홍민 통일연구원 북한연구실장은 동국대학교에서 정치학 박사학위를 취득하였다. 국가안보실 정책자문위원, 통일부 정책자문위원, 국방부 정책자문위원, 민주평화통일위원회 자문위원 등을 역임하였다. 주요 연구분야는 북한 정치∙군사∙사회, 북한도시 및 일상생활, 비핵화 및 평화체제이다. 주요 저서로는 『한반도형 협력안보와 평화경제 연계구상』 (2020), 『북한의 발전전략과 평화경제』 (2020), 『북한 변화 실태 연구: 시장화 종합분석』 (2018), 『김정은 정권의 통치 테크놀로지와 문화정치』 (2017) 등이 있다.

Dr. Min Hong is a Director of North Korean Research Division, Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU). He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Dongguk University. Dr. Hong was a member of Policy Advisory Committee of National Security Office, Ministry of Unification, and Ministry of National Defense, and a standing member of committee of National Unification Advisory Council. His main research areas are North Korean politics, society and culture, North Korean everyday life and urban studies, and denuclearization and peace of Korean peninsula. His publications include Cooperative Security and Peace Economy Linkage Plan (2020), North Korea's Development Strategy and the Peace Economy (2020), A Survey of North Korea's Socio-economic Change: A Comprehensive Analysis of Marketization (2018), and Kim Jong-un Regime’s Six-year Reign from the Perspective of Governing Technology and Cultural Politics (2017) (all in Korean).