Senior Researchers
TAKEDA Fumio
| Present Post | Director of Disaster Risk Management Course, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Vice President of Fukushima College |
| Academic Background | Bachelor of Laws, University of Tokyo Doctor of Informatics, Kyoto University |
| Expertise | Disaster countermeasure legislation Crisis management Local autonomy |
KATADA Toshitaka
| Present Post | Project Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo |
| Academic Background | Graduate School of Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology |
| Expertise | Disaster-related social Engineering |
TAKATORIGE Toshio
| Present Post | Professor, Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences and Gradute School of Societal Safety Sciences, Kansai University |
| Academic Background | Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University. |
| Expertise | Public Health, Social Medicine, Tuberculosis control and management, Health policy and crisis management, Food safety |
MAKI Norio
| Present Post | Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University |
| Academic Background | B.E. in architecture in 1991, Kyoto University. M.E. in architecture in 1994, Kyoto University. Ph.D. in Engineering in 1997, Kyoto University. |
| Expertise | Recovery Planning, Disaster Reduction Planning |
WATANABE Kenji
| Present Post | Professor, Graduate School of Social Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology |
| Academic Background | Doctor of Engineering, Waseda University Master of Business Administration (MBA), Southern Methodist University Bachelor of Agriculture (Forestry: Erosion Control), Kyoto University |
| Expertise | Risk Management, Business Continuity Management, Critical Infrastructure Protection |
YAMAZAKI Noboru
| Present Post | Professor, Research Institute of Disaster management and Emergency medical system, Kokushikan University |
| Academic Background | Department of Law, Faculty of Law, Hosei University |
| Expertise | Disaster News, Disaster information |
TAMURA Keiko
| Present Post | Professor, Risk Management Office, Headquarters for Risk Management, Niigata University |
| Academic Background | Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University |
| Expertise | Management, Human Social Welfare Studies related to Disaster |
KOSHIYAMA Kenji
| Present Post | Professor, Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences, Kansai University |
| Academic Background | Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University |
| Expertise | Urban Disaster Reduction and Recovery, Disaster Management, Urban Planning |
IWATA Takayoshi
| Present Post | Specially Appointed Professor, Center for Integrated Research and Education of Natural Hazards, Shizuoka University |
| Academic Background | Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University |
| Expertise | Disaster prevention |