Jaemin Lee is an assistant professor of sociology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Lee is a co-theme leader (socio-spatial networks) of the Computational Social Science Laboratory at CUHK. Prior to joining CUHK, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute. He obtained a PhD in sociology from Duke University and a BA and MA in sociology from Yonsei University. Dr. Lee uses quantitative and computational methods to study the network underpinnings of intergroup relations and social diffusion in the political, economic, and organizational contexts. His research address substantive topics such as political polarization, friendship segregation, product diffusion, and social capital of microfinance groups and has appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Child Development, Journal of International Development, and International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. His current project on revealing the common ground of partisans in Twitter has been supported by a grant awarded from Hong Kong Research Grants Council (HK$956,400). His dissertation work has been recognized by an Outstanding Dissertation-in-Progress Award by the American Sociological Association’s Mathematical Sociology Section.
- Social Networks
- Computational Social Science
- Mathematical Sociology
- Political Sociology
- Management Science
- SOCI 3229 Quantitative Data Analysis
- SOCI 3238 Digital Sociology
- SOCI 6010 Guided Studies I
- SOCI 6020 Guided Studies II
Lee, Jaemin and Mudit Kumar Singh. 2023. “Expansion , Cohesion and Diversity: The Network Advantages of Microfinance Groups in Indian Villages.” Journal of International Development (online first):1–28. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3828
Singh, Mudit Kumar and Jaemin Lee. 2020. “Social Inequality and Access to Social Capital in Microfinance Interventions” Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. 40(7): 575-588. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-01-2020-0024
Trinh, Sarah L., Jaemin Lee, Carolyn T. Halpern, and James Moody. 2019. “Our Buddies, Ourselves: Exploring the Role of Sexual Homophily in Adolescent Friendship Networks.” Child Development. 90(1): e132-e147. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13052
Bail, Christopher, Lisa Argyle, Taylor Brown, John Bumpuss, Haohan Chen, M.B. Fallin Hunzaker, Jaemin Lee, Marcus Mann, Friedolin Merhout, and Alexander Volfovsky. 2018. “Exposure to Opposing Views on Social Media Can Increase Political Polarization.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 155(37): 9216-9221. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1804840115
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