Organization
About KRIHS
BANG SEOLAH
Associate Research Fellow
Korean Peninsula & East Asia Research Center
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- Research Areas Urban and Regional Planning, Smart City, International Development Cooperation(ODA), ASEAN Urban and Regional Development
Education
- Ph.D. in Urban Engineering, University of Seoul, 2019
Career
- <Professional Experience>
- • May 2020 – Present: Associate Research Fellow, Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS)
- • Mar 2025 – Present: Lecturer, Graduate School of International Studies, Kyung Hee University
- • Sep 2019 – Jul 2024: Adjunct Professor, Department of Urban Planning, Graduate School of Urban Sciences, University of Seoul
- • Oct 2011 – May 2020: Director / Senior Architect, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)
- • Jun 2004 – Oct 2011: Architect, Um&Lee Architects & Engineers Co., Ltd.
- <Professional Activities>
- • Mar 2025 – Present: Committee Member, Siheung Smart City Project Advisory Committee
- • Jul 2024 – Present: Member, Bucheon City Planning Committee
- • Jul 2024 – Present: Member, Bucheon City Architecture & Urban Design Committee
- • Mar 2024 – Present: Member, Urban Development Committee, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT)
- • Jul 2023 – Present: Evaluation Committee Member, National Agency for Administrative City Construction (NAACC)
- • Apr 2023 – Present: Member, Research Proposal Evaluation Committee, MOLIT
- • Apr 2020 – Mar 2024: Member, Central Architecture Committee, MOLIT
- • Jun 2022 – May 2024: Member, Public Housing Committee, MOLIT
- • Feb 2018 – Jan 2022: Member, Gwangmyeong City Landscape Committee
- • 2017 – 2018: Technical Advisory Member, Seongnam City
- • 2018 – 2020: Member, Contract Review Committee, Seongnam City
Reports
- • Strategies for Private Sector Participation in Smart City Development under the Korea-ASEAN Soidarity Initiative(Project Director), Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), 2024
- • A Study on Strategies to Enhance the Effectiveness of Development Assistance in Land, Infrastructure and Transport(Project Director), Ministry of Land,Infrastructure and Transport(MOLIT), 2024
- • Proposing the ODA Spatial Information Portal for planning the Strategic Package Program, National Research Council for Economics,Humanities and Social Sciences(NRC), 2024
- • A Study on Strategically Promoting International Cooperation Projects for Capital Relocation(Project Director), KRIHS, 2023
- • Proposing the Spatial Information Portal for Integrated ODA Promotion(Project Director), KRIHS, 2023
- • Implications and Challenges of the Korea-Indonesia Capital Relocation Cooperation Projects (Project Director), KRIHS, 2023
- • Proposing the Strategic Program and the Methods of System Improvement in Korea-ASEAN ODA (Project Director), NRC, 2022
- • Mutually Beneficial Cooperation Strategy of the Urban ODA for ASEAN Countries (Project Director), KRIHS, 2021
- • Study for the Advancement of ASEAN Smart City Solution Package, NRC, 2021
Major Articles / books
- • A Typology Analysis and Implications for Smart City Development Cooperation with ASEAN Countries (2021) / The Korea Spatial Planning Review vol.110.
- • A study to the ODA areas of national-territorial and urban development according to establish 3rd strategic plan for international development cooperation (2021) / Journal of the Korean Regional Development Association 33(1).
- • Which Urban Agglomeration Does Have Efficiency on the Development in ASEAN Countries? (2021)/ Journal of Korea Planning Association 56(1).
- • A Study for the Connectivity on the ASEAN Smart City through ODA: Focus on the ASUS and ASCN (2020)/ Journal of the Korean Regional Development Associate 32(4)
- • Challenges for Urbanization and response strategies in ASEAN (2020)/ KRIHS WP 20-24.
- • Effect of Urbanization on Development : Focus on Growth , Poverty and Inequality. (Ph.D. Dissertation), 2019
- • An Empirical Study on the Relationship between Urbanization and Poverty Reduction (2019). Journal of Korea Planning Association / 2019 Spring Conference / Award an excellent research.
- • A Study for Urban Poverty in Developing Countries and Urban Development Aid Projects of KOICA ( Based upon Post 2015 SDGs).(2015) ; Master Thesis.