Suhyeon Shin / 신수현
About
Suhyeon is a PhD student exploring the relationship between asset inequality and political cleavages shaped by state-led developmentalism in South Korea. He investigates how the legacy of the authoritarian developmental state has consolidated asset-based politics following democratisation, and how this operates within the country's contemporary political landscape.
Suhyeon's research focuses particularly on the spatial dimensions of property-based political divisions and their implications for democratic stability, treating the Korean conjuncture as both a methodological test case and a critical case for comparative understandings of asset-based electoral geographies.
Prior to joining LSE, Suhyeon has built his career as a data analyst across both the private sector (mobility and media startups) and the public sector (Seoul Metropolitan Government, with ongoing collaborations with the National Assembly and media outlets). Through this experience, he has developed expertise in voting behaviour in South Korea's Capital Region and methodological capacity in analysing urban phenomena through spatial data. He has also worked as an award-winning data journalist.
Provisional thesis title
Aftermath of State-Led Gentrification: asset-based political cleavage in South Korea
Research interests
- Asset-based political cleavages and electoral geographies
- Urban political economy and spatial inequality
- State-led urbanisation, housing regimes, and democratic stability
- Gendered internal migration and social mobility
Supervisors
Prof Hyun Bang Shin
Prof Neil Lee