Associate Professor Position in the Research Section of Hydrometeorology, DPRI-KU (This position is only open to female applicants.)

【English】Details of the Job Openings

 

 

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

 

Location: Research Center for Climate Change Adaptation Strategy, 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 promoting research that, with respect to heavy rainfall causing floods, predicts its future changes under climate change, clarifies its initiation and development mechanisms, and elevates these findings into socially implementable disaster prevention and mitigation technologies for flood control. Furthermore, the appointed associate professor is expected to expand research that contributes to creating new heavy rainfall disaster risk information by elucidating the disaster process from torrential rain to flooding from both random and inevitable aspects. As part of Kyoto University promotion of gender equality, this position is only open to female applicants. Additionally, the candidate will be responsible for educating students in the Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering at the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. A Ph.D. or an equivalent degree is required, and the candidate is expected 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 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, October 16^th, 2026 at the following address:

Selection Committee of Associate 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 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.