Pinterest board for some of my outreach activities can be found here: https://pin.it/7bvyfuwolt5u4h
Interviews (TV, Radio, Newspaper and Public Institutions)
2024
The New Inquiry on gentrification in Seoul, 19 August. Read the article here:https://thenewinquiry.com/seoul-to-squeeze/
Gyeonggi Research Institute (https://www.gri.re.kr) on urban structures in the UK and South Korea, 21 May
2023
The Collective HK (https://thecollectivehk.com/) on Songdo City development, 6 April
Ateneo De Manila University, New Books Network Podcast on Southeast Asian Studies: https://recording.zencastr.com/ecmedina/nbnseas-interview-with-hyun-and-do-young featuring Covid-19 in Southeast Asia: Insights for a Post-Pandemic World (LSE Press, 2022; direct book link here)
2022
East Asian Affairs, SEAA Interviews – Professor Hyun Bang Shin, 8 April
2021
MIT Technology Review: Insights on Asian cities, 5 July. Final publication can be found here.
2020
VnExpress (Vietnam) on “What can make Thu Duc a successful city within a city?” 24 December
Associate Press on “From Dhaka to Gaza: How do you socially distance in a crowd?” 27 March
BBC Mundo on “‘Parasite’ gana el Oscar: ¿es Corea del Sur tan desigual como retrata la película?” 11 February
2019
Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements on social housing, 27 November
French megazine, Usbek & Rica, on smart urbanism and Songdo City, 27 August
Thomson Reuters Foundation on “New driveway? Home improvements lead AI to hidden gentrification”, 13 March
Editor, Asian Affairs, on Korean Peninsular, 11 March
Three members of National Assembly, South Korea, on urban regeneration and gentrification, London, 14 January
2018
Legislative Attache, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the UK on urban regeneration and gentrification, London, 19 December
National Research Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences on Higher Education and Research Assessment, London, 29 November
Busan Development Institute on Urban Regeneration and Gentrification, London, 5 November
Local Press Commission in South Korea on Gentrification and Urban Regeneration, London, 23 October
ABC News on Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, 22 October
Norwegian Business Daily (Dagens Næringsliv) on US-North Korea Summit in Singapore, 27 June
AFP on Impact of US-North Korea Summit on Foreign Companies, 15 June
TRT World Roundtable on “Megacities: Can we build sustainable urban futures?”, 21 May
LSE Thinks, Five video interviews on Inter-Korea and North Korea-US relations, 16 May (see LSE YouTube Channel)
City News International, City University of London, on North Korea-US relations, 16 May
Southeast Asia Globe on Sustainable Urban Development, 1 March
2017
Der Spiegel (Germany) on PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, 21 November
Korea Exposé, online investigative journal, on urban redevelopment in Seoul, 20 November
BBC World News – Global with Matthew Amroliwala, Studio Live, on Korean politics (presidential election result), London, 9 May
La Razón, newspaper in Spain, on Korean politics, 11 March
ITV interview (TV, recorded) on Korean politics, 11 March, London
2016
Online news agency, pressian.com on gentrification as disaster. 16 December
Online magazine The World Weekly on Korean politics. 1 December
Korea Small Business Institute on commercial gentrification. 29 November, London
Student journalist at City, University of London on Earls Court redevelopment. 7 November, London
TenCent China live online talk on the Olympic Games. 47000 peak-time simultaneous viewers. 20 August, Beijing
BFM 89.9 – The Business Station on Olympics, and its effects on development in emerging economies. 18 August
The Independent (UK) on Gentrification. 2 June, London
TBS eFM 101.3 MHz This Morning (Live) on Efforts to prevent gentrification. 1 June, Seoul
2015
ABC News on the termination of China’s One Child policy. 29 October
France24 Live, a Paris-based news channel, on Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei city-region development in China. 30 October
Global Poverty Project (http://www.globalpovertyproject.com) on Korea’s urbanisation. 3 March, London
Korean Economy Daily on social housing. 23 February, London
Sankei Express on mega-events, 2 May, London
2013
CNBC (USA, 2013) | Energy Opportunities: Living Cities, London
LSE Review of Books blog, Podcast on Architecture and Design: Framing the Urban Experience
Revista Exame (Brazil) on the prospect of China’s development. 29 November
Politiken (Denmark) on South Korea’s green development. 18 October
Freelancer Peter Simpson for a book project on Beijing Olympics 2008: An economic impact assessment. 2 July
Monocle Radio Live (UK), Globalist Asia, on China’s ’disaster infrastructure’. 15 July
City University Radio (UK) on urban regeneration and tower blocks. 24 January
2012
Xinhua News Agency (China) on the 2010 London Olympic Games and urban regeneration. 5 November
Shanghai Wenhui Daily (China), “奥运影响或10年后方能见分晓” on the impact of the Olympic Games. 10 August
Revista Veja (Brazil) on Beijing’s Forbidden City. 26 July
2011
Die Welt (Germany),“Chinas Strategie im Wettbewerb der Metropolen.” 18 October
Dong A Ilbo (Korea) on social welfare, 2 March, London
Economist Intelligence Unit. ”Asian Green City Index” (See p.14)
2010 China Daily (China), “As homes fall, desperation rises.” 5 March