Mizuki Kawabata
Professor
Faculty of Economics, Keio University
2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 108-8345
Email: mizuki (at) keio.jp
Research Fields
Spatial Information Science, Economic Geography, Urban and Regional Policy
Education
1995 B.A. Keio University (Economics)
1997 M.M.G. Keio University (Media and Governance)
2002 Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Urban and Regional Planning) (Dissertation Committee: Frank Levy (thesis supervisor), Joseph Ferreira, Qing Shen, Moshe Ben-Akiva)
Classes (2024/2025 Academic Year)
Keio University:
Undergraduate: Economics and Environment, Economic Geography a, Economic Geography b, Seminar, Urban and Regional Mobility Industry
Graduate: Economic Geography, Seminar (Economic Geography/Society and Environment)
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies:
Spatial Analysis of Urban Policy
The University of Tokyo:
Graduate School of Public Policy & Graduate School of Economics: Urban and Regional Policy/ Urban Economic Policy
Note: I teach GIS basics and applications in most of the courses above.
Awards
2023 Geographic Information System Association Poster Session Award, Japan (Ren Maehira and Mizuki Kawabata)
2020 CSIS DAYS 2020 Excellent Joint Research Presentation, Center for Spatial Information Science at the University of Tokyo, Japan (Yukiko Abe, Mizuki Kawabata (presenter), and Yuki Shibatsuji)
2016 Geographic Information System Association Poster Session Award, Japan (Yuichi Kobayashi and Mizuki Kawabata)
2015 Best Paper Award, Applied Regional Science Conference, Japan
2006 Research Encouragement Award, GIS Association of Japan
2002 Barclay Gibbs Jones Award for Best Dissertation in Planning, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, U.S.
2002 Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT , U.S.
Qualification
GIS Professional certified by the U.S. GIS Certification Institute, 2005.09