Sangwoo joined IER in October. An economist and educationalist by background Sangwoo uses quantitative methods to understand issues in higher education and the labour market mainly in developed countries.

His research interests include inequalities in higher education and the labour market, with a particular focus on the role of higher education in intergenerational mobility and the importance of job quality in general wellbeing and as graduates’ labour market outcomes. He previously worked at the University of Cambridge and UCL Institute of Education.