DPRI will also take applications for collaborative studies using remote facilities, large-scale
equipment, documents or data of DPRI at any time. Submit the application after directly consulting
with DPRI staff in charge.
Please note that DPRI will not cover travel and accommodation expenses for the collaborative
studies of this category.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for an Assistant Professor position.

Location: Research Center for Earthquake Hazards, Seismic and Volcanic Hazards Mitigation Research Group, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan (at home or other places if University allows or orders to work remotely).

Job description and required qualifications:
For mitigation of earthquake disasters it is important to advance understanding of generation processes of inland earthquakes. By employing seismological methods, the appointed assistant professor will conduct research to clarify crustal structure and stress states, including the deeper extension of active faults and the distribution of crustal fluids. The candidate should also actively engage in acquiring and analyzing new seismic observation data, by utilizing facilities of the Abuyama and other observatories.
Additionally, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. A Ph.D. or an equivalent degree is required at the commencement of employment, and the candidate is expected to be able to use Japanese on a daily basis.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible on or after April 1, 2026

Term of employment: 6 years (contract is renewable once for an additional 4 years, judged in accordance with “the Arrangement on Evaluation of Achievement for Faculty Staff with Term of Employment (Assistant Professor)”)

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week). If the discretionary labor system is not chosen the working hours are from 8:30 to 17:15 with a break between 12:00 to 13:00. Overtime may be ordered.
Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

• (1) Curriculum vitae
• (2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
• (3) Copies of up to five relevant papers
• (4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)
• (5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)
• (6) Recommendation letters from two references (a recommendation letter may be substituted by the name and contact information of a reference, including the postal address, and e-mail address)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, January 8, 2026 at the following address:
Selection Committee for Inland Earthquakes Assistant Professor
Administrative Office, Uji Campus,
Kyoto University
Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN
Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)
For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes:

• (1) The university will not return your application documents.
  Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
• (2) Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
  The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• (3) With regard to the evaluation of research achievements, the impact of periods of interruption in research activities due to childbirth, childcare, nursing care, etc. (blank periods) will be taken into consideration. If there are blank periods, please indicate them at the end of the list of publications.
• (4) The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for an Assistant Professor position (Tenure-Track).

Location: Research Division of Geohazards, Geohazards Research Group, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan (at home or other places if University allows or orders to work remotely).

Job description and required qualifications:

To advance prediction methods for slope deformation and the post-failure behavior of collapsed materials, with the goal of enhancing slope disaster mitigation, the appointed assistant professor is required to conduct research focused on establishing a novel research domain that seamlessly integrates the understanding of pre-collapse slope deformation with the post-collapse behavior of slope materials, combining slope monitoring and numerical simulations. In particular, the candidate is expected to advance the modeling of progressive slope deformation leading to failure, rupture propagation within slope materials, and the subsequent downslope movement of collapsed materials, based on advanced numerical simulations and physical model tests. Additionally, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or an equivalent degree at the commencement of employment.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible on or after April 1, 2026

Term of employment: 7 years (The contract is not renewable. An interim evaluation will be conducted by the end of the fourth year of employment. Six months before the tenure-track period expires, a review for tenure acquisition will be carried out. If deemed eligible in the tenure review, the individual will be employed as an associate professor with indefinite tenure. If she/he is recognized to have particularly outstanding research achievements, she/he may be granted tenure partway through her/his tenure-track period. Both the interim evaluation and the tenure acquisition review will be conducted in accordance with “The Arrangement on Evaluation of Achievement for Faculty Staff with Term of Employment (Assistant Professor)”)

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week). If the discretionary labor system is not chosen the working hours are from 8:30 to 17:15 with a break between 12:00 to 13:00. Overtime may be ordered.Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of up to five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letters from two references (a recommendation letter may be substituted by the name and contact information of a reference, including the postal address, and e-mail address)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, December 8, 2025 at the following address:

Selection Committee for Slope Conservation Assistant Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.
  Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
  The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• With regard to the evaluation of research achievements, the impact of periods of interruption in research activities due to childbirth, childcare, nursing care, etc. (blank periods) will be taken into consideration. If there are blank periods, please indicate them at the end of the list of publications.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for an Assistant Professor position.

Location: Sakurajima Volcano Observatory, Research Center for Volcano Hazards Mitigation, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, 1722-19 Sakurajima-Yokoyama-cho, Kagoshima 891-1419, Japan (at home or other places if University allows or orders to work remotely).

Job description and required qualifications:

To reduce volcanic disasters, the appointed Assistant Professor will study the ejection of pyroclastic materials from volcanic craters, their advection and dispersion, fallout, and eventual deposition on the ground at volcanoes with frequent eruptions, such as Sakurajima. Specifically, the candidate is expected to conduct research using approaches that combine observations and numerical simulations, from interdisciplinary perspectives including volcanology and meteorology. Additionally, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. A Ph.D. or an equivalent degree is required at the commencement of employment, and the candidate is expected to be able to use Japanese on a daily basis.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Term of employment: 6 years (contract is renewable once for an additional 4 years, judged in accordance with “the arrangement on evaluation of achievement for faculty staff with term of employment (assistant professor)”)

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week). If the discretionary labor system is not chosen the working hours are from 8:30 to 17:15 with a break between 12:00 to 13:00. Overtime may be ordered.Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of up to five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letters from two references (a recommendation letter may be substituted by the name and contact information of a reference, including the postal address, and e-mail address)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, December 4^th, 2025 at the following address:

Selection Committee for Prediction of Volcanic Eruptions Assistant Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.
  Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
  The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• With regard to the evaluation of research achievements, the impact of periods of interruption in research activities due to childbirth, childcare, nursing care, etc. (blank periods) will be taken into consideration. If there are blank periods, please indicate them at the end of the list of publications.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

Location: Research Division of Geohazards, Geohazards Research Group, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan (at home or other places if University allows or orders to work remotely).

Job description and required qualifications:

To achieve hazard evaluation for the mitigation of mountainous disaster, the appointed assistant professor is required to conduct research aimed at revealing and modelling the mechanisms of weathering and deformation of rock masses, as well as landslides and erosion on hillslopes, on the basis of geological and geomorphological field surveys, hydrological and geotechnical monitoring, physical and chemical analysis of subsurface materials, and geospatial information analysis. In particular, the candidate is expected to focus on advanced research to elucidate the interaction between physicochemical rock weathering, gravitational deformation, and hydrological processes in the hillslopes by combining ground-based investigations and monitoring with laboratory tests and analyses. Additionally, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or an equivalent degree at the commencement of employment.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Term of employment: 6 years (contract is renewable once for an additional 4 years, judged in accordance with “the arrangement on evaluation of achievement for faculty staff with term of employment (assistant professor)”)

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week). If the discretionary labor system is not chosen the working hours are from 8:30 to 17:15 with a break between 12:00 to 13:00. Overtime may be ordered.Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letters from two references (a recommendation letter may be substituted by the name and contact information of a reference, including the postal address, and e-mail address)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, October 6, 2025 at the following address:

Selection Committee for Mountain Hazards Assistant Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.

• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
  The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• With regard to the evaluation of research achievements, the impact of periods of interruption in research activities due to childbirth, childcare, nursing care, etc. (blank periods) will be taken into consideration. If there are blank periods, please indicate them at the end of the list of publications.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Associate Professor position.

Location: Research Section of Strong Motion Seismology, Research Division of Earthquake Disasters, Seismic and Volcanic Hazards Research Group, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan (at home or other places if University allows or orders to work remotely).

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed associate professor is required to conduct research aimed at elucidating the mechanisms of strong-motion generation from the earthquake source faults to the ground surface, as well as improving the broadband strong-motion prediction methods. From a seismological standpoint, the candidate is expected to develop new ideas and advanced methods by applying the latest mathematical and information science techniques such as machine learning for the prediction of earthquake ground motions, elucidation of physical processes on earthquake source faults, and investigation of underground velocity structures, based on the observational data and relevant theories.

Additionally, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be able to use Japanese on a daily basis.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week). If the discretionary labor system is not chosen, the working hours are from 8:30 to 17:15 with a break between 12:00 to 13:00. Overtime may be ordered.Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letters from two references (a recommendation letter may be substituted by the name and contact information of a reference, including the postal address, and e-mail address)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, October 6th, 2025 at the following address:

Selection Committee for Strong Motion Seismology Associate Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.

• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
  The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• With regard to the evaluation of research achievements, the impact of periods of interruption in research activities due to childbirth, childcare, nursing care, etc. (blank periods) will be taken into consideration. If there are blank periods, please indicate them at the end of the list of publications.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

Location: Research Section of Socio and Eco Environment Risk Management, Water Resources Research Center, Atmosphere-Hydrosphere Research Group, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan (at home or other places if University allows or orders to work remotely).

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed professor is required to analyze how natural and social environmental changes affect water resource systems, and promote research on the methodologies of integrated river basin management that balances flood control, water utilization, and the environment. In particular, he/she is expected to systematize river basin management policy and planning as an academic field through research aimed at realizing an environmentally symbiotic and sustainable society. The research areas cover the development of technologies for disaster prevention and mitigation that utilize ecosystems and for river restoration, while addressing the interrelationship between the natural environment and social and economic activities. In addition, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Department of Urban Management, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week). If the discretionary labor system is not chosen the working hours are from 8:30 to 17:15 with a break between 12:00 to 13:00. Overtime may be ordered.Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to three A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letters from two references (a recommendation letter may be substituted by the name and contact information of a reference, including the postal address, and e-mail address)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, August 18^th, 2025 at the following address:

Selection Committee for Socio and Eco Environment Risk Management Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.
  Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
  The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• With regard to the evaluation of research achievements, the impact of periods of interruption in research activities due to childbirth, childcare, nursing care, etc. (blank periods) will be taken into consideration. If there are blank periods, please indicate them at the end of the list of publications.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

Location: Research Section of Crustal Activity Information, Research Center for Earthquake Hazards, and Research Section of Integrated Disaster Reduction Systems, Research Center for Disaster Reduction Systems, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan (at home or other places if University allows or orders to work remotely).

The successful candidate will, upon appointment, be required to work at Kyoto University’s On-Site Laboratory, the “International Research Laboratory for Earthquake and Tsunami Risk Cognition and Reduction (iLETs),” located at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City, Mexico, for a long-term assignment (approximately 300 days per year), if instructed by the University.

 
Job description and required qualifications:

To contribute to the mitigation of disasters caused by large earthquakes and associated tsunamis in subduction zones throughout the Pacific Rim, the appointed Assistant Professor will conduct research on the development of effective dissemination methods for earthquake early warnings and emergency information, based on seismic and geodetic observations. The research will also include studies of how such information is received, interpreted, and evaluated by the public and relevant stakeholders. Through these studies, the candidate will advance methodologies for effective risk communication and explore innovative approaches to the dissemination of disaster-related information. In addition, the candidate will be expected to conduct comparative studies between Japan and Latin American countries, particularly Mexico, with the aim of developing regionally appropriate communication strategies tailored to the social and cultural contexts of Latin America.

As part of Kyoto University promotion of gender equality, this position is only open to female applicants. Additionally, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Graduate School of Science or in the Social Informatics Course at the Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University. A Ph.D. or an equivalent degree is required. The candidate is expected to be proficient in English and to have sufficient language skills to communicate with local communities in Latin American countries, especially Mexico.
 
Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Term of employment: 6 years (contract is renewable once for an additional 4 years, judged in accordance with “the arrangement on evaluation of achievement for faculty staff with term of employment (assistant professor)”)

Probation period: 6 months

 
Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week). If the discretionary labor system is not chosen the working hours are from 8:30 to 17:15 with a break between 12:00 to 13:00. Overtime may be ordered.Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

 
Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letters from two references (a recommendation letter may be substituted by the name and contact information of a reference, including the postal address, and e-mail address)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, August 1^st, 2025 at the following address:

Selection Committee for Assistant Professor Joint Appointed in both Research Center for Earthquake Hazards, and Research Center for Disaster Reduction Systems

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.
 
Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.
  Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
• As part of Kyoto University’s efforts to promote gender equality, it will implement women-only recruitment, in accordance with Article 8 of the Act on Securing, Etc., of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment. The university is also building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of disability. The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• With regard to the evaluation of research achievements, the impact of periods of interruption in research activities due to childbirth, childcare, nursing care, etc. (blank periods) will be taken into consideration. If there are blank periods, please indicate them at the end of the list of publications.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

Miyazaki Observatory: 3884, Kaeda, Miyazaki, 889-2161, Japan (at home or other places if the university allows or orders to work remotely) *There is a possibility that the place of work will be changed to Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan after five years of employment.

 
Job description and required qualifications:

To contribute to the mitigation of disasters caused by large earthquakes and tsunamis, the appointed Assistant Professor will conduct research aimed at improving the understanding of earthquake source processes beneath the seafloor and associated subsurface structures. In particular, to clarify the relationship between seismicity in the Hyuga-nada and potential large earthquakes in the Nankai Trough, the candidate will develop novel analysis methods for data obtained with the recently developed submarine cable observation network, as well as the integrated data of land-based data – including that from the Miyazaki Observatory – with independently acquired offshore and onshore observations.

Additionally, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. A Ph.D. or an equivalent degree is required, and the candidate is expected to be able to use Japanese on a daily basis.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Term of employment: 6 years (contract is renewable once for an additional 4 years, judged in accordance with “the arrangement on evaluation of achievement for faculty staff with term of employment (assistant professor)”)

Probation period: 6 months

 
Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week). If the discretionary labor system is not chosen the working hours are from 8:30 to 17:15 with a break between 12:00 to 13:00. Overtime may be ordered.Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

 
Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letters from two references (a recommendation letter may be substituted by the name and contact information of a reference, including the postal address, and e-mail address)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, August 1^st, 2025 at the following address:

Selection Committee for the Research Section of Marine Seismology Assistant Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through the Internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.
  Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
  The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• With regard to the evaluation of research achievements, the impact of periods of interruption in research activities due to childbirth, childcare, nursing care, etc. (blank periods) will be taken into consideration. If there are blank periods, please indicate them at the end of the list of publications.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

Location: Research Division of Atmospheric and Fluvial-Coastal Disasters, Atmosphere-Hydrosphere Research Group, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan (at home or other places if University allows or orders to work remotely).

 
Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed associate professor will focus on conducting research to clarify the mechanisms that lead to building damage and to enhance the wind resistance of structures. This will involve methods for predicting wind fields, evaluating unsteady aerodynamic forces and their responses, as well as conducting experimental approaches for estimating wind resistance, such as loading experiments. In particular, the candidate is required to use Computational Fluid Dynamics techniques for wind field predictions. The ultimate goal of this research is to mitigate wind-related disasters, particularly in the context of changing environmental conditions surrounding buildings.
 
The candidate will contribute to the development of innovative research directions aimed at reducing damage, with an emphasis on translating research findings into practical applications for society. Additionally, the candidate will be responsible for educating students in the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering at the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. A Ph.D. or an equivalent degree is required, and the candidate is expected to teach classes in Japanese within a few years of the appointment.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week). If the discretionary labor system is not chosen the working hours are from 8:30 to 17:15 with a break between 12:00 to 13:00. Overtime may be ordered.Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance:
(1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letters from two references (a recommendation letter may be substituted by the name and contact information of a reference, including the postal address, and e-mail address)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, March 21^st, 2025 at the following address:

Selection Committee for Wind Engineering and Wind Resistant Structures Associate Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.
  Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
  The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• With regard to the evaluation of research achievements, the impact of periods of interruption in research activities due to childbirth, childcare, nursing care, etc. (blank periods) will be taken into consideration. If there are blank periods, please indicate them at the end of the list of publications.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Associate Professor position.

Location: Research Section of Crustal Activity Information, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan (at home or other place if University allows or orders to work remotely).

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed associate professor is required to have willingness to contribute to improving the efficiency and accuracy of crustal activity monitoring, such as automatic hypocenter determination and tectonic tremor detection and categorization, by applying new ideas and methods such as machine learning to the large-scale earthquake observation data obtained from the nationwide and other earthquake observation networks. Based on the deep understanding of crustal activities, the candidate is expected to contribute to disaster mitigation by providing information more effectively to research community and public. The candidate is also required to play a leading role in the management of the data distribution system and the regular earthquake observation network operated by Disaster Prevention Research Institute, in order to ensure the smooth operation of data distribution. The candidate will have responsibility for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and it is preferable to be able to use Japanese on a daily basis.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week). If the discretionary labor system is not chosen the working hours are from 8:30 to 17:15 with a break between 12:00 to 13:00. Overtime may be ordered.Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, February 3^rd, 2025 at the following address:

Selection Committee for Research Section of Crustal Activity Information Associate Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.
  Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
  The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• With regard to the evaluation of research achievements, the impact of periods of interruption in research activities due to childbirth, childcare, nursing care, etc. (blank periods) will be taken into consideration. If there are blank periods, please indicate them at the end of the list of publications.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

 
The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Professor position.

Location: Research Center for Climate Change Adaptation Strategy, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan (at home or other places if University allows or orders to work remotely).

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed professor is required to strongly promote research by combining numerical modeling and field observations on elucidating and predicting the mechanisms of heavy rainfall affecting runoff, the impacts of climate change on heavy rainfall, and disaster risk reduction by heavy rainfall control and other countermeasures. The candidate is expected to lead research on hydro-meteorological disasters in Japan and abroad and be able to link from basic science to rainfall runoff into rivers and disaster assessment in river basins. The candidate is also expected to have the progressive ability to develop new research in related fields. In addition, the candidate will be responsible for education in the Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be able to use Japanese on a daily basis.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after April 1st, 2025

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week). If the discretionary labor system is not chosen the working hours are from 8:30 to 17:15 with a break between 12:00 to 13:00. Overtime may be ordered.Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, December 6^th, 2024 at the following address:

Selection Committee of Professor for Research Section of Hydrometeorology

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the Dealpurpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
  The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• With regard to the evaluation of research achievements, the impact of periods of interruption in research activities due to childbirth, childcare, nursing care, etc. (blank periods) will be taken into consideration. If there are blank periods, please indicate them at the end of the list of publications.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

 
The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Associate Professor position.

Location: Sakurajima Volcano Observatory, Research Center for Volcano Hazards Mitigation, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University

1722-19 Sakurajima-Yokoyama-cho, Kagoshima 891-1419, Japan (at home or other place if University allows or orders to work remotely).
 

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed associate professor is required to conduct research aimed at predicting volcanic eruptions and mitigating volcanic disasters through volcano observations not only at Sakurajima, which continues to erupt with explosive characteristics, but also at related volcanoes as test fields. The candidate is also expected to lead collaborative research in which DPRI plays as a central role in Japan and overseas. In addition, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Department of Geophysics, the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week). If the discretionary labor system is not chosen the working hours are from 8:30 to 17:15 with a break between 12:00 to 13:00. Overtime may be ordered.Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, December 2^nd, 2024 at the following address:

Selection Committee for Prediction of Volcanic Eruptions Associate Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
  The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• With regard to the evaluation of research achievements, the impact of periods of interruption in research activities due to childbirth, childcare, nursing care, etc. (blank periods) will be taken into consideration. If there are blank periods, please indicate them at the end of the list of publications.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

 
The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Associate Professor position.

Location: Research Center for Earthquake Hazards, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan (at home or other place if University allows or orders to work remotely).

 
Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed associate professor is required to have willingness to contribute to the improvement of seismic hazard prediction from the standpoint of observational seismology. The candidate is expected to conduct observational research mainly on aftershocks of large inland earthquakes and earthquake swarms in addition to using data from existing seismic observation networks, in order to clarify the spatiotemporal characteristics of crustal activity, such as hypocenter distributions and focal mechanisms. The candidate will have responsibility for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and it is preferrable to be able to use Japanese on a daily basis.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week). If the discretionary labor system is not chosen the working hours are from 8:30 to 17:15 with a break between 12:00 to 13:00. Overtime may be ordered.Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance.

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, November 18^th, 2024 at the following address:

Selection Committee for Earth Observation Systems Associate Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents. Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
  The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• With regard to the evaluation of research achievements, the impact of periods of interruption in research activities due to childbirth, childcare, nursing care, etc. (blank periods) will be taken into consideration. If there are blank periods, please indicate them at the end of the list of publications.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

Location: Research Center for Disaster Reduction Systems, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan (at home or other places if University allows or orders to work remotely).

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed associate professor will promote research with a strong focus on integrated disaster reduction systems from the perspective of practical implementation as well as theoretical science. The candidate is expected to lead interdisciplinary research on community disaster management, disaster education, and disaster information, by integrating social science with natural science. The candidate is also expected to lead research on disaster risk reduction in Japan and to expand international research cooperation in regions with high vulnerability. In addition, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Social Informatics Course, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be able to use Japanese on a daily basis.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week) If the discretionary labor system is not chosen the working hours are from 8:30 to 17:15 with a break between 12:00 to 13:00. Overtime may be ordered.Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, September 17^th, 2024 at the following address:

Selection Committee for Integrated Disaster Reduction Systems Associate Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.

  Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.

• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
  The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• With regard to the evaluation of research achievements, the impact of periods of interruption in research activities due to childbirth, childcare, nursing care, etc. (blank periods) will be taken into consideration. If there are blank periods, please indicate them at the end of the list of publications.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

Location: Research Center for Earthquake Hazards, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan (at home or other place if University allows or orders to work remotely).

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed professor is required to conduct research to understand the various types of earthquakes that occur around plate boundaries and to contribute to hazard assessment of ground motions and tsunamis caused by these earthquakes, based on observing the earthquakes, including slow earthquakes, and crustal deformation in the trench and forearc regions and analyzing the observation data. The candidate is also expected to lead international joint research on these earthquakes. The candidate who is willing to engage in research utilizing the Miyazaki Observatory is welcome. In addition, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be able to use Japanese on a daily basis.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after April 1st, 2025.

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week) If the discretionary labor system is not chosen the working hours are from 8:30 to 17:15 with a break between 12:00 to 13:00. Overtime may be ordered.Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, October 7^th, 2024 at the following address:

Selection Committee for Marine Seismology Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.

  Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.

• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
  The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• With regard to the evaluation of research achievements, the impact of periods of interruption in research activities due to childbirth, childcare, nursing care, etc. (blank periods) will be taken into consideration. If there are blank periods, please indicate them at the end of the list of publications.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for an Assistant Professor position.

Location: Research Section of Landslide Monitoring, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Ikeda, Miyoshi, Tokushima, 778-0020, Japan (at home or other place if University allows or orders to work remotely).

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed assistant professor is required to conduct research on landslides through field investigations, monitoring, and experiments, focusing on their initiation, transport, and sedimentation processes. The candidate is expected to advance the development and application of monitoring and data-sharing technologies. The candidate is also expected to enhance studies on landslide risk cognition and reduction through collaboration with organizations both within and outside Japan. In addition, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree, and be proficient in Japanese.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Term of employment: 6 years (contract is renewable once for an additional 4 years, judged in accordance with “the arrangement on evaluation of achievement for faculty staff with term of employment (assistant professor)”)

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week). If the discretionary labor system is not chosen the working hours are from 8:30 to 17:15 with a break between 12:00 to 13:00. Overtime may be ordered.Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, October 15, 2024 at the following address:

Selection Committee for Landslide Monitoring Assistant Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.
  Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
  The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• With regard to the evaluation of research achievements, the impact of periods of interruption in research activities due to childbirth, childcare, nursing care, etc. (blank periods) will be taken into consideration. If there are blank periods, please indicate them at the end of the list of publications.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for an Assistant Professor position.

Location: Research Division of Atmospheric and Hydroshperic Disasters, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan (at home or other place if University allows or orders to work remotely).

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed assistant professor is required to conduct research on boundary-layer meteorological phenomena relevant to local-scale disasters, with emphasis on boundary-layer turbulence and material transport over complex topography. In particular, the candidate is expected to advance studies on turbulence structures and dispersion processes including local-scale phenomena over complex topography like urban areas by using numerical modeling and observations, for the purpose of not only disaster prevention and mitigation but also climate change adapation. As part of Kyoto University promotion of gender equality, this position is only open to female applicants. In addition, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be able to use Japanese on a daily basis.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Term of employment: 6 years (contract is renewable once for an additional 4 years, judged in accordance with “the arrangement on evaluation of achievement for faculty staff with term of employment (assistant professor)”)

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.If the discretionary labor system is not chosen, the working hours are from 8:30 to 17:15 with a break between 12:00 to 13:00 and overtime may be ordered.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, June 14^th, 2024 at the following address:

Selection Committee for Severe Storm and Atmospheric Environment Assistant Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.
• Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability. The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. As part of the university’s efforts to promote gender equality, it will implement women-only recruitment, in accordance with Article 8 of the Act on Securing, Etc., of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment.
• With regard to the evaluation of research achievements, the impact of periods of interruption in research activities due to childbirth, childcare, nursing care, etc. (blank periods) will be taken into consideration. If there are blank periods, please indicate them at the end of the list of publications.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Associate Professor position.

Location: Hodaka Sedimentation Observatory, Research Center for Fluvial and Coastal Disasters, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University,

(This position will belong to the new center for volcanic disaster prevention research if to be reorganized in FY2024.)

436-13, Nakao, Okuhida-onsengo, Takayama, Gifu 506-1422, Japan.

(at home or other place if University allows or orders to work remotely)

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed associate professor is required to use the facilities of the Hodaka Sedimentation Observatory adjacent to an active volcano, Mt. Yakedake, to conduct observational research on sediment yield and runoff processes associated with erosion and collapses caused by rainfall,  volcanic activities, melted snow due to volcanic eruptions, and ground water. Using the results of this observation research, the candidate is expected to elucidate the mechanisms of sediment disasters caused by heavy rainfalls, volcanic and seismic activity, and promote research on the prediction of their occurrence, as well as on the advancement of monitoring techniques for sediment dynamics in mountainous areas and their impact on the watershed environment. In addition, the candidate will be proactively involved in the management and operation of the Hodaka Sedimentation Observatory, and collabrate with researchers both inside and outside of DPRI as a core researcher on Sabo Engineering (Erosion Control Engineering) in volcanic areas. In terms of education, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)

• If the discretionary labor system is not chosen the working hours are from 8:30 to 17:15 with a break between 12:00 to 13:00.
• Overtime work may be ordered.

Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

 
Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, July 8^th, 2024 at the following address:

Selection Committee for Field Research Section for Fluvial and Coastal Hazards Associate Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.
• Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
  The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• With regard to the evaluation of research achievements, the impact of periods of interruption in research activities due to childbirth, childcare, nursing care, etc. (blank periods) will be taken into consideration. If there are blank periods, please indicate them at the end of the list of publications.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Associate Professor position.

Location: Research Center for Earthquake Hazards, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed associate professor is required to promote world-leading research in the field of method development for estimating crustal deformation and gravity field variations with high precision, high spatial resolution, and high temporal resolution based on data obtained by GNSS and other satellite-based space geodetic technologies. Furthermore, the candidate is expected to conduct research that will lead to the mitigation of earthquake disasters by accurately and rapidly detecting crustal deformation and gravity field variations, and by accurately understanding phenomena occurring within the crust, such as earthquake fault movement. In addition, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be able to use Japanese on a daily basis.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, March 11^th, 2024 at the following address:

Selection Committee for Space Geodesy Associate Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.
  Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
  The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• With regard to the evaluation of research achievements, the impact of periods of interruption in research activities due to childbirth, childcare, nursing care, etc. (blank periods) will be taken into consideration. If there are blank periods, please indicate them at the end of the list of publications.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

Location: Research Section of Information for Landslide Disaster Risk Cognition and Reduction, Research Center for Landslide Disaster Risk Cognition and Reduction, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed professor is required to conduct the development of exploration methods and research for investigating the physical property information of slopes by integrating concepts from various research fields such as geology, geomorphology, and exploration geophysics. The candidate is expected to enhance the research aimed at clarifying the distribution and regional characteristics of landslides both in Japan and abroad by utilizing visualization and modeling techniques of slope structures, to establish high-precision landslide disaster risk information, and develop methods for immediate dissemination of risk information, taking into consideration changes in nature and society. Moreover, the candidate is expected to foster international dissemination of the information technology for risk information. In addition, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree, have long-term research and/or practical experience outside of Japan, and be able to use Japanese on a daily basis.

For detailed information about the Research Center for Landslide Disaster Risk Cognition and Reduction, please visit the following website:

https://landslide.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/introduction_e.html

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Term of Employment: Five years (The contract is renewable. Furthermore, the Research Center for Landslide Disaster Risk Cognition and Reduction is an organization established based on a special MEXT budget request, and the form of the renewed contract will depend on the evaluation of the organization.)

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include postal and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, December 11^th, 2023 at the following address:

Selection Committee for the Professor at the Research Section of Information for Landslide Disaster Risk Cognition and Reduction

Administrative Office, Uji Campus

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.
  Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
  The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• With regard to the evaluation of research achievements, the impact of periods of interruption in research activities due to childbirth, childcare, nursing care, etc. (blank periods) will be taken into consideration. If there are blank periods, please indicate them at the end of the list of publications.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

Location: Research Section of Information for Landslide Disaster Risk Cognition and Reduction, Research Center for Landslide Disaster Risk Cognition and Reduction, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed associate professor is required to conduct research on analyzing and evaluating the relationship between land use and landslide risk by integrating concepts from various research fields, such as geology, geomorphology, geoinformatics, geophysics, and related fields. The candidate is expected to develop methods to create detailed landslide disaster risk information for government agencies, local authorities, and the general public, and to develop methods to immediately disseminate the landslide disaster risk information. Moreover, the candidate is expected to conduct research in collaboration with relevant practitioners to enhance the societal implementation of developed methods. In addition, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree, have practical experience in landslide disaster management, and be proficient in Japanese.

For detailed information about the Research Center for Landslide Disaster Risk Cognition and Reduction, please visit the following website:

https://landslide.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/introduction_e.html

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Term of Employment: Five years (The contract is renewable. Furthermore, the Research Center for Landslide Disaster Risk Cognition and Reduction is an organization established based on a special MEXT budget request, and the form of the renewed contract will depend on the evaluation of the organization.)

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others publications) and practical works (reports and other documents demonstrating practical experience)

(3) Copies of five relevant publications and/or reports

(4) Brief summary of research and practical works, as well as the related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include postal and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, December 11^th, 2023 at the following address:

Selection Committee for the Associate Professor at the Research Section of Information for Landslide Disaster Risk Cognition and Reduction

Administrative Office, Uji Campus

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.
  Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
  The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• With regard to the evaluation of research achievements, the impact of periods of interruption in research activities due to childbirth, childcare, nursing care, etc. (blank periods) will be taken into consideration. If there are blank periods, please indicate them at the end of the list of publications.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

Location: Research Center for Earthquake Hazards, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed assistant professor is required to conduct research to clarify crustal deformation processes with related rheology by analyzing geophysical observation data, mainly geodetic data, which contributes to the understanding of generation processes of inland earthquakes and to the advancement of forecasting of their occurrence. As part of Kyoto University promotion of gender equality, this position is only open to female applicants. In addition, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be able to use Japanese on a daily basis.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Term of employment: 6 years (contract is renewable once for an additional 4 years)

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, December 18^th, 2023 at the following address:

Selection Committee for Inland Earthquakes Assistant Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.
  Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability. The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. As part of the university’s efforts to promote gender equality, it will implement women-only recruitment, in accordance with Article 8 of the Act on Securing, Etc., of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment.
• With regard to the evaluation of research achievements, the impact of periods of interruption in research activities due to childbirth, childcare, nursing care, etc. (blank periods) will be taken into consideration. If there are blank periods, please indicate them at the end of the list of publications.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Associate Professor position.

Location: Ujigawa Open Laboratory, Research Center for Fluvial and Coastal Disasters, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University,

Shimomisu-Higashinokuchi, Yokooji, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-8235, Japan.

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed associate professor is required to conduct researches on the sedimentary disaster mitigation in river basins, the mechanisms and the prediction methods of sediment movement including sediment yield and propagations, and the sediment control in river basins considering the effects of the climate change. Those researches are expected to be implemented through numerical simulations, laboratory experiments and field investigations. The candidate is also expected to support the management of the Hodaka Sedimentation Observatory, and to implement the observational researches there. In addition, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, December 8^th, 2023 at the following address:

Selection Committee for Sedimentation Disasters Associate Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.
  Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
  The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• Performance during maternity/childcare leave will be considered equivalent to performance before and after the leave period.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Associate Professor position.

Location: Research Section of Landslide Disaster Prediction, Research Center for Landslide Disaster Risk Cognition and Reduction, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed associate professor is required to conduct research on the initiation, movement, and deposition processes of landslides, as well as methodologies for the risk assessment of landslides. The candidate is expected to enhance the research by integrating concepts from various research fields, such as engineering geology, geomorphology, and seismology, and by combining on-site investigations, observations, and experiments. Moreover, the candidate is expected to foster collaborative research with domestic and international researchers to advance studies for landslide disaster prediction and mitigation. In addition, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include postal and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, November 13^th, 2023 at the following address:

Selection Committee for the Associate Professor at the Research Section of Landslide Disaster Prediction

Administrative Office, Uji Campus

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.
  Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
  The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• Performance during maternity/childcare leave will be considered equivalent to performance before and after the leave period.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Professor position.

Location: Research Division of Geohazards, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed professor is required to promote research on monitoring, prediction, and countermeasure technologies for geo-disasters considering various triggers including anthropogenic influences in various slopes near human habitation areas from coastal to mountainous areas, based on engineering geology, hydrology, geomorphology, and others. In particular, the candidate is expected to conduct advanced research on detection of ground deformation, evaluation of physical properties of slope materials, and slope stability assessment through ground-based surveys, field observations, laboratory tests, and theoretical modeling to upgrade slope monitoring and modeling and promote their social implementation. In addition, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, November 27^th, 2023 at the following address:

Selection Committee for Slope Conservation Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.
  Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
  The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• Performance during maternity/childcare leave will be considered equivalent to performance before and after the leave period.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

 
The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Associate Professor position.

Location: Research Division of Disaster Management for Safe and Secure Society, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed associate professor is required to conduct research on new technology and policy for predicting, preventing and responding to water-related disasters. Based on the understanding of fundamental hazard mechanisms of water-related disasters through hydraulic engineering and hydrology, the candidate is expected to develop spatio-temporal models for water hazard prediction. In addition, the candidate will promote flood risk assessment considering social vulnerability and counter measures. With respect to climate change impact assessment and adaptation, the candidate will contriubute to the development of an integrated hazard model and conduct research on extreme value statistics for compound disaster risk assessment. In terms of education, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering in the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, December 11^th, 2023 at the following address:

Selection Committee for Innovative Disaster Prevention Technology and Policy Research Associate Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes

• The university will not return your application documents.

  Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.

• Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
  The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
• Performance during maternity/childcare leave will be considered equivalent to performance before and after the leave period.
• The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Professor position.

Location: Research Section of Strong Motion Seismology, Research Division of Earthquake Disasters, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed professor is required to conduct research on understanding the fault rupture process and wave propagation characteristics as well as comprehending the influence of subsurface structure near the site to the ground motion characteristics. In particular, the candidate will conduct research on development and advancement of broad-band strong motion prediction methods aimed for earthquake disaster mitigation based on results of aforementioned research. The candidate is also expected to promote collaborative research with domestic and international researchers related to strong motion studies and lead disaster prevention research through integrating science and engineering. In addition, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after April 1st, 2024.

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to four A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include postal and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, October 30^th, 2023 at the following address:

Selection Committee for Strong Motion Seismology Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes
(1) The university will not return your application documents.Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
(2) Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability. The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
(3) Performance during maternity/childcare leave will be considered equivalent to performance before and after the leave period.
(4) The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Associate Professor position.

Location: Research Center for Disaster Reduction Systems(DRS), Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed associate professor is required to conduct research on disaster prevention and mitigation aimed at effective countermeasures against coming large-scale disasters, such as the Nankai Trough earthquake and floods and sediment disasters that are becoming more widespread and massive due to the effects of climate change. In particular, the candidate is expected to promote research on integrated disaster risk management from a long-term perspective, from pre-disaster to emergency and recovery/reconstruction phases, not only from a theoretical perspective but also from a implementation science perspective. As part of Kyoto University promotion of gender equality, this position is only open to female applicants. In addition, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Department of Urban Management, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, September 22^nd, 2023 at the following address:
 
Selection Committee for DRS Associate Professor
Administrative Office, Uji Campus,
Kyoto University
Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN
 

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes
(1) The university will not return your application documents. Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
(2) Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability. The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. As part of the university’s efforts to promote gender equality, it will implement women-only recruitment, in accordance with Article 8 of the Act on Securing, Etc., of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment.
(3) Performance during maternity/childcare leave will be considered equivalent to performance before and after the leave period.
(4)The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.
 

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Professor position.

Location: Research Division of Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Disasters, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed professor is required to conduct studies relevant to the mitigation of wind-related structural damage, such as elucidating mechanisms for the damage from a wind engineering viewpoint with the use of wind-tunnel experiments, risk assessment, and reliability engineering. The candidate is also required to conduct wind-disaster prevention research related to risk management and decision making. In addition, the candidate is expected to advance new areas in the fields of wind engineering and reliability engineering through leading domestic and international research groups. In terms of education, the candidate will have responsibility for education in Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after April 1st, 2024.

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to four A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, September 22^th, 2023 at the following address:
 

Selection Committee for Wind Engineering and Wind Resistant Structures Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN
 

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes
(1) The university will not return your application documents.
Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
(2) Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
(3) Performance during maternity/childcare leave will be considered equivalent to performance before and after the leave period.
(4) The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.
 

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Professor position.

Location: Sakurajima Volcano Research Center, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Sakurajima-Yokoyama, Kagoshima city, Kagoshima 891-1419, Japan.

 
Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed professor is required to promote research on volcanic eruption prediction and volcanic activity transition forecasting for Sakurajima volcano, which has explosive characteristics and continues to be active, and volcanoes in the Nansei Islands, and to oversee interdisciplinary research aimed at mitigating volcanic disasters based on such research, and to lead the planning and promotion of related research in Japan and overseas. The candidate is also expected to be in charge of management of the Sakurajima Volcano Observatory. In addition, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.

Anticipated start date: April 1st, 2024.

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)In some occasions, the appointed professor may be directed to work night or day duty.Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, October 3^rd, 2023 at the following address:
 
Selection Committee for Prediction of Volcanic Eruptions Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN
 
Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes
(1) The university will not return your application documents. Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
(2) Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
(3) Performance during maternity/childcare leave will be considered equivalent to performance before and after the leave period.
(4) The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Professor position.

Location: Research Section of Earthquake Source Mechanisms, Research Division of Earthquake Disasters, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.

 
 
Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed professor is required to conduct fundamental research for advancing source rupture modeling based on source physics in evaluating earthquake hazards utilizing various accumulated research results related to earthquake source mechanisms. In particular, the research targets are large-magnitude earthquakes along the Nankai trough and inland active fault earthquakes in southwestern Japan expected to occur in the near future. Furthermore, the candidate will analyze and enhance the source mechanisms and source faults of the aforementioned earthquakes as well as make progress in rupture modeling of future earthquakes. The candidate is also expected to promote collaborative research with domestic and international researchers related to source mechanism studies and lead disaster prevention research through integrating science and engineering. In addition, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to four A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include postal and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, October 16^th, 2023 at the following address:
 
Selection Committee for Earthquake Source Mechanisms Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN
 
Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

Additional notes
(1) The university will not return your application documents.
Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
(2) Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
(3) Performance during maternity/childcare leave will be considered equivalent to performance before and after the leave period.
(4) The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.
 

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Professor

 
Location: Research Division of Earthquake Disasters, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.

 
Job description and required qualifications:
The appointed professor is required to conduct research that contributes to the improvement of seismic performance and early functional recovery after earthquakes for a variety of civil engineering structures and facilities. In particular, the candidate is expected to conduct research on the rational modeling of seismic action and input ground motions based on the latest geophysical knowledge and observations, analysis of dynamic response characteristics and damage properties of ground-foundation-structure systems during earthquakes, hazard analysis to assess seismic risk of urban areas, and vulnerability of lifeline networks. In addition, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Department of Urban Management, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.

 
Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after April 1st, 2023.

 
Probation period: 6 months

 
Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

 
Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

 
Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

 
Applicants should prepare the following materials:
(1) Curriculum vitae
(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
(3) Copies of five relevant papers
(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)
(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)
(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

 
The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, January 16^th, 2023 at the following address:
Selection Committee for Dynamics of Foundation Structures Professor
Administrative Office, Uji Campus, Kyoto University
Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN
Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

 
For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)
For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

 
Additional notes
(1) The university will not return your application documents. Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
(2) Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability. The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
(3) Performance during maternity/childcare leave will be considered equivalent to performance before and after the leave period.
(4) The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.
 

 
Location: Research Center for Earthquake Hazards, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.

 
Job description and required qualifications:
The appointed professor is required to conduct research that contributes to the understanding of the stress accumulation processes of inland earthquakes with recurrence intervals on the order of thousand years, and the improvement of the long-term evaluation of their occurrence. For these purposes, the candidate is expected to elucidate crustal deformation over short (a few years) to long term (millions of years) by not only analyzing geodetic observation data, but also using geomorphological and geological data and theoretical studies. In addition, the candidate is expected to promote advanced research in the estimation of the rupture process of inland earthquakes and the stress field that controls the rupture mechanism. The candidate is also expected to proactively participate in the operation and outreach activities of the Abuyama Observatory. In addition, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.

 
Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after April 1st, 2023.

 
Probation period: 6 months

 
Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, and Anniversary of Foundation of the University.

 
Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

 
Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

 
Applicants should prepare the following materials:
(1) Curriculum vitae
(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
(3) Copies of five relevant papers
(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)
(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)
(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

 
The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, January 16^th, 2023 at the following address:

 
Selection Committee for Inland Earthquakes Professor
Administrative Office, Uji Campus, Kyoto University
Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN
Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

 
For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)
For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.
 
Additional notes
(1) The university will not return your application documents.
Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
(2) Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
(3) Performance during maternity/childcare leave will be considered equivalent to performance before and after the leave period.
(4) The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

  
The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for an Assistant Professor position.
 
Location: Sakurajima Volcano Research Center, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan. (Uji Campus)
 
Job description and required qualifications:
The appointed assistant professor is required to conduct research to elucidate the distribution and dynamics of fluids from subducting plates to just below volcanoes by using geophysical methods, to conduct research on the interaction between volcanic activity and surrounding tectonics, and research on the prediction of volcanic eruptions. The candidate is also expected to contribute to joint observations and cooperative projects on the above mentioned themes in collaboration with researchers in Japan and overseas. As part of Kyoto University promotion of gender equality, this position is only open to female applicants. In addition, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.
 
Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.
 
Term of employment: 6 years (contract is renewable once for an additional 4 years)
 
Probation period: 6 months
 
Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)
 
Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, Anniversary of Foundation of the University, and summer holidays.
 
Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.
 
Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance
 
Applicants should prepare the following materials:
(1) Curriculum vitae
(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
(3) Copies of five relevant papers
(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)
(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)
(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)
 
The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, September 8th, 2022, at the following address:
Selection Committee for Geofluids Assistant Professor
Administrative Office, Uji Campus,
Kyoto University
Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN
Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit by e-mail or through internet.
 
For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)
For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.
 
Additional notes
(1) The university will not return your application documents.
Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
(2) Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．As part of the university’s efforts to promote gender equality, it will implement women-only recruitment, in accordance with Article 8 of the Act on Securing, Etc., of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment.
(3) Performance during maternity/childcare leave will be considered equivalent to performance before and after the leave period.
(4) The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

  
The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for an Assistant Professor position.

 
Location: Shirahama Oceanographic Observatory, Research Center for Fluvial and Coastal Disasters, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Katada 2500-106, Shirahama-cho, Wakayama-Prefecture 649-2201 Japan. The appointed assistant professor works at the Shirahama Oceanographic Observatory.

 
Job description and required qualifications:
The appointed assistant professor is required to investigate the interaction between ocean wave and current, and the mechanism of wave shoaling employing the wave, current and water temperature data observed in the observation tower. The candidate also conducts the study on the long-term variation of sand spits and sediment movements in the river mouth using such observed data as the input condition. The daily observation work is another important task of the candidate. The monitoring of the Nankai Earthquake Tsunami and its applicability to the local disaster prevention planning become the fourth task. In terms of education, the candidate will have responsibility of education in the Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree or be expected to obtain the degree. The candidate must be proficient in Japanese.
 
Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.
 
Term of employment: 6 years (contract is renewable once for an additional 4 years)
 
Probation period: 6 months
 
Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)
 
Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, Anniversary of Foundation of the University, and summer holidays.
 
Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.
 
Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance
 
Applicants should prepare the following materials:
(1) Curriculum vitae
(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
(3) Copies of five relevant papers
(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)
(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)
(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)
(7) Applicants who have not obtained a Ph.D. degree at the time of applying for the position must submit the following material; Comments from supervisor regarding the possibility of the degree conferment (including the expected date of degree conferment).
 
The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, October 7th, 2022 at the following address:
　Selection Committee for Shirahama Oceanographic Observatory Assistant Professor
　Administrative Office,
　Disaster Prevention Research Institute
　Uji Campus,
　Kyoto University
　Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN
Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through the internet.
 
For inquiries, you can send an e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)
For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.
 
Additional notes
(1) The university will not return your application documents. Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants and never for any other purposes.
(2) Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability. The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
(3) Performance during maternity/childcare leave will be considered equivalent to performance before and after the leave period.
(4) The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.
 

  
The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Professor position.

Location: Research Division of Disaster Management for Safe and Secure Society, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
 
Job description and required qualifications:
The appointed professor is required to conduct research on new technologies in the areas of spatio-temporal modeling, computer-intensive analysis, and remote sensing to improve the accuracy of monitoring and forecasting of disaster events, risk management and crisis management policies. In addition, based on disaster surveys and field observations, the candidate is expected strongly to promote research on disaster risk reduction by understanding the interaction between hydrologic cycle and societal change. Considering climate change impacts, the candidate is also expected to advance technologies and methodologies to realize sustainable society from an international perspective. In terms of education, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering in the Graduate School of Engineering.
 
Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.
 
Probation period: 6 months
 
Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)
Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, Anniversary of Foundation of the University, and summer holidays.
 
Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.
 
Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance
 
Applicants should prepare the following materials:
(1) Curriculum vitae
(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
(3) Copies of five relevant papers
(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)
(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)
(6) Recommendation letter(s) or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)
 
The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, September 5th, 2022 at the following address:
Selection Committee for Innovative Disaster Prevention Technology and Policy Research Professor
Administrative Office, Uji Campus,
Kyoto University
Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN
Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.
 
For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)
For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.
 
The university will not return your application documents.
Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants, and never for any other purposes.
Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Associate Professor position.
 
Location:
Research Division of Earthquake Disasters, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
 
Job description and required qualifications:
The appointed Associate Professor is required to conduct researches on the elucidation of the physical processes of earthquake occurrence and on the early warning of earthquakes and other natural disaster phenomena using seismic waveform data. The candidate is expected to promote joint research on these research themes in collaboration with researchers in Japan and overseas, and to advance research on disaster mitigation through integrating science and engineering. In addition, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.
 
Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection
 
Probation period: 6 months
 
Working time:
Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)
Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, Anniversary of Foundation of the University, and summer holidays.
 
Salary and Allowance:
To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.
 
Social insurance:
(1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance
 
Applicants should prepare the following materials:
(1) Curriculum vitae
(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
(3) Copies of five relevant papers
(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)
(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)
(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)
 
The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, June 13th, 2022 at the following address:
Selection Committee for Earthquake Source Mechanisms Associate Professor
Administrative Office, Uji Campus,
Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN
Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.
 
For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)
For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.
 
The university will not return your application documents.
Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants, and never for any other purposes.
Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for an Assistant Professor position.
 
Location: Water Resources Research Center, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
 
Job description and required qualifications:
The appointed assistant professor is required to conduct novel and potential research on the planning and control of water resources systems, water-related disaster risk management and human behavior in water-related disasters, based on his/her research achievements in the fields of rainfall/runoff/groundwater analysis, runoff prediction, water disaster risk management, and/or social systems related to water cycle. The candidate will have responsibilities for education in the Department of Urban Management, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree or be expected to obtain the degree. The candidate must be proficient in Japanese.
 
Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.
 
Term of employment: 6 years (contract is renewable once for an additional 4 years)
 
Probation period: 6 months
 
Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)
Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, Anniversary of Foundation of the University, and summer holidays.
 
Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.
 
Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance
 
Applicants should prepare the following materials:
(1) Curriculum vitae
(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
(3) Copies of five relevant papers
(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)
(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)
(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)
(7) Applicants who have not obtained a Ph.D. degree at the time of applying for the position must submit the following material; Comments from supervisor regarding the possibility of the degree conferment (including the expected date of degree conferment).
 
The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 17:00 JST, January 14th, 2022 at the following address:
Selection Committee for Global Water Dynamics Assistant Professor
Administrative Office, Uji Campus,
Kyoto University
Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN
Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.
 
For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)
For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.
 
The university will not return your application documents.
Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants, and never for any other purposes.
Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for an Assistant Professor position.

Location: Ujigawa Open Laboratory, Research Center for Fluvial and Coastal Disasters, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University

Shimomisu-higashinokuchi, Yokooji, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-8235, Japan.

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed assistant professor is required to conduct experiments, observations, and numerical analysis of phenomena, such as flooding, riverbank erosions, river embankment failures, and riverbed variations. Based on them, the candidate is also expected to conduct novel and potential research on fluvial and sediment disaster prevention/mitigation, sediment and floodplain management in a river basin, and the strategy of ‘river basin disaster resilience and sustainability by all’. In addition, the candidate will have responsibilities for education in the Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree or be expected to obtain the degree. The candidate must be proficient in Japanese.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Term of employment: 6 years (contract is renewable once for an additional 4 years)

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, Anniversary of Foundation of the University, and summer holidays.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

(7) Applicants who have not obtained a Ph.D. degree at the time of applying for the position must submit the following material; Comments from supervisor regarding the possibility of the degree conferment (including the expected date of degree conferment)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of January 6^th, 2022 by 5:00 pm (JST) at the following address:

Selection Committee for River Disaster Prevention Systems Research Section Assistant Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

The university will not return your application documents.

Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants, and never for any other purposes.

Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.

The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．

The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Associate Professor position.

Location: Research Division of Earthquake Disasters, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed Associate Professor is required to conduct research to assess the seismic safety of buildings and houses and consider various countermeasures to mitigate damage. In particular, the candidate will conduct qualitative assessment of estimated ground motion considering the source rupture characteristics and amplification characteristics due to shallow/deep subsurface structure and of the response of buildings and houses due to the estimated ground motion by observation and analysis. The candidate will be engaged in experimental research about response of buildings and houses. In addition, the candidate will have responsibilities for education in the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, Anniversary of Foundation of the University, and summer holidays.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of Tuesday January 11^th, 2022 by 5:00 pm (JST) at the following address:

Selection Committee for Structural Dynamics Associate Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

The university will not return your application documents.

Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants, and never for any other purposes.

Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.

The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．

The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Professor position.

Location: Research Center for Earthquake Prediction, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed professor is required to upgrade the system that efficiently processes, stores, and distributes observation data such as seismic waveforms, and promote research that contributes to the understanding and prediction of crustal phenomena such as earthquakes. The candidate is expected to have a proven track record in the construction of seismic observation networks and seismic data processing. The candidate is also required to lead the group that manages the permanent observations and observatories of the Research Center for Earthquake Prediction, and to promote permanent and temporary observations in a harmonious manner. The candidate is also expected to promote research that contributes to regional disaster prevention through the activities of the observatories. In addition, the candidate will have responsibilities for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.

Anticipated start date: The earliest possible date after April 1^st, 2022.

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, Anniversary of Foundation of the University, and summer holidays.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of December 13^th, 2021 by 5:00 pm (JST) at the following address:

Selection Committee for Crustal Activity Information Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

The university will not return your application documents.

Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants, and never for any other purposes.

Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.

The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．

The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Associate Professor position.

 
Location: Research Division of Geohazards, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
 

Job description and required qualifications:
The appointed associate professor is required to conduct research on comprehensive geo-disaster prevention from investigation to prediction and countermeasures, targeting the mechanical behavior of various ground materials such as natural ground and artificial ground and the soil–structure system, under various natural actions such as earthquakes, rainfall, and tsunami. The candidate is expected to conduct research based on geomechanics from both an experimental approach that makes full use of laboratory test apparatus and large centrifuge facility, and an analytical approach that uses numerical models. In addition, the candidate will be in charge of education in the Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.
 

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.
 

Probation period: 6 months
 

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)
 

Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, Anniversary of Foundation of the University, and summer holidays.
 

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.
 

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance
 

Applicants should prepare the following materials:
(1) Curriculum vitae
(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
(3) Copies of five relevant papers
(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)
(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)
(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)
 

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of December 6th, 2021 by 5:00 pm (JST) at the following address:
Selection Committee for Geotechnics Associate Professor
Administrative Office, Uji Campus,
Kyoto University
Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN
Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.
 

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)
For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.
 

The university will not return your application documents.
Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants, and never for any other purposes.
Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Professor position.
 

Location: Water Resources Research Center, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
 

Job description and required qualifications:
The appointed professor is required to conduct world-leading research on the integrated water resources management taking social and natural conditions into account. The research should be based on integrated modeling of rainfall-runoff, atmosphere-land surface and groundwater flow combined with production systems such as crop growth, management systems including reservoir operation and social elements such as population and industrial structures. The candidate is also expected to conduct new development leading projects regarding the impact of climate and social changes and adaptation measures, integrating observation, modelling, and regional research in fields where vulnerabilities are becoming apparent. The candidate will be in charge of education in the Department of Urban Management, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.
 

Anticipated start date: The earliest possible day after April 1st, 2022
 

Probation period: 6 months
 

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)
Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, Anniversary of Foundation of the University, and summer holidays.
 

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.
 

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance
 

Applicants should prepare the following materials:
(1) Curriculum vitae
(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
(3) Copies of five relevant papers
(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)
(5) Statement of research plans (up to three A4 pages, including figures)
(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)
 

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of December 10th, 2021 by 5:00 pm (JST) at the following address:
Selection Committee for Regional Water Environment Systems Professor
Administrative Office, Uji Campus,
Kyoto University
Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN
Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail or through internet.
 

For inquiries, you can send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)
For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.
 

The university will not return your application documents.
Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants, and never for any other purposes.
Kyoto University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

Professor Position in the Research Section of River Disaster Prevention Systems,
Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
 

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Professor position.
 
Location: Ujigawa Open Laboratory, Research Center for Fluvial and Coastal Disasters, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
Shimomisu-higashinokuchi, Yokooji, Fushimi-ku Kyoto 612-8235, Japan
 
Job description and required qualifications:
The appointed professor conducts experiments, observations, and numerical analysis of phenomena such as flooding, river bank breach, riverbed variation, sediment production, runoff in river basins, and is required to conduct research on the prevention and mitigation of flood disasters and sediment disasters, taking account of the phenomena and their interactions. The candidate is also expected to play a key role in the management of the Ujigawa Open Laboratory and promote joint research using its facilities. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese. In addition, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University.
 
Anticipated start date: June 1st, 2021 or as soon as possible after June 1st, 2021
 
Probation period: 6 months
 
Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)
 
Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, Anniversary of Foundation of the University, and summer holidays.
 
Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.
 
Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance
 
Applicants should prepare the following materials:
(1) Curriculum vitae
(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
(3) Copies of five relevant papers
(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions including the list of research funding (up to four pages in A4 size)
(5) Statement of research plans and of management plan of Ujigawa Open Laboratory (up to two pages in A4 size, including figures)
(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)
 
The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of February 15h, 2021 (JST) at the following address:
Selection Committee for River Disaster Prevention Systems Research Section Professor
Administrative Office, Uji Campus, Kyoto University
Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN
Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail.
 
For inquiries, send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)
For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.
 
The university will not return your application documents.
Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants, and never for any other purposes.
The Disaster Prevention Research Institute is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

Professor Position in the Research Section of Severe Storm and Atmospheric Environment, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
 

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Professor position.
 
Location: Research Division of Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Disasters, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
 
Job description and required qualifications:
The appointed professor is required to conduct research on formation and development mechanisms and occurrence characteristics of the severe weather phenomena, such as tropical cyclones and heavy precipitation, and on turbulence and mass transport over complex terrain at urban scales. The candidate is also expected to take part in the studies on impact assessment of global warming, which is intensively being led by DPRI, especially regarding abnormal/severe weather and meteorological hazards. In addition, the candidate has responsibilities for education in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.
 
Anticipated start date: April 1st, 2021 or as soon as possible after April 1st, 2021
 
Probation period: 6 months
 
Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)
Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, Anniversary of Foundation of the University, and summer holidays.
 
Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.
 
Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance
 
Applicants should prepare the following materials:
(1) Curriculum vitae
(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
(3) Copies of five relevant papers
(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)
(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)
(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)
 
The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of January 18th, 2021 (JST) at the following address:
Selection Committee for Severe Storm and Atmospheric Environment Professor
Administrative Office, Uji Campus,
Kyoto University
Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN
Applicants must send the package by registered mail or direct submission. Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail.
 
For inquiries, send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)
For more information about DPRI, see https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.
 
The university will not return your application documents.
Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants, and never for any other purposes.
The Disaster Prevention Research Institute is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

 
The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Associate Professor position.

Location:, Hodaka Sedimentation Observatory, Research Center for Fluvial and Coastal Disasters, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
436-13, Nakao, Okuhida-onsengo, Takayama, Gifu 506-1422, Japan

Job description and required qualifications:

The appointed associate professor is required to use the facilities of the Hodaka Sedimentation Observatory to observe sediment yields, sediment and rainfall runoff processes. Using the observation results, the candidate is expected to promote research on the mechanism and prediction of sediment disasters caused by heavy rainfalls, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. The candidate is also expected to promote research on monitoring technologies for sediment runoff in mountain areas, and the influences of sediment movement on the watershed environment. The candidate is also expected to cooperate with researchers both inside and outside of DPRI as a core person of the joint researches on Sabo Engineering (Erosion Control Engineering) in volcanic areas. In addition, the candidate will have responsibility for education in the Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, Anniversary of Foundation of the University, and summer holidays.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of January 6^th, 2021 (JST) at the following address:

Selection Committee for Field Research Section for Fluvial and Coastal Hazards Associate Professor

Administrative Office in charge of Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Uji Campus, Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

Applicants must submit the package by registered express mail or direct submission.  Applicants are not allowed to submit it by e-mail.

For inquiries, send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

The university will not return your application documents.

Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants, and never for any other purposes.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.

The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．

The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Associate Professor position.
 
Location: Research Division of Disaster Management for Safe and Secure Society, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
 

Job description and required qualifications:
The appointed associate professor is required to conduct research on the interaction between socio-economic systems and disaster processes, disaster risk communication, and methodology for designing and evaluating integrated disaster risk management policies. In particular, he/she is expected to conduct disaster risk research focusing on human and economic systems behavior before, during and after a disaster. He/she is also expected to explore implementation science for effective public policies that respond to social changes such as climate change and population decline. In addition, he/she will be in charge of education in the Department of Social Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University. He/she must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.
 

Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.
 

Probation period: 6 months
 

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)
Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, Anniversary of Foundation of the University, and summer holidays.
 

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.
 

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance
 

Applicants should prepare the following materials:
(1) Curriculum vitae
(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
(3) Copies of five relevant papers
(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)
(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)
(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)
 

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of July 13th, 2020 (JST) at the following address:
Selection Committee for Social Systems for Disaster Risk Governance Associate Professor
Administrative Office, Uji Campus,
Kyoto University
Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN
 

For inquiries, send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)
For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.
 

The university will not return your application documents.
Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants, and never for any other purposes.
The Disaster Prevention Research Institute is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．
The university prohibits smoking in all campus buildings except in designated outside smoking areas for the purpose of preventing the adverse health effects of second-hand smoke.

 
The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Professor position.
 
Location: Research Division of Disaster Management for Safe and Secure Society, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
 
Job description and required qualifications: The appointed professor is required to conduct research on urban area and living space safety against disaster, and disaster preparedness and mitigation. He/she needs to study the seismic risk assessment of buildings in urban areas, and the development of a methodology for safety control of urban space which create advanced living environments that are safe and comfortable. He/she is expected to conduct research using various experimental facilities of DPRI. In addition, he/she is expected to teach in the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. He/she must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.
 
Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection.
 
Probation period: 6 months
 
Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)
Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, Statutory holidays under the Act on National Holidays, Year-end and New Year’s holidays, Anniversary of Foundation of the University, and summer holidays.
 

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.
 
Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance
 
Applicants should prepare the following materials:
(1) Curriculum vitae
(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
(3) Copies of five relevant papers
(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)
(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)
(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)
 
The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of March 16th, 2020 (JST) at the following address:
Selection Committee for Safety Control of Urban Space Professor
Administrative Office, Uji Campus,
Kyoto University
Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN
 
For inquiries, send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)
For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.
 
The university will not return your application documents.
Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants, and never for any other purposes.
The Disaster Prevention Research Institute is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.
The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．

Location: Research Division of Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Disasters, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.

Job description and required qualification: The appointed associate professor is expected to develop numerical models of storm surges and ocean surface waves, modeling of air-sea interactions, impact assessment of climate change on coastal hazards, collaborating with Japanese and international scientists. He/she is also expected to take part in the studies on impact assessment and adaptation to global-warming which is intensively being led by the institute, especially in regard to abnormal weather and meteorological hazards. He/she will have educational responsibilities in the Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. He/she should have a Ph.D. or its equivalent and be proficient in Japanese.

Anticipated start date : As soon as possible after the selection.

Probation period: 6 months

Working time : Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, Year-end and New Year holidays, University Foundation Day, and summer vacation.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of January 14^th, 2020 (JST) at the following address:

Selection Committee for Coastal Disaster Associate Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

For inquiries, send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

The university will not return your application documents.

Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants, and never for any other purposes.

Disaster Prevention Research Institute is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.

The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．

Job description and required qualifications: The appointed professor will conduct investigations on inhomogeneities in the Earth’s crust and upper mantle related to geology and fluids, using geophysical methods, especially modern techniques in geoelectromagnetism. These studies will contribute to understanding of stress accumulation on faults leading to earthquakes and magma movements leading to volcanic eruptions.

He/she will be expected to lead large observation campaigns and research projects that are carried out cooperatively with other universities.  He/she will also have educational responsibilities in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. He/she should have a Ph.D. or its equivalent and be proficient in Japanese.

Anticipated start date: April 1^st, 2020 or as soon as possible after April 1^st, 2020

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week). Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, Year-end and New Year holidays, University Foundation Day, and summer vacation.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with the existing employment regulations of Kyoto University.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include

addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of January 14^th, 2020 (JST) at the following address:

Selection Committee for Seismotectonics Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho,Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

For inquiries, send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

The university will not return your application documents.

Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants, and never for any other purposes.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.

The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．

Job description and required qualifications: The appointed professor is required to conduct research on deep-seated and shallow landslides focusing on geology and sedimentary structures through both field surveys/observations and indoor analyses/experiments. He/she needs to study the mechanism of landslides using theoretical approaches and advance based on the actual phenomena that occur on-site. By incorporating the research fields such as geomorphology and geology, he/she is also expected to develop and deepen pioneering research on mountain hazards, including landslides, landform evolution, and rock weathering in collaboration with domestic and foreign researchers. He/she will also have educational responsibilities in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. He/she must hold a doctorate or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.

Anticipated start date: April 1^st,2020 or as soon as possible after April 1^st,2020.

Probation period: 6 months

Working time: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, Year-end and New Year holidays, University Foundation Day, and summer vacation.

Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of January 14^th, 2020 (JST) at the following address:

Selection Committee for Mountain Hazards Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

For inquiries, send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.

The university will not return your application documents.

Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants, and never for any other purposes.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications regardless of gender or disability.

The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．

【日本語】公募要領詳細

Location:

Disaster Information Systems Laboratory, Disaster Prevention Research Institute,
Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.

Job description and required qualification:

The appointed associate professor is requested to conduct theoretical and practical research related to disaster risk reduction caused by huge disasters from viewpoints of risk and crisis management. He/she is requested to carry out interdisciplinary and international research on development and evaluation of disaster information systems using advanced information technology, such as GIS, AI, IoT, big data analysis, contributing to effective disaster mitigation. He/she is also expected to contribute to education in the Department of Social Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University. The successful applicant is expected to have a Ph.D. or its equivalent and to be proficient in Japanese.

Anticipated start date:

April 1st, 2020

Probation period:

6 months

Business hours:

Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)

Days off:

Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, Year-end and New Year holidays, University Foundation Day, and summer vacation.

Salary and Allowance:

To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance:

(1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 16th December 2019 (JST) at the following address:

Selection Committee for DRS Associate Professor, Disaster Information Systems

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

For inquiries, send email to apply staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/.

The university will not return your application documents.

Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants, and never for any other purposes.

The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer

【English】公募要領詳細

Location:

Climate Environment Laboratory, Disaster Prevention Research Institute,

Kyoto University,

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.

Job description and required qualification:

Modulation of atmospheric general circulation causes anomalous synoptic weather which brings about meteorological disaster. The appointed professor is expected to lead analytical and numerical researches on the mechanisms and predictability of long-lasting anomalous weather, collaborating with Japanese and foreign scientists and related agencies. The professor is also expected to take part in the studies on adaptation to Global-warming which is intensively being led by the institute, especially in regard to abnormal weather and meteorological hazards. He/she will have educational responsibilities in the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. He/she should have a Ph.D. or its equivalent and be proficient in Japanese.

Anticipated start date:

As soon as possible after the selection.

Probation period:

6 months

Business hours:

Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)

Days off:

Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, Year-end and New Year holidays, University Foundation Day, and summer vacation.

Salary and Allowance:

To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Social insurance:

(1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance

Applicants should prepare the following materials:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of December. 16th, 2019 (JST) at the following address:

Selection Committee for Climate Environment Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus, Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

For inquiries, send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/.

The university will not return your application documents.

Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants, and never for any other purposes.

The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．

【日本語】公募要領詳細

Location: Disaster Information Systems Laboratory, Disaster Prevention Research Institute,Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
 

Job description and required qualification: The appointed associate professor is requested to conduct theoretical and practical research related to disaster risk reduction caused by huge disasters from viewpoints of risk and crisis management. He/she is requested to carry out interdisciplinary and international research on development and evaluation of disaster information systems using advanced information technology, such as GIS, AI, IoT, big data analysis, contributing to effective disaster mitigation. He/she is also expected to contribute to education in the Department of Social Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University. The successful applicant is expected to have a Ph.D. or its equivalent and to be proficient in Japanese. Anticipated start date: April 1st, 2020
 
Probation period: 6 months
 
Business hours: Discretionary labor system (standard working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)
Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, Year-end and New Year holidays, University
Foundation Day, and summer vacation.
 
Salary and Allowance: To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.
 
Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker’s accident insurance
 
Applicants should prepare the following materials:
　(1) Curriculum vitae
　(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
　(3) Copies of five relevant papers
　(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)
　(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)
　(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)
 
The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 16th December 2019 (JST) at the following address:
 
Selection Committee for DRS Associate Professor, Disaster Information Systems　Administrative Office, Uji Campus, Kyoto University
 
Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN
　For inquiries, send email to apply staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)
　For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/.
　The university will not return your application documents.
　Personal information contained in the application documents will be used solely for the purpose of screening applicants, and never for any other purposes.
　The university is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer．

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Associate Professor position.
 

Location: Sakurajima Volcano Research Center, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Sakurajima-Yokoyama, Kagoshima, Kagoshima 891-1419, Japan.
 

Job description and required qualification: The appointed associate professor is expected to conduct research on behavior of deep fluid (magma) and long-term prediction of occurrence of volcanic eruptions including caldera forming eruptions, by investigating earthquakes of the crust and mantle in and around the active volcanoes of calderas. Also, relevant is research
related to crustal deformation and subsurface structure beneath Aira and Kikai calderas, where colossal eruptions occurred during the last thousands of years. The research will be done at Sakurajima Volcanological Observatory in Kagoshima city. He/she will also have educational responsibilities in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. He/she should have a Ph.D. or its equivalent and to be proficient in Japanese.

Starting date: As soon as possible after the selection.
 
Probation period: 6 months
 

Working conditions: Working hours: 38 hours 45 minutes per week under full-time employment in a discretionary working system. Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, Year-end and New Year holidays, University Foundation Day, and summer vacation.
 

Salary and benefits: To be determined in accordance with the existing employment regulations of Kyoto University.
 
Insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) employee’s pension insurance, (3) unemployment insurance, and (4) worker’s accident insurance Applicants should prepare the following material:
 
(1) Curriculum vitae
(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
(3) Copies of five relevant papers
(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)
(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)
(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include
addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)
 
The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of November 16 th, 2018 (JST) at the following address:
Selection Committee for Associate Professor, Sakurajima Volcano Research Center Administrative Office, Uji Campus, Kyoto University Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN
 
For inquiries, send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)
For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/.
Kyoto University is an equal opportunity employer.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Professor position.
 
Location:
Coastal Disasters Laboratory, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto
University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
 
Job description and required qualification:
The appointed professor is expected to conduct research related to clarifying mechanisms and implementing risk reduction for coastal
disasters. He/she also will lead international efforts in theoretical, experimental, and in-situ field studies. The research may cover studies on lo
cal to global scales for topics such as, wave theory development and numerical modeling of tsunami, storm surges and extreme waves, climate change impact assessment and development of adaptation methodologies on coastal hazard and disasters, and clarifying atmosphere-ocean interactions. He/she will also have educational responsibilities in the Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. He/she should have a Ph.D. or its equivalent and to be proficient in Japanese.
 

Starting date:
As soon as possible after the selection.
 
Probation period:
6 months
 
Working conditions:
Working hours: 38 hours 45 minutes per week under full-time
employment in a discretionary working system.
 
Days off:
Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, Year-end and New Year holidays, University Foundation Day, and summer vacation.
 

Salary and benefits:
To be determined in accordance with the existing employment regulations of Kyoto University.
 
Insurance:
(1) Health and Pension Insurance covered by the National Government Employee’s Mutual Aid Association. (2) Unemployment Insurance, and (3) Worker’s Compensation.
 
Applicants should prepare the following material:
(1) Curriculum vitae
(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
(3) Copies of five relevant papers
(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)
(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)
(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)
 
The complete application package must
arrive by the deadline of August. 10th, 2018 (JST) at the following address:
Selection Committee for Coastal Disaster Professor Administrative Office, Uji Campus, Kyoto University Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN For inquiries, send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)
 
For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/.
Kyoto University is an equal opportunity employ

 
The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Associate Professor position.

 
Job description and required qualification: The appointed candidate is required to conduct research on long-term landslide observations, which include transport and sedimentation processes of landslide mass. The research should be conducted with field investigations, monitoring, and laboratory experiments, with a broad perspective of earth science studies related to surface processes. These efforts will contribute to prediction of landslide occurrence and advanced planning for landslide disasters, through collaboration with other organizations within and outside of Japan. The successful applicant is also expected to contribute to the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a doctorate or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.
 

Starting date: As soon as possible after the selection.
 

Working conditions: Working hours: 38 hours 45 minutes per week under a flexible-hours system.
Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, Year-end and New Year holidays, University Foundation Day, and summer vacation.
Working place: The Tokushima landslide observatory of DPRI, Ikeda-cho, Miyoshi City, Tokushima Prefecture.

 
Salary and benefits: To be determined in accordance with the existing employment regulations of Kyoto University.

 
Social Insurance: Eligible for MEXT* mutual aid association membership, employees’ pensions, employment insurance, and workers’ compensation insurance.
*Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
 
Applicants should prepare the following material:

(1) Curriculum vitae
(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
(3) Copies of five relevant papers
(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)
(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)
(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)
 
The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of Oct. 18 th, 2017 (JST) at the following address:
 

Selection Committee for Associate Professor, Landslide Monitoring, Research Center on Landslides
c/o DPRI Administrative Office, Uji Campus,
Kyoto University
Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

For inquiries, send email to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)
For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/.
Kyoto University is an equal opportunity employer.

The Faculty Consort of Disaster Prevention Research, Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Associate Professor position.

Job description and required qualification:

The appointed candidate is required to conduct theoretical and empirical research at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI) on prediction and reduction of various types of disasters caused by earthquakes and subsequent phenomena (including fire and tsunami) in a wide urban space, with the aim of creating the urban space resilient to such disasters. The candidate is also expected to contribute to the progress of integrated disaster risk reduction through the international collaboration of his/her research. In addition, he/she is expected to teach in the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. He/she must hold a doctorate or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.

Starting date: June 1st, 2017 or later.

Working conditions: Working hours: 38 hours 45 minutes per week under a flexible-hours system. Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, Year-end and New Year holidays, University Foundation Day, and summer vacation.
 

Salary and benefits: To be determined in accordance with the existing employment regulations of Kyoto University.

Social Insurance:

Eligible for MEXT* mutual aid association membership, employees’ pensions, employment insurance, and workers’ compensation insurance.
*Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan

Applicants should prepare the following material:

(1) Curriculum vitae
(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
(3) Copies of five relevant papers
(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)
(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)
(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (including addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of March 15th, 2017 (JST) at the following address:
 
Selection Committee for Associate Professor, SCUS Laboratory, Research Division of Disaster Management for Safe and Secure Society,
c/o DPRI Administrative Office, Uji Campus,
Kyoto University
Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, JAPAN

 
For inquiries, send email to (replace ‘at’ with @)
For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/.
Kyoto University is an equal opportunity employer.

 
Assented by Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University

Facilities/Equipment open for collaborative projects(Only in Japanese)

The Faculty Consort of Disaster Prevention Research, Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent full Professor position.

Job description and required qualification: The appointed candidate is required to conduct research at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI) on the mechanisms of geohazards and enhanced earthquake resistance of soil-structure systems through both numerical analysis based on nonlinear models of materials and physical model testing, using the centrifuge test facility at DPRI. The candidate is also expected to develop pioneering research on large deformation problems in the waterfront lowland during earthquakes and promote comprehensive disaster mitigation research based on it. In addition, the candidate is expected to teach in the Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. The candidate must hold a doctorate or equivalent degree and be proficient in Japanese.

Starting date: April 1^st, 2017.

Working conditions: Working hours: 38 hours 45 minutes per week under a flexible-hours system. Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, Year-end and New Year holidays, University Foundation Day, and summer vacation.

Salary and benefits: To be determined in accordance with the existing employment regulations of Kyoto University.

Social Insurance: Eligible for MEXT* mutual aid association membership, employees’ pensions, employment insurance, and workers’ compensation insurance.

*Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan

Applicants should prepare the following material:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of Sep. 12^th, 2016 (JST) at the following address:

Selection Committee for Professor, Geotechnics, Geohazards Research Division

c/o DPRI Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, JAPAN

For inquiries, send email to <apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp> (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/.

Kyoto University is an equal opportunity employer.

Associate Professor Position in the Field Research Section for Fluvial and Coastal Hazards,
Research Center for Fluvial and Coastal Disasters,
Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University

The Faculty Consort of Disaster Prevention Research, Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Associate Professor position.

Location: Shirahama Oceanographic Observatory, Research Center for Fluvial and Coastal Disasters, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University

2500-106, Katata, Shirahama-cho, Nishimuro-gun, Wakayama 649-2201, Japan

Job description and required qualification: The appointed associate professor is requested to be engaged in research at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI) on typhoon disasters, wind disasters, storm surge and wave disasters as well as the fundamental research relating to these disasters, such as the interaction between atmospheric circulation and ocean current and the mechanism of local heavy rainfall. He/she works at the Shirahama Oceanographic Observatory*, and also manages the operation of the Shionomisaki Wind Effect Laboratory*. He/she is expected to popularize disaster prevention education and to dispatch information on disaster prevention. He/she is expected to contribute to education in the Graduate School of Science or the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. He/she should have a Ph.D. or its equivalent and be proficient in Japanese.

* The Shirahama Oceanographic Observatory and the Shionomisaki Wind Effect Laboratory (address: 3349-134, Shionomisaki, Kushimoto-cho, Higashimuro-gun, Wakayama 649-3502, Japan) are operated as one group named “Shirahama Research Base” since 2009.

Starting date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Working conditions: Working hours: 38 hours 45 minutes per week under full-time employment in a discretionary working system. Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, Year-end and New Year holidays, University Foundation Day, and summer vacation.

Salary and benefits: To be determined in accordance with the existing employment regulations of Kyoto University.

Social Insurance: Eligible for MEXT* mutual aid association membership, employees’ pensions, employment insurance, and workers’ compensation insurance.

* Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan

Applicants should prepare the following material:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of Oct. 11^th, 2016 (JST) at the following address:

Selection Committee for Associate Professor,

Research Center for Fluvial and Coastal Disaster,

c/o DPRI Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

For inquiries, send e-mail to <apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp>  (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/.

Kyoto University is an equal opportunity employer.

 The Faculty Consort of Disaster Prevention Research, Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Associate Professor position.

Location:

 Shirahama Oceanographic Observatory, Research Center for Fluvial and Coastal Disasters, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University

 2500-106, Katata, Shirahama-cho, Nishimuro-gun, Wakayama 649-2201, Japan

Job description and required qualification:

 The appointed associate professor is requested to be engaged in research at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI) on typhoon disasters, wind disasters, storm surge and wave disasters as well as the fundamental research relating to these disasters, such as the interaction between atmospheric circulation and ocean current and the mechanism of local heavy rainfall. He/she works at the Shirahama Oceanographic Observatory*, and also manages the operation of the Shionomisaki Wind Effect Laboratory*. He/she is expected to popularize disaster prevention education and to dispatch information on disaster prevention. He/she is expected to contribute to education in the Graduate School of Science or the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. He/she should have a Ph.D. or its equivalent and be proficient in Japanese.

* The Shirahama Oceanographic Observatory and the Shionomisaki Wind Effect Laboratory (address: 3349-134, Shionomisaki, Kushimoto-cho, Higashimuro-gun, Wakayama 649-3502, Japan) are operated as one group named “Shirahama Research Base” since 2009.

Starting date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Working conditions: Working hours: 38 hours 45 minutes per week under full-time employment in a discretionary working system. Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, Year-end and New Year holidays, University Foundation Day, and summer vacation.

Salary and benefits: To be determined in accordance with the existing employment regulations of Kyoto University.

Social Insurance: Eligible for MEXT* mutual aid association membership, employees’ pensions, employment insurance, and workers’ compensation insurance.

 * Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan

Applicants should prepare the following material:

 (1) Curriculum vitae

 (2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

 (3) Copies of five relevant papers

 (4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

 (5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

 (6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

 The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of Oct. 11^th, 2016 (JST) at the following address:

 Selection Committee for Associate Professor,

 Research Center for Fluvial and Coastal Disaster,  c/o DPRI Administrative Office, Uji Campus,  Kyoto University

 Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

 For inquiries, send e-mail to <apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp>  (replace ‘at’ with @)

 For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/.

 Kyoto University is an equal opportunity employer.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Professor position.

Location: Disaster Information Systems Laboratory, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.

Job description and required qualification:

The appointed professor is requested to conduct theoretical and practical research related to risk reduction caused by huge disasters, especially, from a perspective of disaster information systems sciences. He/she is requested to carry out interdisciplinary and international research on development and evaluation of disaster information systems, contributing to effective disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. He/she is also expected to contribute to education in the Department of Social Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University. The successful applicant is expected to have a Ph.D. or its equivalent and to be proficient in Japanese.

Starting date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Working conditions: Working hours: 38 hours 45 minutes per week under full-time employment in a discretionary working system. Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, Year-end and New Year holidays, University Foundation Day, and summer vacation.

Salary and benefits: To be determined in accordance with the existing employment regulations of Kyoto University.

Insurance:

(1) Health and Pension Insurance covered by the National Government Employee’s Mutual Aid Association. (2) Unemployment Insurance, and (3) Worker’s Compensation.

Applicants should prepare the following material:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of Feb. 15^th, 2016 (JST) at the following address:

Selection Committee for Disaster Information Systems Laboratory Professor

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

For inquiries, send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/.

Kyoto University is an equal opportunity employer.

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Associate Professor position.

Location: Hydrometeorological Disaster Laboratory, Disaster Prevention Research Institute,Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.

Job description and required qualification: The appointed associate professor is expected to conduct researches on hydrometeorological disasters, focusing on generation and prediction of convective storm and on hydrological forecasting. The research deals with experimental in-situ observation on convective storm generation and development using the latest remote sensors including weather radar, and advanced analytical and modeling technology. He/she also plans and coordinates the in-situ observation activities in cooperation with other organizations within and outside of Japan. The successful applicant is also expected to contribute to the Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. He/she should have a Ph.D. or its equivalent and to be proficient in Japanese.
Starting date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Working conditions: Working hours: 38 hours 45 minutes per week under full-time employment in a discretionary working system. Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, Year-end and New Year holidays, University  Foundation Day, and summer vacation.

Salary and benefits: To be determined in accordance with the existing employment regulations of Kyoto University.

Insurance:

(1) Health and Pension Insurance covered by the National Government
Employee’s Mutual Aid Association. (2) Unemployment Insurance, and (3) Worker’s Compensation.

Applicants should prepare the following material:
(1) Curriculum vitae
(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
(3) Copies of five relevant papers
(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)
(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)
(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)
The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of Dec. 14th, 2015 (JST) at the following address:

Selection Committee for Hydrometeorological Disaster Associate Professor
Administrative Office, Uji Campus,
Kyoto University Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

For inquiries, send e-mail to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/.
Kyoto University is an equal opportunity employer.

Research Center for Earthquake Prediction,

Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University

September 14^th, 2015

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Associate Professor position.

Job description and required qualification: The appointed associate professor is expected to conduct research on new topics, such as modeling of earthquakes and crustal activity based on seismic and continuous crustal deformation observations, and/or studies of earthquake generating mechanisms using laboratory or field experiments. These efforts should contribute to earthquake forecasting through research on earthquake generation and crustal activity related to intraplate earthquakes. The successful applicant is expected to support observation studies conducted at the Kamitakara Observatory and research projects related to the Hida region. The successful applicant is also expected to contribute to the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. He/she should have a Ph.D. or its equivalent and be proficient in Japanese.

Location: Crustal Activity Evaluation Laboratory, Research Center for Earthquake Prediction, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, JAPAN.

Starting date: As soon as possible after April 1^st, 2016.

Working conditions: Working hours: 38 hours 45 minutes per week under full-time employment in a discretionary working system. Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, Year-end and New Year holidays, University Foundation Day, and summer vacation.

Salary and benefits: To be determined in accordance with the existing employment regulations of Kyoto University.

Insurance: (1) Health and Pension Insurance covered by the National Government Employee’s Mutual Aid Association. (2) Unemployment Insurance, and (3) Worker’s Compensation.

Applicants should prepare the following material:

(1) Curriculum vitae

(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)

(3) Copies of five relevant papers

(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)

(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)

(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of Nov. 16^th, 2015 (JST) at the following address:

Selection Committee for RCEP Associate Professor, Crustal Activity Evaluation,

Administrative Office, Uji Campus,

Kyoto University

Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

For inquiries, send email to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/.

Kyoto University is an equal opportunity employer.

September 14th, 2015

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Associate Professor position.

Job description and required qualification: The appointed associate professor is expected to conduct research on landslide dynamics, which includes transport and sedimentation processes of landslide mass leading to formation of large-scale landslide dams. The research should be conducted with field investigations, monitoring, laboratory experiments, and geotechnical analyses, with a broad perspective of earth science studies related to surface processes. These efforts will contribute to prediction of landslide occurrence and advanced planning for landslide disasters, through collaboration with other organizations within and outside of Japan. The successful applicant is also expected to contribute to the Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. He/she should have a Ph.D. or its equivalent and to be proficient in Japanese.

Location: Landslide Dynamics Laboratory, Research Center on Landslides, Disaster Prevention Resarch Istitute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, JAPAN.

Starting date: As soon as possible after the selection.

Working conditions: Working hours: 38 hours 45 minutes per week under full-time employment in a discretionary working system. Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, Year-end and New Year holidays, University Foundation Day, and summer vacation.

Salary and benefits: To be determined in accordance with the existing employment regulations of Kyoto University.

Insurance:

(1) Health and Pension Insurance covered by the National Government Employee’s Mutual Aid Association.(2) Unemployment Insurance, and (3) Worker’s Compensation.

Applicants should prepare the following material:

(1) Curriculum vitae
(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
(3) Copies of five relevant papers
(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)
(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)
(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)
The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of Nov. 16th, 2015 (JST) at the following address:

Selection Committee for Landslide Dynamics Associate Professor
Administrative Office, Uji Campus,
Kyoto University Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN
For inquiries, send email to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)
For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/.
Kyoto University is an equal opportunity employer.

July 13th, 2015

The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for a permanent Professor position. Job description and required qualification: The appointed professor is expected to conduct research on advanced ground motion evaluation for nonlinear or irregular ground responses,
evaluation of seismic response considering soil-foundation-structure interaction, and/or quantitative evaluation of the seismic performance of buildings. These efforts will be carried out to contribute to better damage prediction, advanced seismic design, and improved rehabilitation of structures, through collaboration with other organizations within and outside of Japan. The successful applicant is also expected to contribute to the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. He/she is expected to have a Ph.D. or its equivalent and to be proficient in Japanese.

Starting date: As soon as possible after April 1st, 2016.
Working conditions: Working hours: 38 hours 45 minutes per week under a flexible-hours system. Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, Year-end and New Year holidays, University Foundation Day, and summer vacation.
Salary and benefits: To be determined in accordance with the existing employment regulations of Kyoto University. Insurance: (1) Health and Pension Insurance covered by the National Government Employee’s Mutual Aid Association. (2) Unemployment Insurance, and (3) Worker’s Compensation.

Applicants should prepare the following material:
(1) Curriculum vitae
(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
(3) Copies of five relevant papers
(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)
(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)
(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)

The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of Oct. 13th, 2015 (JST) at the following address:
Selection Committee for Earthquake Disaster Professor, Structural Dynamics,
Administrative Office, Uji Campus, Kyoto University Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

For inquiries, send email to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)
For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/.
Kyoto University is an equal opportunity employer.

The Research Center for Disaster Reduction Systems (DRS) of the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for an Associate Professor position.
The appointed associate professor is requested to conduct theoretical and practical research
related to risk reduction caused by huge disasters, especially, in the field of infrastructure planning and management. He/she is requested to carry out interdisciplinary and international research on disaster risk governance. He/she is also expected to contribute to education in the Department of Social Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University. The successful applicant is expected to have a Ph.D. or its equivalent and to be proficient in
Japanese.

Applicants should prepare the following material:
(1) Curriculum vitae
(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
(3) Copies of five relevant papers
(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)
(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)
(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)
The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 15 September, 2015 at the following address:

Selection Committee for DRS Associate Professor, Integrated Disaster Reduction Systems

Administrative Office, Uji Campus, Kyoto University Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN

For inquiries, send an email to apply_staff@dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp

For more information about DPRI, please visit http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/.
Kyoto University is an equal opportunity employer.

Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for an Associate Professor position. The appointed associate professor is requested to conduct research that investigates earthquake source physics and generation of severe shaking using strong ground motion data. The research should consider propagation-path and site effects, to improve the methodologies for predicting damaging ground motions from earthquakes. The successful applicant is also expected to contribute to the Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. He/she is expected to have a Ph.D. or its equivalent and to be proficient in Japanese.

Applicants should prepare the following material:
(1) Curriculum vitae
(2) List of publications (divided clearly into refereed journal papers and others)
(3) Copies of five relevant papers
(4) Brief summary of research and related contributions (up to two A4 pages)
(5) Statement of research plans (up to two A4 pages, including figures)
(6) Recommendation letters or names and contact information of two references (include addresses, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses)
The complete application package must arrive by the deadline of 15 Sep. 2015 (JST) at the following address:
Selection Committee for ED Associate Professor, Strong Motion Seismology,
Administrative Office, Uji Campus,
Kyoto University
Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 JAPAN
For inquiries, send email to apply_staff ‘at’ dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace ‘at’ with @)

For more information about DPRI, see http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/ .
Kyoto University is an equal opportunity employer.

・Associate Professor, Subduction Zone Earthquakes
The Research Center for Earthquake Prediction (RCEP) of the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University invites applications for an Associate Professor position.

・Associate Professor, Seismotectonicsﾂꀀ

The Research Division of Earthquake Hazards, Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, invites applications for a permanent position of Associate Professor.