Gi Yeon Koo is an anthropologist conducting research in the region of Western Asia. Her research also focuses on religious diversity and Islamophobia in Korean society. In 2018, her paper “Islamophobia and the Politics of Representation of Islam in Korea” dealt with Islamophobia within Korean society prior to the Yemeni refugee issue of 2019. Her book Iranian Urban Youth, Creating Their Own World: State Control of Emotions and Individual Self-Construction was designated by the Korean government as an ‘outstanding academic book’ in 2018. She has maintained a close international network with Middle Eastern studies researchers and participated as a co-author in Participation Culture in the Gulf: Networks, Politics, and Identity (2018, Routledge). She also served as the chief editor of Female Researchers Crossing the Line, a book on field research methodology in overseas regions written by female anthropologists, and published in January 2020. Since January 2022, she has also served as a columnist for The Kyunghyang Shinmun, contributing to the social dissemination of West Asian regional research. She has also continued her research on the Iranian media, the youth generation, Muslim women, and current issues in the Iranian region, which has important academic significance in the comparative study of Mega-Asia.