Updated on July 21, 2024

Hironori Kato, Dr. Eng.
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Graduate School of Engineering
The University of Tokyo
Degree: Doctor of Engineering (The University of Tokyo, 1999)
Expertise: transportation planning and policy, transportation economics, transportation
finance, and travel behavioral analysis
Dr. Hironori Kato is a full professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The
University of Tokyo since November 2013. He graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering, The Universityof Tokyo in 1993 and obtained his doctoral degree in 1999 from The University of Tokyo. He started his career firstas Research Associate at The University of Tokyo, then worked as Project Manager at the Institute of Transport Policy
Studies in Tokyo, and for the last over 24 years up at The University of Tokyo.
Dr. Kato is currently the Director at the Division of Engineering Education, Institute for Innovation in International
Engineering Education, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. He has been also serving as a codirector of the Program for Master in Civil Engineering, Vietnam Japan University (VJU) at Hanoi since September
2016, and a director of Board of Directors, Japan Transport and Tourism Research Institute since June 2023.
He has published extensively in leading journals such as Transportation Research Part A, B, and F; Transport Policy;
Transport Reviews; Transportation; and Transportation Research Record. He has published over 100 publications ininternational refereed journals (including 60 papers in SCIE/SSCI journals), about 150 presentations at international
conferences, and more than 10 book chapters. He has also made nearly 200 invited presentations/keynote lecturesat international seminars and/or workshops.
Dr. Kato has contributed to nearly 200 advisory/research committees of the central and local governments in Japanas a policy advisor, such as Special Member of the Council for Transport Policy (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,Transport and Tourism, Japan) and Special Member of the Council for Policy Evaluation (Ministry of Internal Affairs
and Communications, Japan). He has also worked for international development projects as a technical advisor toJapan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) while he has engaged in many international projects organized byinternational institutions such as Asian Development Bank (ADB) and International Transport Forum (ITF) in
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Additionally, he has actively participated in international academic/professional societies such as the International
Scientific Committee of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS) and Asian Civil Engineering
Coordinating Council (ACECC) in addition to domestic societies such as Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE). He
has contributed to over 320 academic papers in more than 70 international journals/conferences as a reviewer. He
has also served the Editor-in-chief of Asian Transport Studies for eight years while he has also been a member ofEditorial Advisory Board of Transportation, an Academic Editor in PLOS ONE Editorial Board, an Associate Editor ofUrban Rail Transit, and a member of Sustainability Reviewer Board.
Dr. Kato has acted as a principal investigator on over 230 million JPY (equivalent to approximately 1.6 million USD
as of December 2023) of funded research, supported by agencies that include Japan Society for the Promotion ofScience (JSPS); Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST); Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism,and Japan (MLIT); and Asian Development Bank (ADB).
He has been honored many awards, including the Best Paper Awards (Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies,September 2019, 2015); the Kometani-Sasaki Award (Kometani-Sasaki Foundation, November 2014); the Japan
Society of Transportation Economics (JSTE) Award (JSTE, October 2014); Outstanding Paper Award at the Emerald
Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2014 (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, May 2014); and the Best Teaching
Award of Year 2015 (Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, April 2016).
His personal website is available at http://www.trip.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/kato.