American Society for Public Administration, Section on International and Comparative Administration
Comparative policy analysis, subnational research, and small-N qualitative research: Research design considerations (Lopez-Santana & Tanca, 20224)
Economic Statistics of the Bank of Korea
International City/County Management Association
Korea.net - Republic of Korea
Korea Institute for Future Strategies
Korea Institute of Public Administration
Korea International Cooperation Agency
Korea Legislation Research Institute
Korean Statistical Information Service of Statistics Korea
Knowledge Center for Public Administration & Policy (Seoul National University)
MIT Libraries Urban Studies and Planning Resources
MSU Libraries Urban Planning Research Guide
National Assembly Futures Institute
Newspapers (NY Times, WSJ, WaPo, etc..) via UD's Morris Library
NYU Libraries Urban Planning Research Guide
Seoul Institute - think tank affiliated with the SMG
Seoul Metropolitan Government - SMG's official website
Seoul Metropolitan Government Digital Archive (Brochures and Policy Reference Room)
Seoul Metropolitan Government e-Newsletter (the special issues in particular highlight interesting programs and initiatives - a potential source of ideas for research topics)
Seoul Safety Control Center - Disaster, TOPIS, Emergency
Seoul Solution website
Thematic Maps of Seoul (SDI, 2000)
UC San Diego Library Urban Studies & Planning Research Resources
Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions
International Journal of Public Administration
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
International Public Management Journal
International Review of Administrative Sciences
International Review of Public Administration
Journal of Asian Public Policy
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
Korean Journal of Policy Studies
Citizen's Coalition for Better Government
Land Reform in the Evolution of Korea's Developmental State (You, 2014)
50+ Renaissance Project (Seoul Solution) and Seoul 50 Plus Foundation
Age-Friendly Seoul lecture notes (Jeong, 2014)
Korea Journal 48(4) includes four articles on this topic (Chung, 2008; Eun, 2008; Kim, 2008; Lee, 2008)
From BTS to ‘Squid Game’: How South Korea became a cultural juggernaut (NY Times, 2012/11/13)
Literature honor reflects triumph over oppression (NY Times, 2024/10/11)
Using Film Industry Subsidies to Influence Cultural Perceptions of Women in the US and Seoul (Mergler, 2018)
An overview of Korea's budget process lecture notes (J. M. Kim 2010)
Capital management and budgeting practices in Republic of Korea (J. Kim, 2019)
Municipal finance of Seoul Metropolitan Government lecture notes (Rhee, 2011)
Municipal finance of Seoul Metropolitan Government lecture notes (Bae, 2012)
Municipal finance of Seoul Metropolitan Government lecture notes (Nam, 2013)
Seoul Metropolitan Government's budget system lecture notes (201)
Citizen participation in budgeting: A trade-off between knowledge and inclusiveness? (Hong, S., 2015)
Citizen participation as a new mode of governance for Seoul (Park, W.-s., 2015)
Deliberative governance in Seoul and Gwangju (Park, Kim, & Rosenbloom, 2017)
Participatory Budgeting in Seoul (Seoul Solution)
Seoul Oasis (Seoul Solution)
The transformation of Korean civil society (Feffer, 2024, review of Civic Activism in South Korea: The Intertwining of Democracy and Neoliberalism by Seungsook Moon)
2030 Seoul Plan (Seoul Solution)
Designing the Smart City lecture notes (D. Kim, 2019)
Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements
New town development in Korea, Latin America, and the Caribbean (Lee, You, & Kwon, 2015)
Regional policy and national development in Korea (Kim, 2014)
Ruptures and Conflicts in the Colonial Power Bloc: The Great Keijo Plan of the 1920s (Kim, B. Y., 2008)
Seoul at the Beginning of the 20th Century: Urban Development Based on Western Models (Yi, 1999)
Seoul Campus - Urban Planning (Seoul Solution)
Urban Planning in Seoul resources page (Seoul Solution)
Urban Planning in Seoul lecture notes (I. Kim, 2019)
Cities in Pacific Asia (Smith, 2001)
Confucianism and Democracy in East Asia (Kang, J. I., 1999)
Public policy studies and the "Asian century" (Bice & Sullivan 2014)
Brief notes on comparative research for UAPP730-070
Comparative analysis and policy translation (slide deck)
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (Seoul Solution)
Big Data for Bus Route Design (Seoul Solution)
e-Government, access and legitimacy (Mulhearn, 2019)
e-Government and the political control of bureaucracy (Ahn & Brettschneider, 2011)
e-Government, social media, and trust in government in Seoul (Porumbescu, 2016)
e-Participation, transparency, and trust in local government (Kim & Lee, 2012)
Eung-dap-so (Seoul Solution)
Mvoting (mic.com, 2017)
Open Cities (Sunlight Foundation)
Seoul Campus - e-Government (Seoul Solution)
Seoul e-Government Resources (Seoul Solution)
Seoul's Smart-City Initiative lecture notes (C. E. Kim, 2019)
Seoul's 'smart-city' transformation (Zhou, Wong, & Koo, n.d.)
Twitter use and trust in Korean central government (Park et al., 2016)
Digital Branding (Manoharan & Wu, 2021)
Land Reform in the Evolution of Korea's Developmental State (You, 2014)
Place Branding for 21st Century Governments (Manoharan, 2024)
Public Branding by U.S. Cities (Manoharan et al., 2024)
Samsung Economic Research Institute
Seoul as a world city: The challenge of balanced development (Ha, 2011)
South Korea: Plutocratic State-Led Capitalism Reconfiguring (Witt, 2012-2014)
Squid Game as an allegory for the game of globalization? (Feffer, 2021/10/27)
Seoul Campus - Urban Security (Seoul Solution)
Seoul's comprehensive plans for flood control lecture notes (2017)
Disaster Management - Water Management lecture notes (2017)
Air quality improvement policies in Seoul lecture notes (2011)
C40 Summit Meeting 2009 presentation materials
Energy policy in Seoul SCSP best-student-paper winner (Ward & Kim, 2017)
Korea Federation for Environmental Movements
One Less Nuclear Power Plant (OLNPP) lecture notes (Yun, 2018)
One Less Nuclear Power Plant (OLNPP) lecture notes (Yun, 2019)
Seoul: Model of sustainability (2009)
Seoul Campus - Energy Supply (Seoul Solution)
Seoul's climate-resilience policies (Lee & Lee, 2016)
Seoul's Environmental Policies resources page (Seoul Solution)
South Korea's Green New Deal (Feffer, 2021)
119 Call System (Seoul Solution)
Antifeminist Sentiments and Marital Desire among Young Men (Kim, 2024)
Can urban design have a gender? (Vienna's Aspern Seestadt, via NY Times, 2024/07/30)
K-Dramas are a cry for help (Hong, 2025)
Korean Women's Development Institute
Making Seoul a Safer City for Women (Seoul Solution)
Policies for Women (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
Seoul, Women-Friendly City (2010)
Seoul City Project for Women's Happiness (2009)
What would a city designed by women look like? (FT, 2020//10/06)
Women and Welfare resources page (Seoul Solution)
Women Friendly Seoul (2009)
SMG Cities Against COVID-19 Website
Health Care System Structure and Delivery in the Republic of Korea – Considerations for Health Care Reform Implementation in the United States (Goldsmith, 2012)
Health Initiatives (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
Healthy City Research Institute (Yonsei University, Wonju)
Bukchon Conservation Project (Seoul Solution)
Housing of Seoul lecture notes (2017)
Housing of Seoul lecture notes (2018)
Housing Policies in Seoul resources page (Seoul Solution)
Affordable Housing Policy in Seoul lecture notes (Kyoo, 2010)
Housing poverty and the role of urban governance in Korea (Ha, 2004)
Housing Welfare policies in Seoul: Outcomes and future agenda lecture notes (Choi, 2015)
Jeonse Housing Rental (Asia Society, 2021; Korea JoongAng Daily, 2022; Wikipedia)
The making of the social housing sector in Seoul lecture notes (Choe, 2019)
Public Housing of Seoul: Past, Present, and Future lecture notes (Song, 2019)
Public Housing in the U.S., Vienna, and Singapore (NY Times Opinion, 2021/01/04)
Seoul Campus - Housing (Seoul Solution)
Social Housing in Vienna (NY Times, 2023/05/23)
Civil Service Reform (Seoul Solution)
2010 Seoul welfare net lecture notes
50+ Renaissance Project (Seoul Solution) and Seoul 50 Plus Foundation
Breaking the cycle of poverty (2009)
Child Abandonment in South Korea (Burwell, 208)
National Human Rights Commission of Korea
Ondol for Hope Project (Seoul Solution)
Sustainable welfare city Seoul (2011)
Welfare Administration of Seoul City, Together with Won Soon (2012)
Welfare Administration of Seoul City, Together with Won Soon (2013)
Welfare Policies and Projects (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
The Welfare State in South Korea: Where It Stands and Where It Is Headed (Kim, 2007)
Youth Policies (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
The "Committee for the five northern Korean provinces" (NY Times, 2024/10/09)
"The end of reunification?" (Feffer, 2024/10/16)
How to deal with North Korea lecture notes (Lee, 2017)
North Korean tourism in the Kim Jong Un era lecture notes (Ouellette, 2019)
President Lee and North Korea (symposium in The National Interest, 2025)
Changes in Parks and Green-Space Policies (Seoul Solution)
"Millennium Park" [now in part Haneul Park] notes and sketches (Johanson, 1999)
Cheonggyecheon and Downtown Redevelopment (Seoul Solution)
Dongdaemun Design Plaza (Seoul Solution)
"Jae-gaebal": Resisting Seoul's brutal apart-ization (Park, E., 2016)
Naturalizing Landscapes and the Politics of Hybridity: Gwanghwamun to Cheonggyecheon (Ryu, J.-h., 2004)
Sewoonsanga Redux is an abbreviated version of the 2011 documentary Sewoonsanga – Utopia of a Monster about the then-impending redevelopment of what had itself been a 1960s-era redevelopment project, Sewoon Plaza (세운상가). This structure is next to the Kukdo Hotel.
Food waste recycling article and video feature (NY Tmes, 2023) (and for a U.S. comparison, see this UDaily article)
Municipal Solid Waste Management (Seoul Solution)
Pay-As-You-Throw in Seoul (Seoul Solution)
Pay-As-You-Throw Explained (Pollan, 2022)
Resource Recovery Facilities (Seoul Solution)
Seoul Campus - Waste Management (Seoul Solution)
Waste-Disposal Policy (Seoul Solution)
United Nations Council on Urban Initiatives
Advanced Public Transportation in Seoul lecture notes (W. Kim, 2019)
Application of ICT in Public Transportation: A Case Study from Seoul, South Korea SCSP best-student-paper winner (Yun, 2017)
Big Data for Bus Route Design (Seoul Solution)
Bus System Reform (Seoul Solution)
Public Transportation Reform in Seoul lecture notes (Ma, 2009)
Public Transportation Reform in Seoul lecture notes (Ma, 2010)
Public Transportation Reform in Seoul (Bus) lecture notes (SDI, 2015)
Public Transportation System in Seoul lecture notes (Ko, 2018)
Role of urban governance in the process of bus system reform in Seoul (Kim & Dickey, 2006)
Seoul Campus - Transportation (Seoul Solution)
Seoul Cycle: Making Seoul a Bike-Friendly Destination (Edwards & Karakoc, 2017)
Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit's Market Share-Doubling and Disaster-Management Efforts (2012)
Seoul Metropolitan Subway lecture notes (SDI, 2015)
Seoul Special Pedestrian City Five-Year Plan Announced (June 2019)
Seoul's Achievements and Challenges for Sustainable Urban Transport lecture notes (SMG, 2019)
TOPIS (video, 2024)
TOPIS: The Most Advanced E-Government System SCSP best-student-paper winner (Ruiz & Ganapati, 2017)
Transitioning to a Pedestrian-Friendly City (Seoul Solution)
Transforming Transportation 2021 (World Bank, includes presentations by SMG)
Transportation Policies in Seoul page (Seoul Solution)
Transportation Systems in Seoul lecture notes (Ko, 2017)
The Street in Seoul: In Search of the Soul of Seoul (Gelezeau, 1997)
Understanding Seoul: The past and future in the present (Han & Park 2014)
Infrastructure SCSP best-student-paper awardee (Nau, 2012)
Seoul Campus - Water Management (Seoul Solution)
Seoul's Flood Control Policy (Seoul Solution)
Seoul's Sewer System (Seoul Solution)
Seoul's Water System lecture notes (Choi, 2019)
Sewage Treatment (Seoul Solution)
Urban Water System of Seoul (Choi, 2024)
Water of Seoul, Water for All lecture notes (Choi, 2017)
Water Management lecture notes (Choi, 2018)
Water Management lecture notes (2017)
Water Management Policy of Seoul 2015 lecture notes
The Water System of Seoul lecture notes (Choi, 2019)
Water Supply (Arisu) page at Seoul Solution.