Faculty, Department/Institute

• Faculty of Safety Science Department of Safety Management

Academic status (qualification)

• Professor Apr. 1,1997

Position

• 2023/4/1～2024/3/31
• 2023/4/1～2024/3/31

Undergraduate Degrees・University

• The University of TokyoDepartment of Social Psychology 1980 Graduated

Graduate Degrees・University

• The University of Tokyo Doctor's Degree Program 1986 ABD- Coursework completed

Academic Degrees

• Master of Sociology Mar. 1982 The University of Tokyo

Homepage Address, E-mail Address

• Homepage Address：https://wps.itc.kansai-u.ac.jp/tsuchida/
• E-mail Address：tsuchida@kansai-u.ac.jp

Research fields

Research topics

Research Activities

• I have studied on the attitude structures affecting human decision-making. My present interest is in the researches on decision-making processes at risk situations, risk perception, and risk communication, especially in the field of public acceptance of Science & Technology and of disasters & accidents in general. I have been engaged in a “Communication Field” Study which aims to nullify the barriers between nuclear experts that are so called “GENSHIRYOKU-MURA (Atomic Energy Community)” and citizens, and a research to investigate risk perception of the Chinese youth, a research on the leadership of governments at the Great East Japan Earthquake 2011, and so on. Now, I research in panic behaviors in disasters in China and people’s responses to Covid-19 and its vaccine. I also committed to the activities of International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP). A research fellow of Kennedy School, Harvard University in 2014; Councilor, The Society for Risk analysis (SRA) in 2016-2019; President, SRA-Asia in 2019-2022; Director, Atomic Energy Society of Japan in 2018-2022.

Research Career

• Assistant Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences, Osaka University 1987/1/1～1989年/3/31
• Lecture, School of Arts and Letters, Meiji University 1989/4/1～1992年/3/31
• Associate Professor, School of Arts and Letters, Meiji University 1992/4/1～1997年/3/31
• Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Kansai University 1997/4/1～2010年/3/31
• Professor, Faculty of Safety Science, Kansai University

Awards

• The Japanese Psychological Association Award Sep. 6,1999(The Japanese Psychological Association)
• The Award of the Society Nov. 19,2011(The Society for Risk Analysis, Japan)
• The Japan Association of Applied Psychology Award Aug. 14,2013(The Japan Association of Applied Psychology)
• Presidential Merit Award Dec. 2018(The Society for Risk Analysis)
• Fellow Award Dec. 2020(The Society for Risk Analysis)

Academic Associations

Joint Projects/Commissioned Projects

• 
  1983 - 1984 International Joint Research
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  1983 - 1985 Domestic Joint Research
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  1983 - 1986 Other
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  1983 - 1986 Domestic Joint Research
• The sociological Study of Psychological Effects of Occupational and Educational Self-direction
  1986 - 1987 Domestic Joint Research
• Social strativication and social mobility survey
  1987 - 1989 Domestic Joint Research
• Risk perception and attitudes toward energy and technology in the US, Japan, and France
  1991 - 1995 International Joint Research
• Development & research in covariance structure analysis
  1992 - 1993 Domestic Joint Research
• Social surveys on people's perception to nuclear energy
  1992 - 1996 Joint research collaboration between industry and academia
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  1994 - 2000 Domestic Joint Research
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  1996 - 2002 Domestic Joint Research
• Mind control problem among university students
  1997 - 1999 Domestic Joint Research
• Researches on human and social relation problems
  1988 - 1989 Joint Research on campus
• Zero-risk perceptions and cognitive structures of attitudes toward nuclear power plants
  1999 - 2000 Joint research collaboration between industry and academia
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  2001 - 2002 Joint Research on campus
• International comparison of risk perception and human attitude-structures
  2002 - 2003 International Joint Research
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  2003 - 2004 Domestic Joint Research
• Integration of scientific expertise into media-based public discourses
  2004 - 2007 International Joint Research
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  2006 - 2007 Domestic Joint Research
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  2006 - 2010 Domestic Joint Research
• Risk communication on nuclear power
  2007 - 2008 Joint research collaboration between industry and academia
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  2008 - 2009 Domestic Joint Research
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  2008 - 2009 Joint Research on campus
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  2008 - 2014 Domestic Joint Research
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  2010 - 2011 Joint research collaboration between industry and academia
• Risk perception of university students in China
  2011 - 2015 International Joint Research
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  2011 - 2021 From contract research companies
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  2015 - 2016 Domestic Joint Research
• A Comprehensive Framework for Assessing and Responding to Disaster Related Migration
  2016 - 2018 International Joint Research
• Determinants of Panic and Craze at Disasters in China
  2018 - 2022 International Joint Research
• Problem of information flow in the society and citizens’ behaviors with Covid-19
  2020 - 2021 Joint Research on campus

Research Publications

Community Activities

• Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (member of the Committee for Social Surveys on Citizens' Attitudes to Nuclear Power) 1992～1996
• Tenth International Conference on AIDS (member of the Program Committee) 1993～1994
• Member of the HIV Prevention Research Committee by Health and Labour Research Grants 1994～2001
• Member of a Research Committee commissioned by Ministry of the Environment 1996～2001
• Atomic Energy Commission of Japan (Invited Speaker to Meetings on HLW) 1996～1998
• Japan Productivity Center for Socio-Economic Development (Member of a Research Committee)
• Japan Chemical Industry Association (Head of Committee on Risk-Communication) 1998～1999
• Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (member of the Committee for the Evaluation of Research and Development Issues) 1999～2005
• Suita City Cultural Promotion Foundation (Councilor) 2001～2003
• Japan Universities Association for Computer Education (Trustee) 2001～2003
• Nuclear Safety Research Association (Member of a research committee) 2001～2002
• Osaka Science and Technology Center (Member of a research committee)
• Nuclear Safety Research Association (Head of a research committee) 2003～2005

Research Activities Overseas

• Kansai University's Overseas Research Program(long term)Research Fellow 2002The United Kingdom Brunel University
• OtherBilateral Program Researcher, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 2005Slovenia Ljubljana University
• Kansai University's Overseas Research Program(short term)Research Fellow 2014The United States of America Kennedy School, Harvard University

Participation in International Conferences

• Third International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific 1995
• Society for Risk Analysis, The 18th Annual conference 1995
• The First China-Japan Conference on Risk Assessment and Management 1998
• Society for Risk Analysis, The 24th Annual conference 2001
• Society for Risk Analysis, The 25th Annual conference 2002
• International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology: Sixth European Regional Congress 2003
• Society for Risk Analysis, The 26th Annual conference 2003
• 28th International Congress of Psychology 2004
• International Joint Conference on Risk Assessment and Management 2004
• Society for Risk Analysis, The 27th Annual conference 2004
• International Forum on Risk Perception and Communication, Korean Society for Risk Governance 2005
• Society for Risk Analysis, The 28th Annual conference 2005
• The 9th International Conference on Public Communication of Science and Technology 2006
• Society for Risk Analysis - Europe 15th Annual Conference 2006
• 173rd National Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2007
• The Korean Society of Environmental Toxicology, annual conference 2007 2007
• Society for Risk Analysis, The 30th Annual conference 2007
• 1st China-Japan Science Forum on Environmental Changes, Bio-resources, and Global Warming 2008
• 2nd World Congress on Risk 2008
• The XXIX International Congress of Psychology 2008
• Society for Risk Analysis, Annual Meeitng 2008 2008

Courses Taught

• Risk Perception
• Risk Communication
• Practical exercise of Societal Safety Sciences
• Advanced Seminar I
• Advanced Seminar II
• Graduation Thesis I
• Graduation Thesis II
• Risk Communication
• Seminar IVA（Psychology of Social Safety）
• Seminar IVB（Psychology of Social Safety）
• AI and Data Science - Experiences -
• Introduction to Safety Science II