Currently she is a professor in the Department of Architecture, University of Seoul, Korea. Her research has focused on the gender conscious environment and sustainable design. She led the research project Women-Friendly City, Seoul, in 2006 which set the direction of gender conscious environmental policy of the metropolitan Seoul government. She was responsible for neighborhood design in the city of Sejong, new administrative city of Korea, focusing on the special needs of women. She is the co-author of "Gender Analysis of the 2030 Seoul Plan" published in 2013.