Suhyeon Shin / 신수현

PhD Candidate, Department of Geography and Environment, LSE

Suhyeon investigates the relationship between asset inequality and political cleavages shaped by state-led developmentalism in South Korea. His research examines how authoritarian developmental legacies have shaped property-based political divisions following democratization, with focus on spatial dimensions and democratic stability. 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 political cleavages and electoral geographies · Urban political economy and spatial inequality · State-led urbanization, housing regimes, and democratic stability · Gendered internal migration and social mobility

Thesis

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

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