Integrated Program for Next Generation Volcano Research and Human Resource Development

Introduction

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) launched the “Integrated Program for Next Generation Volcano Research and Human Resource Development” in light of the eruption disaster at Mount Ontake in September 2014, with the aim of advancing Japan’s volcano research and contributing to mitigation and disaster resilience countermeasures for volcanic hazards. The aims of this project are “Promotion of integrated volcano research encompassing observation, forecasting and countermeasures with unifying volcano observation data” and “Nurturing human resources with the qualities to become highly accomplished volcano researchers with specialized knowledge and skills regarding volcanoes.”

Project outline

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Download of the project leaflet (PDF 3.04 MB)
Download of the project booklet (PDF 5.20 MB)

Look at movies of the project

1: Project leader interview:
Next Generation Volcano Research Project
and Human Resource Development (02:03 min.)

2: New volcano monitoring using helium isotope ratio:
Next Generation Volcano Research Project (02:14 min.)

3: Project outline animation:
Next Generation Volcano Research Project (02:47 min.)

Participating organizations

Next Generation Volcano Research
Akita University / Asia Air Survey Co., Ltd. / Hakusan Corporation / Hokkaido University / Hot Spring Research Institute of Kanagawa Prefecture / Ibaraki University / Kagoshima University / Kobe University / Kumamoto University / Kyoto University / Kyushu University / Mount Fuji Research Institute, Yamanashi Prefectural Government / Nagoya University / National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) / National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) / Nihon University / Obayashi Corporation Technical Research Institute / Shizuoka University / The University of Tokyo / Tohoku University / Tokai University / Tokoha University / Tokyo Institute of Technology / Waseda University / Yamagata University

Consortium for Human Resource Development in Volcanology
Tohoku University (representative institution) / Hokkaido University / Yamagata University / The University of Tokyo / Tokyo Institute of Technology / Nagoya University / Kyoto University / Kyushu University / Kagoshima University / Kobe University / Shinshu University / Akita University / Ibaraki University / Hiroshima University / Tokyo Metropolitan University / Waseda University / National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) / National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) / Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) / Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) / Miyagi Prefecture / Nagano Prefecture / Nagasaki Prefecture / Kanagawa Prefecture / Gifu Prefecture / Hokkaido Prefecture / Kagoshima Prefecture / The Volcanological Society of Japan / Interuniversity Center for Reserch in Volcanology (CIRVULC) /
Japan Society of Disaster Information Studies / Asia Air Survey Co.,Ltd.

 

Contact office:
Center for Integrated Volcano Research,
National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED)
Address: 3-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0006, JAPAN.
E-mail: kazan-pj@bosai.go.jp

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