Anders Riel Müller is Manager of the Smart City Research Network at the University of Stavanger. He has a PhD from the Department of Society and Globalisation, Roskilde University. His main research interest is to understand how imaginaries of progress shape relations of production and consumption. He has worked extensively on South Korea’s Green Growth strategy, agro-food politics and economic nationalism, South Korean aid narratives and New Nordic Cuisine. In recent years he has focused his research on processes of marginalization and exclusion in urban areas.

Yu-Min Joo is an Associate Professor at the KDI School of Public Policy and Management in South Korea. She holds a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She researches and publishes on urban development and policy issues in Asia, particularly on the topics of urban governance, smart cities, mega-projects, and mega-events.

Edward Yang(also known as Doshik Yang) has been trained and practiced as an architect, urban designer and urban planner. He received a Bachelor of Architecture in Korea, Master degree in Architectural Design and PhD in Urban Planning at the Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, University College London (UCL). He is working for the Korea Water Resources Corporation and responsible for masterplanning Busan Eco Delta City in South Korea for the South Korean.

Jung Won Sonn is Associate Professor in Regional Development at Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. He also serves as affiliate researcher at Center for Asian Urban Societies, Seoul National University, editor of International Journal of Urban Sciences, and co-chair of international committee of Korean Planners’ Association. In the past, he had visiting posts at Chinese Academy of Science, Seoul National University, Korean Institute for Land Appraisal, and London School of Economics. He is a former recipient of prestigious research fellowships such as Benjamin Stevens Fellowship for regional science, Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship and Marie Currie Fellowship.

Jeongseob Kim is an Associate Professor of Urban and Environmental Engineering at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST). His research interests lie in housing, neighborhood change, and smart cities with an emphasis on applications of urban data analytics. Dr. Kim earned his doctoral degree in Design, Construction and Planning at the University of Florida and served as a planner and consultant for various institutions, such as Inter-American Development Bank and Daegu Metropolitan Council.