Hidenori Harada
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University
The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University (double appointment)
2002 B.Sc. in Engineering, Kyoto University
2004 M.Sc. in Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University
2007 PhD in Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University
2006-2008 Research Fellow (DC and PD level), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2007 Visiting Researcher in EcoSanRes Program at Stockholm Environment Institute
2008 Research Fellow at the Research Center for Environmental Quality Management (RCEQM) , Kyoto University
2008-2011 Program-Specific Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University
2011-2020 Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University
2014-2015 Vistting Professor at the Department of Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development (SANDEC), Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG)
2020-Present Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Awards
Dec, 2020 Environmental Engineering Research Committee, Japan Society for Civil Engineers Environmental Technology/Project Award, Environmental Engineering Forum Action research of visualization on fecal contamination and exposure in a peri-urban slum in Zambia (Mayu Tsurumi, Hidenori Harada, Chua Min Li, Shigeo Fujii, Imasiku Nyambe, Meki Chirwa)
May, 2019 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) Award Transforming the fecal sludge emptying business (Hidenori Harada)
Dec, 2016 Environmental Engineering Committee, Japan Society of Civil Engineers Environmental Technology and Project Award International comparison of fecal sludge characteristics and dewatering performance in Vietnam, Uganda, Japan and Switzerland (H. Harada, M. Gold, S. Fujii, T. Nishida, J.D. Therrien, M. Cunningham, S. Semiyaga, V.A. Nguyen, C. Niwagaba, D. Caetano, L. Strande)
Oct, 2013 JSPS Asian Core Program Comprehensive Symposium III (CS3), Obaku Plaza, Uji Campus, Kyoto University Outstanding Presentation Award Urban Wastewater Management and Septic Tank’s Role: A case study in Nhue-Day River Basin (Hidenori Harada, Shigeo Fujii, Nguyen P, H. Lien, Huynh T. Hai, Ayano Takagi, Pham N. Anh)
Jun, 2012 Japan Water Prize Committee Japan Water Prize (Grand Prize) Emergent action against the Great East Japan Earthquake: deveopment of a simplified toilet system for sound water environment and disaster relief (Project team for future toile)
Nov, 2011 Environmental Engineering Research Committee, Japan Society for Civil Engineers Environmental Technology/Project Award, Environmental Engineering Forum Nine Asian cities comparison to extract water and environmental sanitation constraints in developing countries (Shigeo Fujii, Hidenori Harada, Nguyen Pham Hong Lien, Yuichi Kimoto, Pham Huong Giang, Toshiya Komai, Binaya Pasakhara, Chinagarn Kunacheva, Shuhei Tanaka)
Nov, 2011 Environmental Engineering Research Committee, Japan Society for Civil Engineers Best Paper Award, Environmental Engineering Research Phosphorus flow analysis in Hanoi focusing on wastewater, agriculture and stockbreeding (Hidenori Harada, Tasuku Adachi, Shigeo Fujii, Nguyen Pham Hong Lien, Huynh Trung Hai)
Sep, 2008 Sweden-Japan Joint Environment Colloquium, Stockholm. Best Poster Award Sanitation in Hanoi, Vietnam- the current state of sanitation facilities (Harada, H, Dong. N.T, Matsui, S)
Nov, 2003 Japan Association of Drainage and Environment Best Paper Award Introduction of urine-diversion toilets into Danphoung village, Vietnam (Hidenori Harada, Saburo Matsui, Tomonari Matsuda, Yoshihisa Shimizu, Hideki Utsumi, Satoyo Ono, Uno Winblad, Duong Trong Phi)