Organizer:
Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, University of Tokyo

Venue: #92B, 9F, Faculty of Engineering Bldg 2, Hongo campus, University of Tokyo

Date: 10 DECEMBER 2015 (Thursday)

Language: English

RSVP: Not needed

Schedule:
09:30 – 09:45
REGISTRATION

09:45 ｰ 10:00
WELCOME & INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

Shin MIZUKOSHI | University of Tokyo
Osamu SAKURA | University of Tokyo
Tyson VAUGHAN | National University of Singapore

10:00 ｰ 11:10
PANEL 1 | HEALING DIVISIONS
Chairperson
Shin MIZUKOSHI | University of Tokyo
10:00
Osamu SAKURA
University of Tokyo
A Two-Front War Against Anti-Intellectualism and Expert Paternalism
10:20
Tyson VAUGHAN
National University of Singapore
Moving Beyond Social and Epistemological “Bundan” in Fukushima
10:40
DISCUSSION

11:10 – 11:25
TEA BREAK
11:25 – 12:35

PANEL 2 | POLITICS & EXPERTISE IN CROSS-SCALE URBAN DISASTER GOVERNANCE
Chairperson
Osamu Sakura | University of Tokyo
11:25
Mike DOUGLASS
National University of Singapore
Linking Knowledge to Action: Disaster Resilience at Micro, Meso and Macro Scales of Expertise
11:45
Eli ELINOFF
National University of Singapore
Bureaucratic Activists and Grassroots Experts: Politics and Inclusion After Disaster
12:05
DISCUSSION

12:35 – 13:40
LUNCH

13:40 ｰ 14:50
PANEL 3 | MODELS OF ENGAGED PRACTICE AND SCHOLARSHIP
Chairperson
Shin Mizukoshi | University of Tokyo
13:40
Gerald POTUTAN
International Recovery Platform, Kobe, Japan
Overcoming Policy Challenges Through Inter-Governmental Partnerships and Training
14:00
Atsushi TANAKA
University of Tokyo (CIDIR)
The Role of University-Based Disaster Mitigation and Prevention Research
14:20
DISCUSSION
14:50 – 15:05
SHORT BREAK

15:05 ｰ 16:15
PANEL 4 | DESIGNING POST-DISASTER COMMUNITIES
Chairperson
Sulfikar AMIR | Nanyang Technological University
15:05
Christian DIMMER
University of Tokyo
Place-Making and Social Design in Post-Disaster, Post-Growth Japan
15:25
Hideki KOIZUMI
University of Tokyo
Participatory Community Design in Disaster Recovery
15:45
DISCUSSION
16:15 – 16:30
TEA BREAK

16:30 – 17:30
OPEN ROUNDTABLE: “ENGAGING EXPERTISE” AND ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP
Facilitator
Tyson VAUGHAN | National University of Singapore
Lead Discussants
Osamu SAKURA | University of Tokyo
Shin MIZUKOSHI | University of Tokyo
Mike DOUGLASS | National University of Singapore
17:30
CONCLUDING REMARKS

Shin MIZUKOSHI | University of Tokyo

17:45
END OF WORKSHOP