ISR Post-Doctoral Fellow

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Young-Il Kim joined ISR in the fall of 2011 as a post-doctoral fellow. He earned his B.A. and M.A. in sociology from Yonsei University in 1999 and 2001 respectively, and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Virginia in 2010. The main goal of his research is to understand the mechanisms under which the institutions of family and religion facilitate or hinder civic engagement. Drawing on the work of Edward Banfield on amoral familism in Italy and of the privatization of religion literature, his dissertation tested the idea that a kind of privatistic familism emerged in the United States among orthodox religionists may inhibit participation in secular association.

His current research is focused on three areas: (a) marital status change and voluntary organization participation, (b) international comparative study on familism and volunteering, and (c) the intersection of Pentecostal beliefs and economic behavior. At ISR, he involves analysis of the Gallup World Poll to determine the current state of religion in the world as well as the way in which religion interacts with other societal and individual characteristics.