Euiyoung Kang

#410 Dasan Hall, 35 Baekbeom Street, Mapo District, Seoul 04107, ROK

onkey328@gmail.com

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Education

2023 ~ Ph.D. student, Sociology | Sogang University, Seoul, ROK

2023 M.A., Sociology | Sogang University, Seoul, ROK

2021 B.A., Sociology | Sogang University, Seoul, ROK

Research Interest

• Mental Disabilities / Disability Studies
• Women with Disabilities / Gender Studies
• Social Movements

Publications

[in Korean] Kang, Euiyoung. 2026. “The Emergence of ‘Seishinbyō’ sha and the Politics of Solidarity: Discursive Practices of the Early Japanese Psychiatric Disability Movement.” Journal of Japanology 69, 77-103. doi:
10.21442/djs.2026.69.04

[in Korean] Kang, Euiyoung. 2026. “How do South Korean Feminists Meet Palestine? : Free Palestine Movement Participation and Postcolonial Solidarity among Korean Feminist Organizations.” Journal of Korean Women’s Studies 42(2), 71-106. doi: 10.30719/JKWS.2026.06.42.2.71

[in Korean] Kang, Euiyoung. 2025. “Hierarchy of Impairment and Labor Market Vulnerability in Disability Employment Policy: Focus on the Impact of the Double Count Policy for Severely Disabled Workers.” Health and Social Welfare Review 45(2), 208-236. doi: 10.15709/hswr.2025.45.2.208

[in Korean] Kang, Euiyoung. 2025. “From Abnormality to Vulnerability: Reinterpreting Eating Disorder Experiences Through Feminism.” Korean Journal of Sociology 59(1), 82-120. doi: 10.21562/kjs.2025.02.59.1.83

[in Korean] Kang, Euiyoung. 2024. “Difficulties and Strategical Dilemma of South Korean Mental Disability Movement.” Korean Journal of Sociology 58(2), 1-41. doi: 10.21562/kjs.2024.05.58.2.1

[in Korean] Heo, Hyunhee, Doyeon Lee, and Euiyoung Kang. 2021. “A Case Study for Analyzing Citizen Participation in COVID-19 Vaccine Policy Decision-Making Process: Focusing on the Evaluation and Response of Civil Society Organizations in South Korea” NGO Studies 16(3), 179-218. doi: 10.23193/kngos.2021.16.3.179

Funded Research Projects

PI. 2026-27. “A Political Sociological Inquiry into the Relationship between Depression and Social Movement Participation among South Korean Young Women.” National Research Foundation of Korea.

PI. 2025-26. “Invisible Injuries of ‘Unproductive’ Laborers: Analysis on Occupational Accidents and Legal Recognition Attempts among Workers with Disabilities.” National Research Foundation of Korea.

PI. 2024-25. “From Abnormality to Vulnerability: Reinterpreting Eating Disorder Experiences Through Feminism.” National Research Foundation of Korea.

PI. 2023-24. “The Effects of Networks of Organizational Relations on the Topographies of Mental Disability Movements: Comparison Between South Korea and Japan.” National Research Foundation of Korea. 2023-24.