▣ Introduction ▣
Blaz Kriznik obtained a Bachelor's Degree in architecture from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia and continued
his post-graduate study at the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design, The Netherlands.
He completed his doctoral degree in sociology of everyday life at the University of Ljubljana. He worked as a research
fellow at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia in Barcelona, Seoul Development Institute, and Seoul
National University Asia Center, as well as a visiting professor at the University of Seoul and Kwangwoon University
in Seoul. He is also a cofounder and senior researcher at the Institute for Spatial Policies in Ljubljana.
Blaz Kriznik joined Hanyang University, Graduate School of Urban Studies in 2013. His courses and research work are
presently focused on comparative urban studies, community development, social sustainability in localities and
Korean studies.
▣ Education▣
2003-2008 Ph.D., Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana
2000-2002 Specialization study, Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design
1992-1999 B.A., Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana
▣ Research Projects ▣
2017-2018 Seoul National University, Asia Center
2006- presentInstitute for Spatial Policies, Ljubljana
2007 Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Barcelona
2006 Seoul Development Institute
2000-2002 Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design
▣ Awards ▣
2017 Best Paper Award, International Forum on Urbanism, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2016 Best Paper Award, Great Asian Street Symposium, National University of Singapore
2014 Best Paper Award, Great Asian Street Symposium, National University of Singapore
2009 Best Doctoral Dissertation Award, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana
▣ Major Publications ▣
* Community-Based Urban Development, Evolving Urban Paradigms in Singapore and Seoul
(with Cho Im Sik, 2017), Singapore, Springer
* Local responses to market-driven urban development in global cities(2015). Teorija in praksa, 51(SE)
* Changing approaches to urban development in South Korea: From ‘clean and attractive global cities’
towards ‘hopeful communities’(2013). International Development Planning Review, 35(4)
* Selling global Seoul: competitive urban policy and symbolic reconstruction of cities(2011).
Revija za sociologiju, 41(3)
* Local responses to global challenges: Cultural context of urban change in Barcelona and Seoul(2009),
Ljubljana, FDV