2002. B.A. in Political Science, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea 2004. M.A. in Public Administration and Policy, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea 2011. Ph. D. in Public Administration and Policy, Florida State University, Florida, USA 2012. Senior Researcher in Korea Research Institute for Local Administration, Seoul, Korea 2013 – present. Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea 2016 – present. Vice Dean, Graduate School of Public Administration, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea 2017 – present. Director, Department of Public Administration, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea Hyunsang Ha is interested in community development and sustainability. He has analyzed 4000 community development projects funded by the Korean central government in 2015 and has examined a lot of community development cases in a whole country. He has studied a lot of projects funded by Korea National Research Foundation and the central government. He has also taught students and residents in neighborhood unit for sustainable community development and projects.