Eun-hwa Shin graduated from Kyungpook National University with a master's degree in philosophy and obtained a doctorate from Freiburg University in Germany. Shin dealt with the issues of human alienation in capitalist society as the subject of her master's and doctoral thesis and has been continuously studying related social-philosophical problems. Shin worked as a lecturer in department of Philosophy and a researcher at BK21 Plus at Kyungpook National University. Currently, Shin is teaching and conducting research as an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at Jeju National University.