Last modified: April 2024

YUYA SHIBUYAThe University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Email: yysby@g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
https://www.yuyashibuya.com/EDUCATION
Ph.D.
The University of Tokyo, Japan
Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies(Graduated as a representative of the school)

March 2019

Ph.D. Thesis Title:“Using Social Media Communication Data for Recovery: A Study Exploring
the Possibility of Detecting Socio-Economic Activities Following a Disaster”
Completed the Graduate Program for Social ICT Global Creative Leaders

March 2019

M.A
The University of Tokyo, Japan
Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies
Socio-information and Communication Studies

March 2016

B.A. in Philosophy
Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

2006-2010

ACADEMIC POSITIONThe University of Tokyo
The Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies
Associate Professor (with tenure)
The University of Tokyo
Center for Spatial Information Science
Associate Professor
The Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin, Germany
Research Fellow

April 2024 -January 2022 - March 2024

2023 October - 2024 February

The University of Tokyo
The Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies
Project Research AssociateMusashi University, Tokyo, Japan
Part-time LecturerApr 2019 - Dec 2021

September 2020 - March 2022

The Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin, Germany
Digital Research Fellow

2020

OTHER EMPLOYMENTCorpy&CO., Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Research Manager

2020 - 2022

The Open Governance Network, Tokyo, Japan
Research Director

2019 - 2022

Hitachi Transport System, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Data Analyst InternAugust 2018 - September 2018

Higashi Nippon Broadcasting Co, Ltd., Sendai, JapanJournalist2010 - 2014

Mainly covered crime and legal stories, as well as the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011

FELLOWSHIP / GRANTS
The Weizenbaum Institute, Research Fellow
JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP21K13278 (Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists)
The Weizenbaum Institute, Research Fellow
The Telecommunications Advancement Foundation
The Graduate Program for Social ICT Global Creative Leaders
Leave a Nest Grant

2023-2024
2021-2023
2020
2019-2020
2016-2019
2017

AWARDSSpecially Selected Paper of IPSJ Journal
NetMob 2023 Best Challenge Contribution Runner-up
IPSJ Yamashita SIG Research Award
2022 Best Paper Award, Computer Security Symposium in Kumamoto, JapanThe Budding Scholar Award [Shinshin-kenkyu-syo], The Society of Socio-Informatics, JapanThe PhD Thesis Award, the Society of Socio-Informatics, Japan
The Academic Award of the Japan Economic Policy Association (Junior award)

2023
2023
2023
2022
201920192019

Best Student Paper Nomination at ISCRAM 2019
Graduated PhD as a representative of the Graduate School (GSII), the University of TokyoNTT DATA Twitter Innovation Contest 2019, Excellence Award
Selected as a CEO Leader which devote to train data scientists
LNest Grant, Proto Award
Distinguished Paper Award at 2016 e-Case & e-Tech

2019
2019
2019
2018
2017
2016

SKILLS
Python, Java, R, Stata, LATEX, etc.
Languages
English (fluent) and Japanese (native)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor, GSII, The University of Tokyo,
Introduction to Quantitative Data Analysis

2023

Instructor, Musashi University, Tokyo, Japan
Course: Introduction to Digital Media Research Methods

2021Instructor, Musashi University, Tokyo, Japan
Course: Critical Thinking

2020

Instructor, GSII, The University of Tokyo,
Study Group: Introduction to Data Analysis with Python

2019

Teaching Assistant, GSII, The University of Tokyo,
Course: Econometrics with R and Python

2017-2019

PUBLICATION

Book
1. Shibuya, Yuya, (2020). Social Media Communication Data for Recovery: Detecting SocioEconomic Activities Following a Disaster. Springer, DOI:10.1007/978-981-15-0825-7.

Journal
1. Sun, Chenchen, Shibuya, Yuya, & Sekimoto, Yoshihide (2024) Social Segregation Levels Vary
Depending on Activity Space Types: Comparison of Segregation in Residential, Workplace,Routine and Non-routine Activities in Tokyo Metropolitan Area. Cities.
2. Garcia, Santiago, Shibuya, Yuya, Sekimoto, Yoshihide (2024). Enhancing geospatial retailanalysis by integrating mobility behavior. Computers, Environments and Urban Systems Journal.
3. Raetzsch, Christoph, Hamm, Andrea, & Shibuya, Yuya. (2023) Infrastructuring for Civic
Technologies: A Research Agenda on Co-Creation Methods, Data Interfaces and Engagementfor Impact. Frontiers in Environmental Science.

4. Shibuya, Yuya, Hamm, Andrea, & Cerratto Pargman, Teresa (2022). Mapping HCI Research
Methods for Studying Social Media Interaction: A Systematic Literature Review. Computers in
Human Behavior.
5. Shibuya, Yuya & Tanaka, Hideyuki, (2019). Using Social Media to Detect Socio-Economic
Disaster Recovery. IEEE Intelligent Systems, May/June 2019, 34(3), 29-37.
6. Shibuya, Yuya. & Tanaka, Hideyuki. (2019). How Does a Large-scale Disaster Impact on theUsed-car Market? A case study of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. The International Journal of Economic Policy Studies, 13(1), 89-117.https://doi.org/10.1007/s42495-0180003-6, (The academic award of the Japan Economic Policy Association [Junior award])
7. Shibuya, Yuya and Hideyuki Tanaka (2018), A Statistical Analysis Between Consumer Behavior and a Social Network Service: A Case Study of Used-Car Demand Following the Great East
Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011, the Review of Socionetwork Strategies, 12(2):205-236,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12626-018-0025-6
8. Shibuya, Yuya. (2017). Impact of ICT tools on Disaster Logistics Issues. International Journalof Business and Information, 12(3): 311-342.
9. Shibuya, Yuya. (2017). A Typology for ICT-facilitated Citizen Coproduction: Pre- and PostDisaster. International Journal of Cyber Society and Education, 10(2): 65-86

Conference Paper
1. Shibuya, Yuya, Garcia, Santiago, Chenchen, Sun, Peiran, Yu, Jue, Ma, & Sekimoto, Yoshihide.
(2023) Unmasking Socioeconomic Disparities: A Study of Urban Segregation through the Lens ofMobile App Usage Patterns In The NetMob 2023 Book of Abstracts (Netmob 2023 Best
Challenge Contribution Runner-up)
2. Tan, Kai-Yi, Lai, Chun-Ming, Foo, Yin-Jie & Shibuya, Yuya (2023). Russo-Ukrainian War on
Facebook: A Temporal and Spatial Study Based on BERTopic modeling. In Proceedings of 2023
International Conference on Security and Information Technologies with AI, Internet Computingand Big-data Applications.
3. Hamm, Andrea, Shibuya, Yuya, Teresa Cerratto Pargman, Roy Bendor, Masahiko Shoji, Nicolai
Brodersen Hansen, Christoph Raetzsch, et al. (2023). Failed yet Successful: Learning from
Discontinued Civic Tech Initiatives. In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on HumanFactors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’23), May 08–13. (h5-index: 113, Rank A*)
4. Nakazato, Tomoka, Shibuya, Yuya, Takagi, Soichiro (2023) Characterizing the Behavior ofHealthcare Experts towards COVID-19 Vaccine on Twitter. In Proceedings of the 8th International
Workshop on Application of Big Data for Computational Social Science at WI-IAT 2023.
5. Gagnon, Etienne, McElwain, Kenneth, & Shibuya, Yuya (2023) Good News or Bad News? Political
Social Media Messaging During the Tokyo Olympics. In Japanese Politics Online Seminar Series.
6. Hamm, Andrea, Shibuya, Yuya, Rehak, Rainer & Ullrich, André (2022) Insights on sustainabilityoriented change in mobility stimulated by civic IoT applications. In EJEA International Conference(2022)7. Avishai, Green†, Shibuya, Yuya, Trillo, Tommaso, Mizoroki, Saki, Scharlach, Rebecca, Hallinan,Blake, Park, Tim, Levi, Effi, Segev, Elad, Shenhav, Shaul and Shifman, Limor (2022) How toDo Things with “Values”: A Cross-Linguistic Analysis of the Meanings and Functions of a Core
Concept on Twitter. In the 2022 Internet Research Conference (AoIR2022)

8. Raetzsch, Christoph, Henriques, Diogo, Hamm, Andrea & Shibuya, Yuya (2022) Journalism andthe Democratic Interface: From Data Dashboards to Participatory Infrastructures. In 9th European Communication Conference (ECREA 2022).
9. Takagi, Soichiro, & Shibuya, Yuya (2021). The Value of Agglomeration: How informationtechnologies affect the incentives to live in the citie. In Proceedings of the 20th International
Conference of the Japan Economic Policy Association, November 6-7, Tokyo, Japan.
10. Shibuya, Yuya, Hamm, Andrea, Raetzsch, Christoph. (2021). From Data to Discourse: How
Communicating Civic Data Can Provide a Participatory Structure for Sustainable Cities and Communities. In Proceedings of the International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS),
July 13-15, 2021, Sweden.
11. Hamm, Andrea, Shibuya, Yuya, Ullrich, Stefan & Cerratto Pargman, Teresa. (2021). WhatMakes Civic Tech Initiatives To Last Over Time? Dissecting Two Global Cases. In Proceedingsof the 39th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’21), May
08–13, 2021, Yokohama, Japan. ACM, New York, NY, USA
12. Liu, Zhaoyuan, Shibuya, Yuya & Takagi, Soichiro (2020), Factors affecting inbound tourists toJapan: a panel data analysis. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of the Japan
Economic Policy Association, Nov 19th-20th, Hiroshima, Japan.
13. Takagi, Soichiro & Shibuya, Yuya. (2019), Macroeconomic Modeling of the Recovery fromNatural Disaster. In Proceedings of the Japan Association for Social and Economic SystemsStudies, Oct 26-27nd 2019. Nagoya, Japan.
14. Shibuya, Yuya & Tanaka, Hideyuki. (2019), Socio-Economic Disaster Recovery Captured by
Big Housing Market Data. In Proceedings of IEEE Globa Humanitarian Technology Conference(GHTC) 2019, Oct 18-21nd 2019. Seattle, WA. (Referred)
15. Shibuya, Yuya & Tanaka, Hideyuki. (2019), Detecting Disaster Recovery Activities via Social
Media Communication Topics. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information
Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2019), 706-718, May 19-22nd 2019.
Valencia, Spain. (Referred, Best Student Paper Nomination)
16. Shibuya, Yuya & Tanaka, Hideyuki. (2018), How Does Public Sentiment on Social Media Reflect
Socio-Economic Disaster Recovery? Poster session presented at the 5th International Conferenceon Information Communication Technologies for Disaster Management, Dec 4-7th 2018. Sendai,Miyagi, Tohoku University, Japan.
17. Shibuya, Yuya & Tanaka, Hideyuki. (2018), Topics of Social Media Communication and SocioEconomic Recovery. Poster session presented at ISCRAM ASIA PACIFIC 2018, Nov 5-7th 2018.
Wellington, New Zealand.
18. Shibuya, Yuya & Tanaka, Hideyuki (2018), Does Sentiment of Social Media Sense Mid-to LongTerm Socio-Economic Disaster Recovery? A Case Study of Hurricane Sandy Focusing on Housing
Demand. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the Japanese Economic Policy
Association (Oct. 2018). Fujisawa: Kanagawa, Keio University, Japan.
19. Shibuya, Yuya and Tanaka, Hideyuki. (2018). Public Sentiment and Demand for Used Cars after
A Large-Scale Disaster: Social Media Sentiment Analysis with Facebook Pages. In Proceedings ofthe 5th International Workshop on Social Web for Disaster Management (SWDM’18), February
9th, Los Angeles, CA. (Refereed)20. Shibuya, Yuya. (2017). Mining Social Media for Disaster Management: Leveraging Social
Media Data for Community Recovery, In Proceedings of IEEE Big Data workshop on the 2ndInternational workshop on application of big data for computational social science, Boston, MA.
3029-3036. (Refereed)
21. Shibuya, Yuya and Tanaka, Hideyuki (2017), A Demand Side Analysis of the Car Market after
the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011: A content analysis of Facebook Pages, In
Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of the Japanese Economic Policy Association,(Nov. 2017), Okinawa, Japan.
22. Shibuya, Yuya. (2016). Impacts of ICT tools in humanitarian logistics: A case study of theGreat Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011. In Proceedings of e-Case & e-Tech 2016-Fall, October
7-9, Taipei, in CD Proceeding. (Refereed, Distinguished Paper Award)
23. Shibuya, Yuya. (2016), A Typology for ICT-facilitated Citizen Coproduction: Pre- and PostDisaster, in Proceedings of NETs2016 (International Conference on Internet Studies), July 22-24,
2016, Osaka. (Refereed)
REFEREES
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