Summary
Chang Hyun Seo, PhD, MSW, focuses on research examining how welfare state institutions and social policy design shape economic security and inequality across different social and economic contexts. His work centers on the interaction between labor markets, employment structures, and household livelihood adequacy, with particular attention to in-work poverty and employment precarity. Using comparative and cross-national quantitative methods and large-scale secondary data, his research analyzes how welfare states respond to emerging economic risks associated with technological and climate-related change, including the challenges of jobless growth driven by artificial intelligence. His work aims to generate policy-relevant evidence that informs innovative and equitable social policy responses.
Areas of interest
- Welfare states and social policy design
- Comparative and cross-national policy analysis
- In-work poverty, labor markets, and livelihood adequacy
- Artificial intelligence, jobless growth, and income security
- Social policy innovation in response to technological and climate change
Courses taught at the University of Nevada, Reno
- SW 440: Introduction to Social Work Research
- SW 441: Data Analysis for Social Workers
Publications
Education
- Ph.D., Social Work, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, 2020
- MSW, Social Welfare, Department of Social Welfare, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, 2011
- B.A., French Language and Literature, College of Humanities, Inha University, South Korea, 2004