Shin, Hyun Bang


Dr Hyun Bang Shin  

Department

Position held

Department of Geography and Environment

Lecturer in Urban Geography

Asia Research Centre

Associate

Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE)

CASE Research Associate

Non LSE positions held

Department

Position held

White Rose East Asia Centre, University of Leeds

Research Associate

Experience keywords:

displacement; mega-events; China; comparative studies; urban conservation; post-socialist transition; governance; cities; East Asia; urbanism; urban policy; Southeast Asia; gentrification; urban regeneration; urbanisation; Korea; urban development; urban politics; Olympic games; housing

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Hyun Bang Shin, BSc (Seoul National University), MSc (LSE), PhD (LSE), joined the Department of Geography and Environment, LSE in 2008.

His research involves re-thinking of various concepts that are produced out of the development experience of post-industrial/Western cities, and aims at understanding how the experience of East Asian urbanisation propelled by strong states re-writes the social and physical landscape in the context of global uneven development.

Four themes have been at the centre of his research: (1) property-based urban redevelopment and state entrepreneurialism; (2) urban development politics; (3) Asian urbanisation; and (4) theorising gentrification in the Global South.

He was the recipient of the STICERD/LSE Annual Fund New Researcher Award in 2009, which funded his two-year research (May 2009 - July 2011) on the socio-spatial implications of the 2010 Asian Summer Games in Guangzhou, China.

Together with colleagues from the UK, Chile and Argentina, Hyun Shin also received funding from the Urban Studies Foundation and the Urban Studies journal to organise Urban Studies Seminar Series (2011-2012) on Towards an Emerging Geography of Gentrification in the Global South. He is currently involved in URBACHINA, a four-year international research collaboration funded by the EU Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

Construction and PropertyConsultancyPolicy and Regulatory BodiesPublic Administration

Countries and regions to which research relates:

East Asia; China; Latin America; Southeast Asia; Korea

Languages:

Chinese [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; Japanese [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]; Korean [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; Russian [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]; Spanish [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]

Media experience:

Radio

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 6383

Publications

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2015

Shin, Hyun Bang (2015) Urbanization in China. In: Wright, James D., (ed.) International encyclopedia of social and behavioral sciences . Elsevier, Oxford, UK.

2013

Shin, Hyun Bang (2013) Urban transformation in East Asia. Routledge, UK. ISBN 9780415469456

Shin, Hyun Bang (2013) Development and dissent in China's 'urban age'. OpenDemocracy.net

Li, Bingqin and Shin, Hyun Bang (2013) Intergenerational housing support between retired old parents and their children in urban China. Urban studies, ISSN 1360-063X

Shin, Hyun Bang (2013) The right to the city and critical reflections on China's property rights activism. Antipode: a radical journal of geography, ISSN 0066-4812

Jennings, Will and Shin, Hyun Bang and Perryman, Mark and Davis, Juliet and Burdett, Ricky and Power, Anne (2013) Introducing our latest eCollection: 2012 London Olympics. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Shin, Hyun Bang and Li, Bingqin (2013) Unevenness of being an 'Olympic citizen': migrants, landlords and the Beijing Summer Olympic Games. Environment and urbanization, ISSN 0956-2478

2012

Shin, Hyun Bang (2012) Unequal cities of spectacle and mega-events in China. City: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action, 6 (6). pp. 728-744. ISSN 1360-4813

Shin, Hyun Bang (2012) Book review: ghetto at the center of the world: Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Shin, Hyun Bang (2012) Looking back and ahead: lessons from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Shin, Hyun Bang and Li, Bingqin (2012) Migrants, landlords and their uneven experiences of the Beijing Olympic Games. CASE paper, CASE/163. Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London, UK

Shin, Hyun Bang (2012) Urban land battles in China: resistance and land politics. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

2011

Shin, Hyun Bang (2011) Right to the city and critical reflections on property rights activism in China’s urban renewal contexts. CASEpapers, CASE/156. Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Shin, Hyun Bang (2011) Vertical accumulation and accelerated urbanism: the East Asian experience. In: Gandy, Matthew, (ed.) Urban constellations. Jovis Verlag, Berlin, Germany, pp. 48-53. ISBN 9783868591187

2010

Shin, Hyun Bang (2010) Empowerment or marginalisation: land, housing and property rights in poor neighbourhoods. In: Wu, Fulong and Webster, Chris, (eds.) Marginalization in urban China: comparative perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 112-130. ISBN 9780230237728

Shin, Hyun Bang (2010) Book review: "Shanghai Pudong: urban development in an Era of global-local interaction" by Y. Chen. International journal of housing policy , 10 (1). pp. 97-100. ISSN 1461-6718

Shin, Hyun Bang (2010) Urban conservation and revalorisation of dilapidated historic quarters: the case of Nanluoguxiang in Beijing. Cities, 27 Sup (1 (S)). ISSN 0264-2751

2009

Shin, Hyun Bang (2009) Residential redevelopment and entrepreneurial local state: the implications of Beijing's shifting emphasis on urban redevelopment policies. Urban studies, 46 (13). pp. 2815-2839. ISSN 1360-063X

Shin, Hyun Bang (2009) Property-based redevelopment and gentrification: the case of Seoul, South Korea. Geoforum, 40 (5). pp. 906-917. ISSN 0016-7185

Shin, Hyun Bang (2009) Life in the shadow of mega-events: Beijing Summer Olympiad and its impact on housing. Journal of Asian public policy, 2 (2). pp. 122-141. ISSN 1751-6242

2008

Shin, Hyun Bang (2008) Living on the edge: financing post-displacement housing in urban redevelopment projects in Seoul. Environment and urbanization, 20 (2). pp. 411-426. ISSN 0956-2478

Shin, Hyun Bang (2008) Driven to swim with the tide?: urban redevelopment and community participation in China. CASEpapers, CASE/130. Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2007

Shin, Hyun Bang (2007) ‘Entrepreneurial’ local state: the implications of Beijing’s shifting emphasis on urban redevelopment policies. Working Paper, 22. Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Shin, Hyun Bang (2007) The role of communities in urban regeneration and social mix: an interview with Anne Power. Planning and policy, 309 pp. 85-97. ISSN 1739-3450

Shin, Hyun Bang (2007) Understanding China's urban transformation in post-reform period: an interview with Fulong Wu. Planning and policy, 305 pp. 81-101. ISSN 1739-3450

Shin, Hyun Bang (2007) Residential redevelopment and social impacts in Beijing. In: Wu, Fulong, (ed.) China’s emerging cities: the making of new urbanism. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 163-184. ISBN 9780415416177

2005

Shin, Hyun Bang (2005) Changes in China's social welfare system during the reform period (in Korean). Health and welfare forum, 104 pp. 116-135. ISSN 1226-3648

Shin, Hyun Bang Elite vision before people: state entrepreneurialism and the limits of participation. In: City: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action. . ISSN 1360-4813

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