Hwiyoung Lee, MA

Hwiyoung Lee is a PhD student at the School of Social Policy and Practice with research interests in social capital, policy evaluation, and causal inference. His current work explores the effects of policies aimed at promoting civic engagement, as well as changes in personal network structures particularly around the outbreak of COVID-19. Hwiyoung holds a BA in social welfare and a BA in economics with honors from Seoul National University, where he continued his graduate studies in social welfare. Although his primary focus is on quantitative research, he has also engaged in volunteering for the homeless and disadvantaged elderly for over a decade to follow the tales of the field.