Research interests include the ageing experience, reGraduating in social work and welfare policy from the National University of Seoul in Korea in 1999, Yong-Moon Jung worked for an NGO made up of voluntary lawyers who provided legal aid for the protection of human rights of the vulnerable and make legislative appeals for welfare reforms. Moving to the Gallup Korea Research Centre in 2000, he was involved in a number of research projects funded by local and central governments. Joining the Home Modification Information Clearinghouse in 2007, he has conducted research for services to support frail older people, people with disabilities and their carers to remain at home.

His interests expands from traditional social policy issues including poverty and income distribution to gerontological concerns such as health service system for people who experience functional decline and built environment for people with disabilities. Based on his knowledge and experience in quantitative methods, he is also interested in statistical analysis and modelling. Currently he is enrolled as a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney. His thesis is about comparative research on tolerance of poverty between Australia and Korea, which is to explore epistemological dimensions of poverty.

Recent publications

Lara Oram, Yong Moon Jung, Lyndal Millikan, and Catherine Bridge, 2007, Modify or Move: Summary Bulletin, Home Modification Information Clearing house, available from www.homemods.info

On-going projects

Yong Moon Jung, and Catherine Bridge, 2008, Evidence Based Research: The Effectiveness of Ceiling Hoist in Transferring People with Disabilities, Home Modification Information Clearing house, available from www.homemods.info

Yong Moon Jung, and Catherine Bridge, 2008, Rural Home Modification: Overviews and Policy Issues, Home Modification Information Clearing house, available from www.homemods.info

Conference presentations

Yong Moon Jung, Institutional Responses to Poverty: Korea's Evolutionary Social Security System, Australian Social Policy Conference 2007, The University of New South Wales, Sydney

Yong Moon Jung , What makes difference in poverty and how?: Policy responsiveness to public policy preference in Australia and Korea, Strength in Unity Conference 2008, Luna Park, Sydney

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