Soohyun Cho

I am an Assistant Professor of Government and Legal Studies at Bowdoin College. I was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Princeton University’s Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science in 2023 from Ohio State University.

My research examines how global economic integration reshapes political behavior, firm strategy, and economic governance. I study how the risks and opportunities created by globalization shape individuals’ political preferences over trade, automation, and welfare, as well as firms’ responses to regulatory and political pressures. I also examine how global production networks and the institutions that govern them transmit, mediate, and constrain the reach of economic and social norms—and whose interests these systems of governance ultimately serve.

I earned my B.A. and M.A. in Political Science from Seoul National University, South Korea. My work has been supported by the Fulbright Fellowship, the Presidential Fellow at OSU, and other grants including the APSA Centennial Center Research Grant and the APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant.

Email: s.cho[at].bowdoin.edu