Research

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL & CONFERENCE ARTICLES

Chung, C. (forthcoming, 2026) The Crisis of the Tripod of Legal Legitimacy: AI, Governance, and the Shifting
Foundations of Legitimacy. Cambridge Forum on AI: Law and Governance.

Chung, C. (forthcoming, 2026) Redefining Digital Sovereignty: Infrastructural Dependence, Epistemic Asymmetry,
and Governance Challenges in the Age of Big Tech. Technology and Regulation

Chung, C. & Schiff, D. S. (2025). AI and the Social Contract. Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society8(1), 615-627. https://doi.org/10.1609/aies.v8i1.36575

Chung, C. (2025). AI and the Rule and Role of Law: Reshaping Legal Regulatory Frameworks to Address Emerging Challenges. Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Ethics in Engineering, Science, and Technology (ETHICS), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1109/ETHICS65148.2025.11098292

Chung, C., (2023). Development of Digital Platform Government Performance Framework and Index: Analyzing its Differences from E-Government, Digital Government, and Platform Government. Journal of Korean Association for Regional Information Society, 26(4), 71-110.

Chung, C., Yoon, Y., & Yoon, W. (2021). Who are the Swing Voters in Korea?: The Characteristics of Korean Swing Voters in the 2017 Presidential Election and the 2021 Seoul Mayor By-Election. Journal of Parliamentary Research, 16(2), 55 – 77.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Chung, C., (2024). Key Components and Evaluation Framework Suggestions for the Digital Platform Government, In The Future of Digital Platform Government (pp.165-196). Yoonseongsa.

Chung, C., (2024). The Politics of Uber: Examining the Rise of New Interest Groups and Their Impacts on Regulatory Process in Global Cities, In L. Andersen, D. Broeders, & R. Csernatoni (Eds.), Emerging and disruptive digital technologies – National, regional, and global perspectives (pp. 12-28). Publications Office of the European Union, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2815/974075.

POLICY BRIEFS, RESEARCH REPORTS & ONLINE PUBLICATIONS

Chung, C., (2024). Ethics in the Age of AI: Unraveling Key Issues and Policy Approaches in the Asian Context

Chung, C., (2024). Emergence of South Korea’s K-Culture as a Trailblazing Global Cultural Rule-Maker

Chung, C. (2024). The Advancement of AI Technologies: A Shortcut or a Detour to Becoming an Eco-Friendly Energy Nation? Issue Brief No. 51, Center for Digital Social Science, Yonsei University. http://cdss.yonsei.ac.kr/index.php/issue-brief/?mod=document&uid=171

WORKING PAPERS

Chung, C. & Dietrich, B. Corporate Quasi-Sovereignty: Big Tech and the Politics of Sovereign Authority in the
Digital Age (
Under Review at Policy Studies Journal). [Working Paper (PDF)]

Chung, C. & Spisak, B. AI Cuts Costs, Until It Doesn’t: Why Accountability Still Belongs to Leadership
(
Under Review at Harvard Business Review).

Chung, C., Schiff, D. S., & Kim, M. Elite Preferences for AI Governance in Post-Developmental States: Evidence
from Legislative Staffers and Policy Experts in Korea (
Under Review at Government Information Quarterly).

Chung, C. The Rise of the Invisible Interest Group: Digital Mobilization and the Politics of Platform Business Regulation.

SELECTED WORK IN PROGRESS

Chung, C. & Schiff, D. S. From Principles to Policy: Lessons from Translating AI Ethics into National Governance
Frameworks in Korea, Japan, and China.

Chung, C. & Watson, A. Framing the Neutral: Political Norms in Apolitical Prompts to LLMs.

Chung, C. & Park, J. Social Media as a Non-Physical Means of Warfare: Exploring its Role in the Ukraine War.

Chung, H. & Chung, C. Decoding Environmental Policy Implementation: An Integrated Framework for Assessing
Political, Economic, and Environmental Impacts Across Regions.

Chung, H. & Chung, C. Optimizing AI Development for Sustainability: A National-Level Framework for Energy
Efficiency and Environmental Responsibility (SDG-AI).