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Hyung Min Kim is an Associate Professor in Urban Planning at the Melbourne School of Design, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne. He completed his PhD at the University of Melbourne supported by the Australian competitive scholarship Endeavour Postgraduate Award. Kim joined the University of Melbourne full-time in 2016 as a Senior Lecturer. Previously, he held the position of Lecturer in Sustainability and Urban Planning at RMIT University, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies from June 2015 to November 2016; Lecturer in the Department of Urban Planning and Design at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China from August 2013 to June 2015; and Casual Academic Staff in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne from January 2010 to June 2013, where he engaged in lecturing and tutoring.

Kim's research focuses on urban planning and economic development in Asian global cities, including the spatial impacts of foreign direct investment, land value capture, Korean urban development, urban sustainability, spatial economics, housing markets, smart cities, and urban resilience. His key publications include the monograph Urban Renewal in Central Seoul: Planning Paradigm Shifts towards Sustainable Urban Regeneration (2024); co-edited volume Smart Cities for Technological and Social Innovation (2020); The spatial mismatch between foreign direct investment and street networks: Evidence from Hanoi, Vietnam (2024); Competition and coordination in state intrapreneurialism: The case of South Korea's export of urban expertise (2023); Land value uplift for infrastructure in land readjustment: a case study of Yeongdong (Gangnam) in Seoul, South Korea (2023); Foreign direct investment and urban growth in Vietnam: spatial, economic, and demographic perspectives (2023); Rent-Seeking by Rent Concession: An Analysis of Rent-Free Periods in the Seoul Office Market (2021); and Hamhung, the second-largest North Korean city: Dynasty urbanism, colonial urbanism and socialist urbanism (2021). He has received grants including The Transformation of Korean Cities (2022-2026) and Korean Urban Policy for Sustainable Development, funded in part by the Academy of Korean Studies. Kim's scholarship, with over 1,120 citations on Google Scholar, contributes to understanding urban dynamics, FDI enclaves, and sustainable development in Asia-Pacific cities.