NAKANO Genta
Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University／Assistant Professor
Field of Research：Disaster psychology・Education
Ph.D. (Informatics; Department of Social Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University). Specializes in action research on disaster risk reduction education and community-based disaster risk management. Primary fields are Kochi Prefecture in Japan, Nepal, and Mexico. For approximately three years, worked on community-based disaster risk management and disaster risk reduction policy in El Salvador as a JICA project formulation advisor as well as a Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers . Assumed current post in December 2019. Aiming to have community members take an active role in disaster risk reduction, engages in practice-based research in collaboration with local schools and governments.
Activity Databased on Education and Research, Kyoto University:
https://kdb.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/profile_private/en.2f4bda86e4022c18.html
Personal Website:
http://gnakano.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/