Soongsil Institute for Peace and Unification Studies Selected for Phase 2 of Korea Research Foundation Support Project

Analysis of Urban Changes and Daily Life of Residents in North Korean Cities

Soonchunhyang University announced on the 8th that the Soonchunhyang Peace and Unification Research Institute has been selected for the second phase of the Korea Research Foundation's Humanities and Social Sciences Research Institute Support Project.

Exterior view of Soongsil University Creative Hall. [Photo by Soongsil University]

The Humanities and Social Sciences Research Institute Support Project is a program implemented by the Korea Research Foundation aimed at fostering research hubs through the specialization and professionalization of university-affiliated research institutes and domestic research organizations, and strengthening research capabilities in the humanities and social sciences fields. The project duration is a total of six years, with the selection for the second phase determined based on the evaluation of the results from the first three-year phase.

Based on the achievements of the first phase support project conducted from September 2021 to May of this year, the Soonchunhyang Peace and Unification Research Institute has advanced to the second phase and is expected to receive approximately 1.06 billion KRW in research funding over the next three years. In the second phase of research, the focus will be on the North Korean cities of Rason, Sinuiju, Nampo, Chongjin, and Hyesan, analyzing spatial changes and the daily lives of residents in these cities, and exploring sustainable governance systems for North Korean cities. During the first phase, under the theme "Research on Market-Driven Changes in North Korean Cities and the Lives of Urban Residents," the spatial changes of Pyongyang and the lives of its residents were analyzed.

Established in 2014, the Soonchunhyang Peace and Unification Research Institute conducts various projects with goals including ▲ conducting policy research to contribute to peace, reconciliation, and unification on the Korean Peninsula ▲ promoting education, cultural exchange, and economic cooperation for mutual reconciliation between South and North Korea ▲ expanding the foundation for the restoration of Pyongyang Soonchunhyang ▲ and strengthening research capabilities in the humanities and social sciences fields.

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