TSUCHIDA Shoji
Dean, Contract Professor, Graduate School and Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences, Kansai University
Professor Emeritus, Kansai University
1957 Born in Yamagata prefecture ( the northern part of Honshu island ) , Nippon (Japan) ( male )
Education
1975 Graduated from Sakata-Higashi high school
1980 Graduated from The University of Tokyo ( Department of Social Psychology )
1986 Completed Ph.D. course at The University of Tokyo ( Department of Social Psychology )
Career
1987-1989 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences, Osaka University
1989-1992 Lecture, School of Arts and Letters, Meiji University
1992-1997 Associate Professor, School of Arts and Letters, Meiji University
1997-2010 Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Kansai University (Professor of Social Psychology )
1999-2000 Deputy Vice-President, Kansai University
2000-2002 Director, Information Processing Center, Kansai University
2002-2003 Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Human Sciences, Brunel University (UK)
2005 Bilateral Program Researcher, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [Ljubljana University (Slovenia)]
2008-2010 Vice-Dean, Graduate School of Psychology, Kansai University
2010-2024 Professor, Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences, Kansai University (Professor of Risk Communication & Risk Perception )
2010-2012 Vice-Dean, Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences, Kansai University
2014 Visiting Fellow, Ash Center, Kennedy School, Harvard University (USA)
2016-2020,2022-2024 Councilor, Kansai University
2022-2024 Dean, Graduate School and Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences, Kansai University
2024- Professor Emeritus, Kansai University
2024- Contract Professor, Graduate School and Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences, Kansai University
Award
1999 The Japanese Psychological Association Award
2011 “The Award of the Society “,The Society for Risk Analysis, Japan
2013 The Japan Association of Applied Psychology Award
2018 “Presidential Merit Award”, The Society for Risk Analysis
2020 “Fellow Award”, The Society for Risk Analysis (Award Video)
Membership (Academic Societies)
- The Society for Risk Analysis [SRA] (Councilor 2016-2019, Fellow 2020-)
- The Asian Regional Organization of the Society for Risk Analysis [SRA-Asia] (President 2020-2022, Past-President 2022-2024)
- The Society for Risk Analysis, Japan [SRA Japan] (President 2006-2008, Councilor 2000-2006)
- Atomic Energy Society of Japan [AESJ] (Director 2018-2022, Fellow 2023-)
- Japan Health Physics Society [JHPS]
- Japan Society for Disaster Information Studies [JASDIS]
- The Japanese Psychological Association
- The Japanese Society of Social Psychology (Councilor 1999-2001, 2003-2007)
- The Japanese Group Dynamics Association [JGDA] (Councilor 2007-2008)
- The Japan Association of Applied Psychology [JAAP]
- Behaviormetric Society of Japan [BMS]
- Japan Association for Consumer Studies [JACS] (President 2007-2009, Councilor 1994-2004)