At SOAS since 2012, Dr Yenn Lee has designed and delivered an interdisciplinary, institution-wide doctoral training programme, convened modules and workshops on research methods and researcher development, and provided one-to-one consultations.
She also supervises PhD projects at the intersection of emerging technologies, power, and regional culture, and serves on the Doctoral School Management Group, the Research Ethics Panel, and the Research Culture Committee.
In parallel, she contributes to intercollegiate collaborations such as the ESRC-funded UBEL Doctoral Training Partnership, the AHRC-funded CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership, and the Bloomsbury Postgraduate Skills Network.
Dr Lee is also an active researcher in the field of digital cultures and politics, with a focus on South Korea and the wider Asia-Pacific region.
Towards the operationalization of controversial news: A study of online news articles and reader comments during the 2017 presidential election in South Korea
Kim, Chan Woo, Park, Hyejin, Lee, Yenn and Park, Han Woo, 2018, Quality and Quantity (53), pp 1097-1108
1) DISC 2013, 2) Qualitative and quantitative methods in complex socio-economic systems. Joint special issue of Quality and Quantity, Volume 49 Issue 4.
Lee, Yenn, (eds.), Park, Han Woo, (eds.), Fattore, Marco, (eds.) and Grassi, Rosanna, (eds.) (2015). Berlin: Springer Nature. (Quality and Quantity)
Lee, Yenn (2024). In: Funk, Allie, (eds.), Vesteinsson, Kian, (eds.) and Baker, Grant, (eds.), Freedom on the Net 2024: The Struggle for Trust Online. Washington DC, US: Freedom House
Lee, Yenn (2023). In: Funk, Allie, (eds.), Shahbaz, Adrian, (eds.) and Vesteinsson, Kian, (eds.), Freedom on the Net 2023: The Repressive Power of Artificial Intelligence. Washington, DC: Freedom House
Lee, Yenn (2022). In: Shahbaz, Adrian, (eds.), Funk, Allie, (eds.) and Vesteinsson, Kian, (eds.), Freedom on the Net 2022: Countering an Authoritarian Overhaul of the Internet. Washington DC: Freedom House
Lee, Yenn (2021). In: Shahbaz, Adrian, (eds.) and Funk, Allie, (eds.), Freedom on the Net 2021: The Global Drive to Control Big Tech. Washington, DC: Freedom House
Lee, Yenn (2020). In: Shahbaz, Adrian, (eds.) and Funk, Allie, (eds.), Freedom on the Net 2020: The Pandemic's Digital Shadow. Washington: Freedom House
Digital ecology of free speech: Authenticity, identity, and self-censorship
Lee, Yenn and Scott-Baumann, Alison (2020). In: Yates, Simeon, (eds.) and Rice, Ronald E., (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Digital Technology and Society. Oxford University Press
Lee, Yenn (2019). In: Shahbaz, Adrian, (eds.), Truong, Mai, (eds.), Funk, Allie, (eds.), Slipowitz, Amy, (eds.), Linzer, Isabel, (eds.) and Buyon, Noah, (eds.), Freedom on the Net 2019: The Crisis of Social Media. Washington: Freedom House
Lee, Yenn (2018). In: Truong, Mai, (eds.), Shahbaz, Adrian, (eds.), White, Jessica, (eds.) and Funk, Allie, (eds.), Freedom on the Net 2018: The Rise of Digital Authoritarianism. Washington DC: Freedom House
Lee, Yenn (2017). In: Kelly, Sanja, (eds.), Truong, Mai, (eds.), Shahbaz, Adrian, (eds.), Earp, Madeline, (eds.), White, Jessica, (eds.) and Dlougatch, Rose, (eds.), Freedom on the Net 2017: Manipulating Social Media to Undermine Democracy. Washington: Freedom House
Tweets in the limelight: The contested relationship between (dis)harmony and newsworthiness
Lee, Yenn (2016). In: Lim, Sun Sun, (eds.) and Soriano, Cheryll, (eds.), Asian Perspectives on Digital Culture: Emerging Phenomena, Enduring Concepts. Abingdon: Routledge, pp 135-151
Lee, Yenn (2016). In: Kelly, Sanja, (eds.), Truong, Mai, (eds.), Shahbaz, Adrian, (eds.), Earp, Madeline, (eds.), White, Jessica, (eds.) and Dlougatch, Rose, (eds.), Freedom on the Net 2016: Silencing the Messenger: Communication Apps Under Pressure. Washington: Freedom House, pp 736-753
Lee, Yenn (2013). In: Kelly, Sanja, (eds.), Truong, Mai, (eds.), Earp, Madeline, (eds.), Reed, Laura, (eds.), Shahbaz, Adrian, (eds.) and Greco-Stoner, Ashley, (eds.), Freedom on the Net 2013: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media. Washington: Freedom House, pp 636-648
Lee, Yenn (2012). In: Kelly, Sanja, (eds.), Cook, Sarah, (eds.) and Truong, Mai, (eds.), Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media: Evolving Tactics of Internet Control and the Push for Greater Freedom. Washington: Freedom House, pp 456-471
Lee, Yenn (2011). In: Kelly, Sanja, (eds.) and Cook, Sarah, (eds.), Freedom on the Net 2011: New Technologies, Innovative Repression A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media. Washington: Freedom House, pp 299-309
Informing the development of cultural and ethical competence in social work education
Gupta, Anna, Fook, Jan, Bhatti-Sinclair, Kish, Hatzidimitriadou, Eleni and Lee, Yenn (2011). London: (Social Policy and Social Work Subject Centre (SWAP))
