Hun Chung

Hun Chung is an Associate Professor of Data and Decision Sciences at Emory University, with tenure, starting August 2024. Previously, he was a Full Professor with tenure in the Faculty of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. He was also a Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy, Politics, & Economics at the University of Arizona (2015–16) and a Visiting Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology (2014–15).

His educational background includes two PhDs: one in Philosophy from Cornell University (2012), and another in Political Science from the University of Rochester (2017).

Hun Chung's research lies at the intersection of Political Philosophy and Formal Theory, particularly using game theory and social choice theory to model foundational issues in democratic theory, distributive justice, political legitimacy, and liberal rights. He views formal models as precise versions of philosophical thought experiments (e.g., Hobbes’s “State of Nature”, Rawls’s “Original Position”), enabling logical derivation over intuition, identifying causal mechanisms via comparative statics, and generating novel philosophical insights. His work advocates for the integration of formal methods into mainstream political philosophy.

Although no publications are listed in the provided text, his research program emphasizes methodological rigor, normative analysis, and interdisciplinary modeling across philosophy and political science.

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Hun Chung has advised students at Waseda and Emory, though specific names are not listed. There is no mention of grants or funding sources in the provided material. His academic mission focuses on advancing formal-analytic approaches in political theory and mentoring future scholars in this interdisciplinary space.

He maintains an active scholarly presence through his personal website and is committed to building bridges between analytic philosophy and empirical-formal political science. No specific lab or research team is mentioned, but his work suggests collaboration potential in PPE and formal political theory centers.