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International Project Lab
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A lab that studies international projects across disciplines, including development, disaster risk reduction, and transportation.
AboutAbout the lab
Taking on international projects with knowledge from every discipline
The International Project Lab studies infrastructure development, disaster risk reduction, transportation planning, and related issues in international settings.
In addition to engineering, the lab draws on knowledge from every field, including sociology, political science, and economics, to address a variety of problems in Japan and overseas.
Students belong to a team led by their supervisor, and also take part in lab-wide meetings, research presentations, and training camps.
Besides overseas field surveys, many students join internships or study abroad overseas, using programs such as the department's internship program with the Asian Development Bank.
Key terms
- Technology transfer
- The process of passing on the technology and knowledge held by one country or organization so that another country or organization can use it, and helping it take root
- Social network analysis
- A method of examining how people and organizations are connected in order to understand how information spreads and how groups behave
- Resident resettlement
- The relocation of people living in an area to another place because of projects such as roads or dams. Rebuilding their livelihoods becomes a key issue
ResearchResearch themes
The lab conducts cutting-edge research that cuts across disciplines in an international context. It is especially interested in social innovation, project management, policy design and analysis, development, disaster risk reduction, and transportation planning.
*Illustrative imageTransportation and Infrastructure in Developing and Emerging Countries
The lab studies the sustainable development of developing and emerging countries, as well as infrastructure from international and regional perspectives. It also conducts fundamental research on Japan's strategies for overseas infrastructure expansion, technology transfer, and transportation planning and policy.
*Illustrative imageOrganizations and Communities Facing Disasters
The lab uses social network analysis to examine how organizations involved in disaster risk reduction change over time and how information spreads within communities. It also studies earthquake engineering that accounts for the nonlinear dynamic response of structures, and the effects of uncertainty in seismic design.
*Illustrative imageInfrastructure Projects and Resident Resettlement
The lab studies land acquisition and resident resettlement associated with infrastructure projects, social welfare as collective action, and comparative analysis of government organizations and their public relations.
MembersFaculty
Members of the International Project Lab include faculty members, researchers, students in the doctoral, master's, and undergraduate programs, and exchange students.As of 2026
- ProfessorHironori KatoPublications ↗
- ProfessorRiki HondaPublications ↗
- LecturerSo Morikawa
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “DJI 0153-1” SinsiDILINI123 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Transportation and Infrastructure in Developing and Emerging Countries: “Traffic jam in Duren Tiga bus stop, Jakarta, August 2024” Dede2008 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Organizations and Communities Facing Disasters: “Flooding in Sri Lanka (MODIS )” MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC / Public domain (cropped)
- Infrastructure Projects and Resident Resettlement: “Southern Expressway (E01) in Sri Lanka” Lanil Marasinghe / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Sekimoto Lab): “ISS-62 Tokyo, Japan at night” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
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- Related lab (Concrete Lab): “Dogawa Dam” 河川一等兵 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Kiyota Lab): “Manhole shows subsidence occurred by 2011 Sendai earthquake” On-chan / CC0 (cropped)
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