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Contact

• workRoom B51 Law and Social Sciences building
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• Jihyun.Choi@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

I joined the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ as a teaching associate in August 2023. In 2022, I was awarded a PhD in Sociology from the University of Lancaster and hold an MA in International Studies from the University of Sheffield.

Expertise Summary

My research is interested in the intersection of migration, inequalities, identities (race, ethnicity, class and gender), and urban changes. through qualitive methodologies. I am especially interested in how national and local policies, neoliberal development and racialization converge in both urban governance and everyday life. I approach these questions through qualitative ethnographic research and critical theories.

Teaching Summary

I have delivered lectures on topics related to class, gender and 'race' in modules including Identity in Popular Culture (Year 1) and Exploring Social and Cultural Identities through Film (Year 3),… read more

Research Summary

My research focuses on the processes of urban (re-)development and multiculturalism, involving urban governance and racialization, particularly in the context of (racial) capitalism, Asian labour… read more

Recent Publications

• 2025. Racial Capitalism and the Racialization of Hwagyo in South Korea: The Role of Food Culture and Chinatowns in Identity and Survival. In: 32nd Association for Korean Studies in Europe (AKSE) Conference.
• CHOI, J., 2024. Current Sociology. 73(7), 1093-1110
• CHOI, J., 2024. Multicultural or migrant welcoming city? The urban partnership governance of diversity in South Korea In: International Conference on Urban Affairs 2024.
• KIM, D., PARK, S., CHOI, J. AND KANG, M., 2023. Case study of Country-of-Origin Information (COI) production bodies and legal frameworks in foreign countries. Ministry of Justice.

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I have delivered lectures on topics related to class, gender and 'race' in modules including Identity in Popular Culture (Year 1) and Exploring Social and Cultural Identities through Film (Year 3), as well as seminars across undergraduate modules within the School of Sociology and Social Policy.

Current Research

My research focuses on the processes of urban (re-)development and multiculturalism, involving urban governance and racialization, particularly in the context of (racial) capitalism, Asian labour migration and East Asian developmentalism.

• 2025. Racial Capitalism and the Racialization of Hwagyo in South Korea: The Role of Food Culture and Chinatowns in Identity and Survival. In: 32nd Association for Korean Studies in Europe (AKSE) Conference.
• CHOI, J., 2024. Current Sociology. 73(7), 1093-1110
• CHOI, J., 2024. Multicultural or migrant welcoming city? The urban partnership governance of diversity in South Korea In: International Conference on Urban Affairs 2024.
• KIM, D., PARK, S., CHOI, J. AND KANG, M., 2023. Case study of Country-of-Origin Information (COI) production bodies and legal frameworks in foreign countries. Ministry of Justice.
• CHOI, J., 2023. Everyday politics of recognition and (re-)distribution: Residents’ responses to multicultural and economic changes in Wongok-dong, South Korea In: Association for Asian Studies New England Regional Conference (NEAAS) 2023.
• CHOI, J., 2022. Everyday politics of recognition and (re-)distribution: residents’ responses to multicultural and economic changes in Wongok-dong, South Korea In: British Sociological Association (BSA) Annual Conference 2022.
• CHOI, J., 2022. Everyday racialization in Wongok-dong, an urban multicultural neighbourhood in South Korea In: Association for Asian Studies (AAS) 2022 Annual Conference 2022.
• CHOI, J., 2022. Everyday Racialization in Wongok-dong. In: Chonnam National University International Conference 2022 – Inclusion and Coexistence in an Age of Transition.
• CHOI, J., 2017. The urban multicultural, neoliberal development in Wongok-dong, South Korea. In: Sussex Migration Graduate Conference 2017 at the Sussex Centre for Migration Research, the University of Sussex.
• CHO, Y. AND CHOI, J., 2013. IOM Migration Research & Training Centre.