Dr. Y. (Yirang) Lim

Dr. Y. (Yirang) Lim

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Biography

Yirang Lim is a Postdoc researcher of Resilient Delta, in the section Integral Design and Management. She obtained her PhD on impact of smart city development on urban sustainability in March 2021 at Erasmus University, Rotterdam. Before coming to the Netherlands, Yirang worked as an assistant researcher at government-funded research institutes in Korea. She has two master's degrees in urban planning at Erasmus University, and Seoul National University. 

Research

She is interested in making smart, resilient, and sustainable cities. Her research focuses on public policy and governance of urban projects and how they influence urban sustainability. 

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Research interests

Her main research interest is how government policies influence urban sustainability. Her previous research projects include the impact of smart city development on urban sustainability and identifying principles of co-governance to activate nature-based solutions.
More recently, in light of climate change and the need for an immediate transition, she is interested in the possibility of resilient infrastructures. Her research focuses on evaluating resilient infrastructure initiatives in terms of resiliency in different domains including economy, environment, society, and governance. 

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Academic background

Yirang Lim obtained her Ph.D. at Erasmus University, Rotterdam in March 2021 with the thesis titled "Impacts of Smart City Development: Experience of South Korea." Her thesis studied the positive and negative impacts of smart city developments on economic, environmental, social, governance, and technological sustainability in Korean cities. Her thesis was published as three academic articles in international peer-reviewed journals.
Before her Ph.D., Yirang Lim worked as a junior researcher at Korea Research Institute for Local Administration and Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements. 
She also holds two master's degrees in urban planning from Erasmus University, Rotterdam and Seoul National University. 

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