Research
My research appears in Political Science Research and Methods, Social Science Quarterly, and Journal of East Asian Studies, with several projects under review. I focus on populism, political behavior, and text analysis, using LLM.
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Tamaki, Eduardo Ryô, & Yujin J. Jung.* 2025. "The Non-linearity of Populist Attitudes and Political Ideology," Political Science Research and Methods (Conditional Acceptance)
Jung, Yujin J. 2025. "The Sectarian Divide: The Dynamics of Populism in South Korea,” Journal of East Asian Studies. doi:10.1017/jea.2025.13
Jung, Yujin J. 2025. "Navigating Populism in America: Unveiling the Socio-Economic and Ideological Roots of Populist Attitudes", Social Science Quarterly 106 (2). doi: 10.1111/ssqu.13488
Jung, Yujin J. 2024. "Cyber Shadows over Nuclear Peace: Understanding and Mitigating Digital Threats to Global Security." Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, 11(2), 233-533. doi: 10.1177/23477970241250102
Jung, Yujin J. 2025. “Candidates, Media Effects, and Gender,” The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Politics and Gender, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. forthcoming
Mao, Hanjin, Meril Antony, & Yujin J. Jung. 2024. "Lighthouse in the Mist: State Governors’ Crisis Communication on Twitter during the Early Stage of the Covid-19 Pandemic." International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age, 11(1), 1-34. doi: 10.4018/IJPADA.344420
Under Review
Revise & Resubmit
Park, Brandon Beomseob, & Yujin J. Jung.* "Populism, Ideology, and the Endorsement of Martial Law: A Conditional Relationship"
Status: Invited to Revise and Resubmit ➡️ Revision Started
Choi, Jeongho, & Yujin J. Jung.* "Does Immigration Fuel Populism? The Effect of Immigration on the Rise of Populist Rhetoric"
Status: Invited to Revise and Resubmit ➡️ Second Revision Started
Under Review
Cho, Youngho, Yujin J. Jung, & Hannah June Kim. "Reassessing the Cultural Foundation of Democracy after the Third-wave Democratization”
Work in Progress
Large Language Model and Populism with Eduardo Ryô Tamaki, Kirk Hawkins, Levente Littvay, Grant Mitchell. (📢 invited to present at APSA 2025)
This study examines how large language models (LLMs) can be effectively utilized to detect populist rhetoric.
Understanding Public Polarization in Response to Illiberal Decisions: A Large Language Model Approach with Sung Hoon Kang (📢 invited to present at PolNet-PaCSS 2025)
This project examines the levels of polarization among Korean citizens before and after political events.
Exploring the Most Important Problem Through AI-Driven Analysis with Murat Yildirim & Brandon Beomseob Park
This project leverages large language models to enrich the exploration of citizens’ responses to Most Important Problem (MIP) survey questions.
AI-Based Multidimensional Analysis of Inheritance and Gift Tax Policy Acceptance with Sung Hoon Kang (📢 secured a 2025 Research Grant from the Korea Institute of Public Finance)
This study utilizes large language models to analyze policy acceptance by leveraging open-ended questions in the original dataset.
What Happens When Asian American Candidates Use Race Appeals? with Taewoo Kang (📢 will present at IPSA 2025)
Using survey experiments, this research examines the political behaviors of Asian-American individuals.
Authoritarian Attitudes and Populist Attitudes with Jeongho Choi
This study explores the influence of authoritarian attitudes on the support for populism, considering the relationship with satisfaction with democracy.
Who Are 'The People'? Exploring Conceptions of Peoplehood in the United States with Seongjoon Ahn
This study uses survey data to examine how American citizens conceptualize "the people" and what factors shape these understandings.
Extreme Right Wing in South Korea with Brandon Beomseob Park
This study explores the dynamics of extreme right-wing ideology, focusing on South Korea.
Democratic Backsliding and Political Revenge with Youngho Cho
Focusing on South Korea, this research investigates the impact of norm violations on the quality of democracy.
- Are Military Leaders More Populist? with William Christiansen
- This paper analyzes military background scores from the LEAD dataset using Bayesian Mixed Factor Analysis.
If one side is populist, what is the other? with Benjamin Schvarcz
This study investigates how to understand opposing camps in political systems where one side is identified as populist.
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