Seoul Institute is the Think Tank for the Seoul Metropolitan Government. A graduate of Seoul National University, Dr. Miree Byun's area lies in Social changes, Future City, social policy, and urban monitoring for enhancing the quality of citizens’ lives. Her work focuses on an international comparative study on government policy for urban competitiveness. She stayed a year at the National Center for Digital Government of the University of Massachusetts Amherst as a visiting scholar and is a member of the Committee on Administrative Service of Seoul.
Her publications include as follows, “Inclusive City”(2017), “Inequality in Seoul” (2016), “Happiness in Seoul” (2016), “Social Innovation and the Role of the City” (2016), Seoul Sociology(2016), “Population Changes and Social Issues in Seoul,” (2015) “Social Integration and Community Rebuilding Project in Seoul Metropolitan government”(2015) ), Single Person Household and Urban Policy in Seoul (2015)