Taekyeong is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at The University of British Columbia. He has completed his BA and MA in sociology at Sogang University, South Korea. He is a member of the Korean Academy of Government-funded Scholars.
Taekyeong has research interests in the fields of environmental sociology, social movements, global and transnational sociology, political economy, and sociology of culture. He conducts research on the human dimensions of global environmental change with a focus on how development, environmental movements, and the structure of civil society contribute to climate change mitigation. Additionally, he conducts research on inequality and cultural studies to address the social conflicts, especially around gender and generations in South Korea.