Soyoung Lee

About

Soyoung Lee is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale University specializing in International Relations. Her research focuses on the ways domestic politics shape international rivalries, territorial disputes, and perceptions of national friends and foes. She is currently working on a book project that investigates which international issues are perceived as national interests worth fighting for and the reasons behind these perceptions. This project builds on her dissertation, which received multiple prestigious awards including the Best Dissertation in International Relations Theory from the American Political Science Association, the Walter Isard Award for the Best Dissertation in Peace Science, and the Stuart A. Bremer Award for the best graduate student paper from the Peace Science Society. Her scholarly work has been published or is forthcoming in leading journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, International Interactions, and International Organization. Soyoung Lee earned her Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University and was an America in the World Consortium Postdoctoral Fellow at Duke University. Prior to her graduate studies, she completed her B.A. in political science at Yonsei University in South Korea, where she was awarded the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies Scholarship and the National Scholarship for Humanities and Social Sciences.

Research topics

• Political Science
• Psychology
• Environmental engineering
• Virology
• Environmental science
• Engineering
• Geography
• Medicine
• Environmental economics
• Psychiatry

Selected publications

• Implications of COVID-19 for the Environment and Sustainability

  2020 · 10 citations

  In a few short months, COVID-19 has morphed from a dangerous regional health threat to an all-consuming global pandemic and economic disaster. COVID-19’s rapid spread has had far-reaching implications on the everyday lives of people in nearly all corners of the world, and underlines the need for governments at all levels to coordinate cross-cutting and cross-boundary response and recovery programmes. Global sustainability is at the core of the IGES mission. The Institute is thus dedicated to wor…

• Exploring Innovative Teaching Methods in University Major Courses through the Synergy of AI and HI

  2024-08-31 · 1 citations

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  Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore innovative teaching methods to enhance the effectiveness of university major courses which is “Service interview practice ll” through the synergy between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human Intelligence (HI). To achieve this, a quality management system for the curriculum was established based on the ADDIE model, and the direction for curriculum improvement was presented through learner needs analysis and the setting of learning objectives. The…

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• Analysis of the Work Environment of Part-time Gym Instructors in the Era of COVID-19

  The Korea Journal of Sport · 2023-03-31 · 1 citations

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  이 연구는 COVID-19 시대의 체육관련 시간강사의 직무환경 분석에 연구의 목적이 있다. 연구대상자는 대학 체육관련 시간강사를 모집단으로 선정하고, 서울, 경기, 충청, 전라, 경상권의 5개의 권역에서 근무하고 있는 시간강사를 대상으로 유목적 표집법을 통해 총 215명의 자료를 수집하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS통계 프로그램을 활용하여, 빈도분 석, 탐색적 요인분석, 신뢰도분석, 기술통계, T-test, one way ANOVA 분석을 실시하였다. 첫째, 체육관련시간강사의 인구사회학적 변인으로 설정한 성별, 전업 여부, 연령에 따른 이직의도에 대한 차이검증결과 성별과 연령에서는 부분적으 로 유의한 차이가 나타났고, 전업 여부에서는 유의미한 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 둘째, 체육관련시간강사의 인구사회학적 변인으로 설정한 성별, 전업 여부, 연령에 따른 이직의도에 대한 차이검증결과 성별과 연령에서는 부분적으로 유의한 차이가 나타났고, 전업 여부에서는 유의미한 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 셋…

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• Legal Issues and Challenges in Pet Food Labeling System

  2023-12-31 · 1 citations

  articleSenior author

  Driven by the increasing number of pets and households that have pets, the pet food market is undergoing substantial growth. With the surge in pet guardianship, pet food consumption has increased, which has been accompanied by a growing interest in various functional pet food types. Despite the variety available, a notable issue exists concerning the primary labeling of pet food. This study investigates the current status and major issues within the pet food labeling system and proposes improvem…

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• Pre-service Early Childhood Teachers’ Metaphorical Perceptions of Core Competencies of Early Childhood Teachers

  Korean Society for Critical Inquiry of Childhood Education · 2026-04-17

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  This study aims to explore the core competencies of early childhood teachers as perceived by pre-service early childhood teachers, based on the direction of the 2019 revised Nuri Curriculum, using metaphor analysis. Data were collected through a survey administered to 179 students enrolled in the Department of Early Childhood Education at A University located in D metropolitan city. The data were analyzed and categorized by employing both metaphor analysis and content analysis, using metaphor ex…

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Frequent coauthors

• Eric Zusman

  National Institute for Environmental Studies

  38 shared

• M Cantisani

  John Wiley & Sons (United States)

  18 shared

• Y Osbourne

  John Wiley & Sons (United States)

  18 shared

• Yoon‐Taek Jang

  18 shared

• Hoonkyung Lee

  University of Manchester

  18 shared

• Hai Yu

  Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

  18 shared

• Gloria Lee

  18 shared

• B.-N Nguyen

  John Wiley & Sons (United States)

  18 shared

Education

• Ph.D., Human Development

  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

• B.S. & M.S., Child and Family Studies

  Seoul National University

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