Dr Yuto Shiozaki is a researcher at the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED), Japan, specialising in urban planning, disaster resilience and recovery. His work sits at the intersection of urban planning and quantitative social science, examining how cities and local communities respond to disasters, recover over time, and how pre-disaster resilience shapes post-disaster outcomes.
At NIED, he leads and contributes to research on the empirical validation of resilience indicators, developing evidence-based measurement frameworks for disaster preparedness and recovery policy. He is also involved in a large-scale, population-based post-disaster recovery survey of all residents aged 18–79 in Wajima City following the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake, exploring what recovery looks like under conditions of population decline and assessing how resilience factors influence recovery trajectories.
Beyond academic research, he works closely with local residents and municipal governments to co-design visions and plans for flood-adaptive cities. Through participatory workshops and collaborative planning processes, he examines the urban structures and governance arrangements required to enable communities to sustain themselves amid increasing flood risk.
He is committed to translating research into practice by supporting decision-makers with actionable evidence and embedding resilience concepts into real-world planning and implementation.
He holds a Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Engineering and Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Engineering from the University of Tokyo.
