서울시립대학교 UNIVERSITY OF SEOUL
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Boram Kimhur

  • FIELDUrban development, urban poverty, inequality, climate change adaptation in cities, housing policy, informal settlements, social justice, development corporation, evaluation approaches (aid effectiveness, poverty and inequality), multidimensional measurements of poverty and inequality.
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  • HOMEPAGEhttps://isus.uos.ac.kr/isus/main.do?
  • EMAILb.kimhur@uos.ac.kr

Academic Background

•PhD in Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.
•MA in International Development: Urban Development, Global Development Institute (formerly, Institute of Development Policy and Management), University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
•BSc in Architecture and Engineering, Inha University, South Korea.

Career History

2023~current Principle Researcher, Institute for Inclusive Urban Development (IIUD)
2023 Research Fellow and Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology
2016-2017 ODA Specialist in Urban Development and Environment Sector, Korea International Corporation Agency (KOICA) (duty station: Vietnam)
2015 Urban/Housing Specialist, Hilti Foundation (duty station: Philippines, Indonesia)
2013-2015 Urban Specialist, UN-Habitat (duty station: Vietnam)
2012~현재 Programme Manager in Urban Development/co-founder, Community Architects for Society and People
2011-2012 Lecturer in NGO and Contemporary Society, University of Foreign Language
2011-2012 Programme Manager, NGO Asian Bridge (duty station: South Korea)
2008 Assistant Manager, Seegan Architects Group
2005-2008 Assistant Architect, Hyundai Architects & Engineers Assoc.

Research Achievements

Kim, B. (2014) Article 11: The right to an adequate standard of living (in Viet Nam). In Vietnam UN Country Team (Eds.), UN Country Team (UNCT) Viet Nam contribution to the issues raised by the ECOSOC in relation to the combined second, third and fourth periodic reports of Viet Nam.
Kim, B. (2014) Initial assessment of the Viet Nam indicator systems relevant to urban development (prepared for Urban Development Agency in the Ministry of Construction of Viet Nam), UN-Habitat Vietnam.
Kim, B. (2014) Background paper: Enabling urban communities in the housing process as a way of realizing the right to adequate housing in Viet Nam, for the Urban Policy Dialogue, UN-Habitat Vietnam.
Kim, B. (2014) Report on the policy dialogue: the right to adequate housing – roles of communities in the housing process, UN-Habitat, ACVN, ACHR & Cities Alliance.
Kim, B. (2014) Social development and green growth in Da Nang. In J. Lee and S. Park. Green Growth City Development Strategy in Da Nang (pp.50–57). UN-Habitat & GGGI.
Kim, B. (2011) Urban poor settlement profile in Seoul: Vinyl-house settlements & Jokbang, Korean Coalition for Housing Rights & Asian Bridge.

Papers and Publications

• Peer-reviewed journal articles

Kimhur, B. (2024) Measuring housing inequality with the value of freedom in the capability approach: Proposal and Demonstration. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. doi: 10.1080/19452829.2024.2332376.
Kimhur, B. (2022) A capability approach to evaluating well-being and equality in housing: Clear conceptual difference but unclear practical difference? Housing Theory and Society. 40(2): 192–218. doi: 10.1080/14036096.2022.2149617.
Kimhur, B. (2022) Approach to housing justice from a capability perspective: Bridging the gap between ideals and policy practices. Housing Studies. 39(2): 481–501. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2022.2056148.
Kimhur, B. (2020) How to apply the capability approach to housing policy?: Concepts, theories, and challenges (focus article). Housing Theory and Society. 37 (3): 257–277. doi: 10.1080/14036096.2019.1706630.
Kimhur, B. (2020) Author’s reply, Housing Theory and Society. 37 (3): 317–321. doi: 10.1080/14036096.2019.1710397 (response to the open comments on the article “How to apply the capability approach to housing policy?: Concepts, theories and challenges”).

• Book & Book chapters

Kimhur, B. (2022) Housing Justice as Expansion of People’s Capabilities for Housing. A+BE Series. No.23. doi: 10.7480/abe.2022.23.
Geertman, S. and Kim, B. (2017) A study of informally developed housing and its role in the political arena of a post-reform communist city. In R. Rocco and J. Ballegooijen (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook on Informal Urbanization. New York: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315645544.
Kim, B., H. Park and J. Park (2017) Changes in, and political gains of informal settlers in movements in changing state regimes. In R. Rocco and J. Ballegooijen (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook on Informal Urbanization. New York: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315645544.
Kim, B. (2014) Urban development, In KOICA (Ed.) Lecture on Development Studies. Paju: Pureunsup (published in Korean).
Kim, B, M. Oh, and Daeyeon-wooam Community (2012) Dream of the Daeyeon-wooam community. Seoul: Joh-Eunttang (published in Korean).

• Other publications

Working papers/ Issue briefs
Janssen, C., A. Jonkman, B. Kimhur, and J. Kramer (in alphabetical order) (2020) How the other half lives: Coronavirus, housing and justice. Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology.
Talocci, G., C. Boano, and B.Kim (2014) Community-driven design of vertical housing: Lessons learnt from Borei Keila in Phnom Penh, and a possible application in Kim Lien Khu tap the in Hanoi. Viet Nam Institute of Construction and Urban Economics. (pp. 91-100).
Cha, E., J. Choi, M. Hong, H. Kang, B. Kim, M, Kim., and J. Yun (in alphabetical order) (2011) Korea’s development experience: a new perspective. Korea Civil Society Forum on International Development Cooperation (KoFID) and Re-shaping Development Institute (ReDI), Issue Brief (4).

Opinion and Interview Articles
2023 Academic change is necessary to fully reap the benefits of citizen science. Open Science Team, Delft University of Technology.
2023 A truly inclusive housing policy looks beyond income. BK Communication, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology.
2019 When Communities Transform Old Socialist Housing into Adequate Housing. URBANET: News and Debates on Municipal and Local Governance, Sustainable Urban Development and Decentralization.
2011 Vinyl-houses in Seoul, Republic of Korea. CityVoices, Vol. 1, No.4, CITYNET.

Key Lecture Areas

•Global urban development discourses and agenda
•Urban poverty and inequality
•Climate change adaptation
•Social sustainability
•Social justice

Social Activities

•Co-founder of Institute for Inclusive Urban Development (IIUD)
•Co-founder of Community Architects for Society and People (CASP)
•Member of East Asia Inclusive Cities Network (EA-ICN) and Korea ICN
•Member of European Network of Housing Researchers (ENHR)
•Member of Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA)