Daisuke Kageyama

Daisuke Kageyama is a researcher in the volcano and debris flow research team at the Public Works Research Institute in Japan. Daisuke has seven years of experience working in the government sector, both in the central government and local government, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and the Hyogo Prefectural Government. Daisuke specializes in building a resilient and sustainable society through data-driven approaches with statistical analysis skills, civil engineering expertise, and deep insight into natural disasters. Daisuke grew up at the foot of Mt.Fuji in Fuji City, Shizuoka, where people live amid the risks of mega earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions, which made him decide to devote his life to creating a resilient and sustainable society for the future generation. In his free time, Daisuke likes to read novels and telemark ski in the mountains. Daisuke earned his bachelor’s in Forest Science, specializing in erosion control engineering, from Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, and his master’s in Public Policy, specializing in policy analysis and urban science and sustainable development, from the University of Chicago, Chicago, USA.