Kiyoshi Kobayashi (professor)

Kiyoshi Kobayashi (小林潔司, Kobayashi Kiyoshi) is Director of the Management Research Center of the Graduate School of Management and Professor of Engineering, Infrastructure Economics and Management at the Department of Urban Management of Kyoto University. He was born in 1953 in Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Life and Academic Career

Professor Kobayashi got his B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Kyoto University in 1976, his M.Sc. from Kyoto University in 1978 and his PhD from Kyoto University in 1984. He is the recipient of several awards and prizes for his research including the Hinomaru Prize in 1988, the JSCE (Japan Society of Civil Engineers) Research Prize in 1993, 2001 and 2007. In 2007 he was included in the Top 50 City Creators and Urban Experts of the Ministry of the Environment of Denmark.

From 1978-1986, Professor Kobayashi was a Research Associate in Graduate School of Engineering of Kyoto University. In 1987 he became an Associate Professor at the Department of Social Systems Engineering at Tottori University, where in 1990 he became a full-time Professor. In 1996 he returned to Kyoto University as a full-time Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering. In 2006 he became the Vice Dean of the Graduate School of Management of Kyoto University and in 2010 he became the Dean. He held that position until April 2012.

Research Activities

1985, Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
1986-1988, Visiting Scholar, CERUM (Center of Regional Science), Umeå University
1987-1990, Visiting Scholar, Institute for Futures Studies, Sweden
1989–present, Editorial Board Member, The Annals of Regional Science
1994-1998, Editorial Board Member, Journal of JSCE
1997-2002, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Applied Regional Science
1999–present, Editorial Board Member, Papers in Regional Science
2001-2003, Secretary, Japan Society of Civil Engineers (Planning Division)
2002-2006, Editorial Board Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
2004-2005, Vice President, Applied Regional Science Conference
2006–present, Co-editor in Chief, American Society of Civil Engineers
2006–present, Editor in Chief, Japan Journal of Civil Engineering,
2006–present, Member of Japan Council of Infrastructure
2006–present, Member of Japan Council of Transport Policy
2007–present, President, Applied Regional Science
2007–present, Member of Japan Academy of Science

Works

Ake E. Andersson, David F. Batten, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, and Kazuhiro Yoshikawa, (eds.), 1993, The Cosmo-Creative Society, Logistical Networks in a Dynamic Economy, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, London,
Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Ake E. Andersson, 1999, Creativity and the Future of Metropolis, Morikita.
Kiyoshi Kobayashi, 1999, Cities in Knowledge Society, Morikita.
K. Kobayashi, H. Westlund, K. Matsushima (eds.)，2005，Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas, MARG.
K. Ito, H. Westlund, K. Kobayashi and T. Hatori(eds.), 2006, Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas, Vol.2, MARG.
K. Kobayashi, T. R. Lakshmanan, and W. P. Anderson, 2007, Structural Change in Transportation and Communications in the Knowledge Society, Edward Elgar
C. Scawthorn C. and K. Kobayashi, 2008, Asian Catastrophe Insurance, Risk Books.
K.Kobayashi, A.R. Khairuddin, G.Ofori, and S.Ogunlana, S. (eds.), 2009, Joint Ventures in Construction, Thomas Telford.

References

External links

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 23172730 ISNI: 0000 0000 8364 6595 SUDOC: 08084233X

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 4/24/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.