains of Civil Society and Social Movements, and the Direction of Democracy: Comparison between Korea, Philippine and Chile', "Journal of Korean Social Trend and Perspective" 0(83), pp.244-276
2010. 'Debate on the Crisis of Sociology and the Response of Critical Sociology', "Economy and society" Vol. 88, pp.94-119
2009. ‘Reading about the Symptom of Social Structural Changein the Candlelight Protests against U. S. Beef Import’, in Economy and Society, Vol. 81. 251-272.
2006. ‘Similarities and Differences in the History of Civil Society and Social Movement between Europe and Korea’, in Economy and Society, Vol. 72.
2006. ‘The Relations between Science and Values in Weber and Althusser’, in The Regional Sociology. 7(2).
2005. 'A Critical Review on Recent Discussions about Civil Society and NGOs', pp. 161-188 in Economy and Society, Vol. 68.
2005. 'Civil Society after 'Democratization': Where are Citizens?', Hwanghae Review, Vol. 49. Pp. 132-148.
2004. 'Impeachment Trial, the Candlelight Demonstration, the General Election in 2004 and the Future of Corean Democracy', Citizens and World, Vol. 6. 255-275.
2003. 'Social Theories in Risk Society', Culture/Science, Vol. 35: 15-53.
2002. 'Dilemma of Localization and Globalization: Market Integration and the boundary of Democracy', The Regional Sociology, Vol. 4, N. 1: 19-52.
2002. 'The Advent of New Generation and the Change of National Identity' (Co-authored with Seol, Dong-hoon), Thought, Fall: 28-52.
2002. 'Ulrich Beck's Theory of Reflexive Modernization and Dilemma of Individualization', Economy and Society, Vol. 55: 246-271.

2023. Sociology: A Critical Perspective. (co-authored). Hanul Academy.
2022. The Future of Dynamic Koreans. (co-authored). PiEoNa Books.
2022. Hierarchization and Fragmentation of Citizenship. (co-authored). Shina Publishing.
2022. Sociology of a Fragmented Society: Theory and Politics. Shina Publishing.
2022. Reading Giddens's "The Third Way". SechangMedia.
2021. The Social Philosophy of Public Language. (co-authored). PiEoNa Books.
2021. Humanity and Society. (co-authored). KNOU Press.
2020. The Birth of Dynamic Koreans. (co-authored). PiEoNa Books.
2020. The Energy of Koreans, Egalitarianism. PiEoNa Books.
2019. Modern Sociological Theory. (co-translated). Nanam.
2018. Han, Sang-Jin and Joongmin Theory. (co-authored). Saemulgyeol.
2016. Welfare and Ideology (co-authored). Hanul.
2014. Sociology of Happiness. Booksonwed.
2013. Environmental sociology and environmental problems in Korea (co-authored). Hanul.
2007. Pluralistic antagonism and democracy in civil society. HUMANITAS.
2002. The Construction of Social Theory, Hanul.