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, political economy, 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, the Middle East, and Africa and has designed, commissioned, and conducted evaluations for projects funded by UN agencies, the European Commission, private donors and governments of the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Norway
A strong believer of "rerum cognoscere causas", Latin of 'to understand the causes of things'