BLAZ KRIZNIK, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

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

 1992-1999    B.A., Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana
 2000-2002    Specialization study, Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design
 2003-2008    Ph.D., Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana
 

Research Experiences

 2000-2002    Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design
 2006           Seoul Development Institute
 2007           Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Barcelona
 2006-          presentInstitute for Spatial Policies, Ljubljana
 2017-2018    Seoul National University, Asia Center

 

Awards

 2009    Best Doctoral Dissertation Award, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana
 2014    Best Paper Award, Great Asian Street Symposium, National University of Singapore
 2016    Best Paper Award, Great Asian Street Symposium, National University of Singapore
 2017    Best Paper Award, International Forum on Urbanism, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 


 

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