The four institutes of the YU Daegu-Gyeongbuk Development Institute, Gyeongsan Society (Chairman Sung Gi-joong), Daegu-Gyeongbuk Society (Chairman Choi Cheol-young), and the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Development Institute’s Daegu-Gyeongbuk Studies Research Center (Chief Kwak Jong-moo) signed an MOU for regional studies cooperation at the main conference room on the third floor of the YU main building on the 2nd.

 

  The four institutes agreed to cooperate in joint research for regional studies of Daegu and Gyeongbuk, mutually cooperate in work, and construct an industry-academic-research cooperation system. There has been a recent rise of interest in regional studies research in both academia and socially. These specialized research institutes agreed to team up and therefore, it is expected that a foundation for regional studies research will be provided to strengthen and innovate regional competitiveness.

 

  YU Daegu-Gyeongbuk Development Institute Chief Park Seung-hee (Professor of Korean Language and Literature) said, “With this MOU, we now have the basis for establishing a Daegu-Gyeongbuk regional studies research system and inter-institution cooperation,” while adding, “The four institutes will take the initiative to construct pan-regional research solidarity and cooperation system to carry out various regional study-related projects such as constructing a Daegu-Gyeongbuk regional studies research platform, regional archive, regional study education governance, regional study-based industry-academic-research cooperation system.”

 

  Meanwhile, at the YU Daegu-Gyeongbuk Development Institute that was opened in March of 2019, there are around 10 regional studies experts including professors and researchers conducting research and a variety of projects. It carries out regional demographics, urban regeneration, historical and cultural resource study and research activities, and also offers general education classes on Daegu-Gyeongbuk regional studies and Gyeongsan studies.