Senior Researchers

Senior Researchers

TAKEDA Fumio

Present PostDirector of Disaster Risk Management Course, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Vice President of Fukushima College
Academic BackgroundBachelor of Laws, University of Tokyo Doctor of Informatics, Kyoto University
ExpertiseDisaster countermeasure legislation
Crisis management
Local autonomy

KATADA Toshitaka

Present PostProject Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo
Academic BackgroundGraduate School of Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology
ExpertiseDisaster-related social Engineering

TAKATORIGE Toshio

Present PostProfessor, Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences and Gradute School of Societal Safety Sciences, Kansai University
Academic BackgroundFaculty of Medicine, Osaka University.
ExpertisePublic Health, Social Medicine, Tuberculosis control and management, Health policy and crisis management, Food safety

MAKI Norio

Present PostProfessor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
Academic BackgroundB.E. in architecture in 1991, Kyoto University.
M.E. in architecture in 1994, Kyoto University.
Ph.D. in Engineering in 1997, Kyoto University.
ExpertiseRecovery Planning, Disaster Reduction Planning

WATANABE Kenji

Present PostProfessor, Graduate School of Social Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology
Academic BackgroundDoctor of Engineering, Waseda University
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Southern Methodist University
Bachelor of Agriculture (Forestry: Erosion Control), Kyoto University
ExpertiseRisk Management, Business Continuity Management, Critical Infrastructure Protection

YAMAZAKI Noboru

Present PostProfessor, Research Institute of Disaster management and Emergency medical system, Kokushikan University
Academic BackgroundDepartment of Law, Faculty of Law, Hosei University
ExpertiseDisaster News, Disaster information

TAMURA Keiko

Present PostProfessor, Risk Management Office, Headquarters for Risk Management, Niigata University
Academic BackgroundGraduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
ExpertiseManagement, Human Social Welfare Studies related to Disaster

KOSHIYAMA Kenji

Present PostProfessor, Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences, Kansai University
Academic BackgroundGraduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University
ExpertiseUrban Disaster Reduction and Recovery, Disaster Management, Urban Planning

IWATA Takayoshi

Present PostSpecially Appointed Professor, Center for Integrated Research and Education of Natural Hazards, Shizuoka University
Academic BackgroundDepartment of Geosciences, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University
ExpertiseDisaster prevention