Dr. Sophia Seung-yoon Lee obtained her Ph.D. in Social Policy from Oxford University in the UK with her thesis on a comparative study between East Asian welfare states and non-regular workers. She is an associate professor of social policy at Chung-Ang university, Seoul, South Korea. Her major research fields are East Asian welfare states and labor markets, unstable labor, institutionalism and comparative research methodology. He published more than peer-reviewed articles and books(co-authored) including [Female outsiders in South Korea’s dual labour market: Challenges of equal pay for work of equal value (2020)], [Korea Unstable Youth Labor Market and Youth Basic Income Policy Proposal (2016)], [Institutional Legacy of State Corporatism in De-industrial Labor Markets (2016)], [Korean Precarious workers Workers (Co-authored Book, 2017)] etc. Currently, she is the Vice Chairperson of the Youth Policy Coordination Committee in the Prime Minister Office.