Hanmin Gu

Hanmin Gu (구한민/具漢玟)

Engineering Hall 1, Room A443, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Korea

Email: ghm21@yonsei.ac.kr / hmgu@mit.edu

Short Bio

I'm Dr. Hanmin Gu, and my work is guided by Good Urbanism (GU). My research begins with a simple question: why do some places thrive while others fall behind, even within the same city? I study how urban change unfolds unevenly across space, with particular attention to how planning and development shape local trajectories and real estate outcomes. Using urban data analytics and AI, I seek to identify these patterns and generate evidence for better urban planning and real estate decisions.

Research Interests: Urban Planning, Urban Development, Real Estate Markets, Land & Housing Policy, and Urban AI

Professional Appointments

Visiting Researcher

Senseable City Seoul

MIT Senseable City Lab, Seoul, South Korea

Research Professor

Institute of Engineering Research (Urban Planning), University-Industry Foundation

Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

Research Professor

Department of Smart City Planning and Real Estate, Graduate School

Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

Postdoctoral Researcher

Institute of Engineering Research (Urban Planning), University-Industry Foundation

Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

Visiting Professor

Department of Housing and Interior Design, Graduate School

Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

Lecturer

Department of Geospatial Information Science, School of Smart Systems Engineering

Myongji College, Seoul, South Korea

Lecturer

Department of Urban Planning and Engineering, College of Engineering

Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

Feb. 2026

– Present

Mar. 2026

– Present

Aug. 2025

– July 2026

Mar. 2025

– Feb. 2026

Mar. 2025

– July 2025

Sept. 2023

– Aug. 2024

Sept. 2022

– Aug. 2024

Education

PhD in Urban Planning and Engineering

Interdisciplinary Program in Smart City

Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

· Dissertation: Toward Vibrant Cities: Evaluation of Multi-Scale Urban Planning Strategies

BS in Urban Planning and Engineering

Minor in Political Science and Diplomacy

Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

Feb. 2025

Feb. 2019

Highlights

June 2026

Delivered an invited presentation for SPARKCITY’s webinar, titled “Smart City & Innovation City.” The presentation examined the Korean Innovation City Model as a place-based policy and discussed how Innovation Cities can evolve into economic platforms by integrating research, industry, and innovation ecosystems.

Mar. 2026

Selected for the Sejong Science Fellowship, supported by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Research Foundation, to lead a five-year research project as Principal Investigator on developing a spatial diagnostic framework for urban vitality, data-driven urban planning, and real estate location analysis using urban AI and spatial data.