Wooseong Kim

I am a postdoctoral fellow in the New World of Work research group (led by Theo Bodin), which belongs to the Unit of Occupational Medicine at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet. My current research focuses on (1) how adverse life events shape individuals’ health and labor market outcomes, and how these effects differ between standard and non-standard employees in Sweden, and (2) how in-work poverty affects the mental and physical health of Swedish workers.

I hold a PhD in Sociological Demography from Stockholm University, where I remain affiliated as a researcher at the Stockholm University Demography Unit, Department of Sociology.

My research interests include the socioeconomic adaptation of immigrants and their descendants in high-income countries, social determinants of health, social inequalities, social stratification, and advanced quantitative methods. I have also been involved in research on recent developments in fertility in the Nordic countries, the influence of mental health on fertility, and the associations between health, socioeconomic status, and shared physical custody among Swedish parents.

Karolinska Institutet

Methods for Studying the Distribution of Health, (Master’s Level, Autumn 2024 onwards). Co-organized and facilitated a lab session on Life Tables, guiding students through hands-on demographic analysis. 

Department of Sociology, Stockholm University 

Basic Demographic Methods, course in the Multidisciplinary Master's Program in Demography (Autumn 2020 - Autumn 2024)

Lectures on basic measures of fertility, basic measures of migration, and organizing Q&A sessions.