Hur has over 20 years of experience in development evaluation, organisational systems development and in designing and conducting evaluations, especially in situations of conflict and fragility. He has held a number of leadership positions during his career with bilateral and multilateral donor agencies, including with different DGs of the European Commission, Various UN bodies, NGOs, and at the Boards of International Evaluation Academy (2021 till now), and International Development Evaluation Association.

Hur has authored several internationally peer reviewed publications, including a book as lead author: Evaluation in Contexts of Fragility, Conflict and Violence (2021) which presents an interesting argument that “evaluation” – like development aid itself – can unintentionally exacerbate tensions in ways that can negatively affect people and institutions if care is not taken in designing and approaching it with caution and sensitivity.

He is an expert in (quasi) experimental designs, participatory and theory-based evaluation approaches and has developed innovative tools that have been used and presented internationally. He worked in a wide variety of thematic areas including but not limited to governance, climate change, peacebuilding, political economy analysis, renewable energy, gender equality, women economic empowerment, agriculture, education, and protection. Hur has contributed significantly to developing evaluation capacity at the corporate and country levels directly involving senior Public Stakeholders. He has lived and worked in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa and has designed, commissioned, and conducted evaluations for projects funded by UN agencies, the European Commission, private and public agencies of the United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, and Norway.