Sung-Hee Lee

Sung-Hee Lee is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Derby, specializing in comparative social policy with focus on childcare systems and gender equality. Her research examines welfare state development, particularly how policy ideas like social investment influence childcare reforms in East Asia and Europe.

Key research areas:

• Marketization vs. socialization of childcare systems
• Work-family policy expansion mechanisms
• Gender mainstreaming limitations in policy implementation

Her publications analyze cases from South Korea, UK, Japan and Germany.

Dr. Lee's cross-national studies investigate determinants of social service workers' wages and child poverty reduction strategies. Recent work explores adolescent suicide risk factors in South Korea and childcare cost drivers in the UK.