Suhyeon Shin / 신수현

PhD Candidate, Department of Geography and Environment, LSE

He is a political geographer whose work examines how inequality and housing politics shape voting behaviour in democratic societies. His research interrogates the ways in which asset positions and wealth structures articulate political cleavages, with a particular focus on South Korea and an orientation toward wider Asian and global comparative debate.

Previously a data analyst across private sector (mobility and media startups) and public sector (Seoul Metropolitan Government), and an award-winning data journalist.

s.shin4@lse.ac.uk / beingsince.official@gmail.com

Research Interests

Asset-based voting behaviour and political cleavages · Housing regimes, property wealth, and electoral geographies · Urban political economy and spatial inequality · Gendered dimensions of housing, migration, and social mobility

Thesis

"Aftermath of State-Led Gentrification: asset-based political cleavage in South Korea"

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