헤이즐 스미스 교수는 런던대 동양아프리카학부 한국학 교수이자 크랜필드대 국제안보학과 명예 교수, 세계경제포럼(WEF)의 한국글로벌미래위원회 위원, 워싱턴DC 한국경제연구원 연구원이다. 스미스 교수는 런던 경제대학원에서 국제관계학 박사 학위를 받았으며, 우드로윌슨 국제학술센터(2019-20 및 2012-2013), 호노룰루 the East-West Center(2008 및 2015), 큐슈 대학, 미국 평화연구소, 스탠퍼드 대학교(풀브라이트 수상)에서 펠로우십을 했다. 스미스 교수의 저서로는 ‘The ethics of United Nations sanctions on North Korea: effectiveness, necessity and proportionality, Critical Asian Studies, 52(2), 2020; North Korea: Markets and Military Rule (Cambridge University Press, 2015), translated into Korean (Seoul: Changbi, 2017); Nutrition and Health in North Korea: What's New, What's Changed and Why It Matters’, North Korean Review, 12 (1), 2016; Crimes against Humanity? Unpacking the North Korean Human Rights Debate, Critical Asian Studies, 46 (1) 2014 등이 있다.

Professor Hazel Smith is Professorial Research Associate in Korean Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Professor Emerita in International Security at Cranfield University, member of the Global Futures Council on Korea of the World Economic Forum and Fellow, Korea Economic Institute, Washington DC. Professor Smith received her PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and has held fellowships at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2019/20 and 2012/2013), the East-West Center, Honolulu (2008 and 2015), Kyushu University, the United States Institute of Peace, and Stanford University (a Fulbright award). Professor Smith’s publications include ‘The ethics of United Nations sanctions on North Korea: effectiveness, necessity and proportionality, Critical Asian Studies, 52 (2), 2020; North Korea: Markets and Military Rule (Cambridge University Press, 2015), translated into Korean (Seoul: Changbi, 2017); Nutrition and Health in North Korea: What's New, What's Changed and Why It Matters’, North Korean Review, 12 (1), 2016; Crimes against Humanity? Unpacking the North Korean Human Rights Debate, Critical Asian Studies, 46 (1) 2014.