▣ 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