Master Student
M.C.P. in Urban and Regional Planning, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University
Researcher at SNU Housing Lab
Contact Information
📧 Email: hyunwoo.yu@snu.ac.kr | yuhw726@gmail.com
📞 Phone: (+82) 10-2422-9823
🏫 Address: Room 216, Building 82, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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Research Interest
Housing Demography, Neighborhood Change, Residential Mobility, Intergenerational Poverty, Evidence-Based Policy, Geography of Education
🎓 Education
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Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea (Sep. 2025 - Current)
- M.C.P. in Urban and Regional Planning
Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea (Mar. 2020 - Aug. 2025)
- B.S. in Urban Planning and Engineering (Double Major: B.A. in Public Policy and Management)
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude
- GPA: 4.11/4.3 (Overall), 4.24/4.3 (in-Major)
University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States (Aug. 2023 - Apr. 2024)
- International Exchange Student Program, Completed 33 credits focusing on Urban Studies and Public Service major ****
- GPA: 3.95/4.0
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📒 Publications & Presentations
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📰 Peer-reviewed Papers
Coming Soon🙂
🗣️ Presentations
- The Impact of Residential Gentrification on Residential Mobility in the Seoul Metropolitan Area (in Korean)
- Conference: 2025 Korea Association for Housing Studies Annual Fall Meeting (Dec. 5th, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea)
- Contributers: Hyunwoo Yu(Presenter), Gyu Seomun, Hyojung Lee
- Selected as the top paper in the entire session
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📚 Research Experience
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- Intention to Leave, from Seoul to Where?: Analyzing Households’ Migration Experiences and Their Aspirations and Capabilities by Life-Cycles (in Korean)
- Graduation Capstone, Yonsei University, Aug. 2024 - Dec. 2024
- Selected as an excellent project in the housing sector
- The necessity and effectiveness of the assistance for victims of Jeonse Fraud in Korea (in Korean)
- Research Grants, Yonsei University, Aug. 2024 - Nov. 2024
- Funded by the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements
- How Local Communities Can Address Heat Wave and Heat Illness Problems: Focusing on Policy Transfer from Sacheon To Gwangyang, South Korea (in Korean) (Released Reports)
- Yonsei PLAY(Public Leadership Administration for Yonseians) Research Program, Yonsei University, Aug. 2024 - Nov. 2024
- Funded by the Department of Public Policy and Management and the Institute for Higher Education Innovation
- Assessing Community Power in Hazelwood: An Exploration of Innovation Districts and Equitable Development
- Graduation Capstone, University of Pittsburgh, Jan. 2024 - Apr. 2024
- Funded by the Heinz Endowments
- Who is at risk in Pittsburgh: Clustering and analyzing high-risk neighborhoods using hierarchical clustering of Gini index
- Graduation Independent Research, University of Pittsburgh, Jan. 2024 - Apr. 2024
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🏆 Awards
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2025 Korea Association for Housing Studies Annual Fall Meeting (Dec. 2025)
- Top paper in the entire session, Organized and awarded by the Korean Association for Housing Policy Studies
- Research Title: The Impact of Residential Gentrification on Residential Mobility in the Seoul Metropolitan Area (in Korean)
The Idea Proposal Competition for Utilizing the Korea Housing Survey (Sep. 2024)
- Top prize, Organized by Seoul Metropolitan Government, Awarded by the Mayor of Seoul
- Research Title: An Analysis of Housing Cost Burden Gaps by Social Class and Region Among Renters and the Effectiveness of Housing Support Programs (in Korean)
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