October 2023 – Present

Junior Associate Professor, Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology, Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan

April 2022 - September 2023

Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology, Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan

April 2020 - March 2022

Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Japan

April 2020 - March 2024

Visiting Researcher, Research Organization of Open Innovation and Collaboration The Research and Development on Regional Information Institute, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

April 2019 - March 2020

Research Associate, Mukogawa Institute of Esthetics in Everyday-Life, Mukohawa Women's University, Japan

April 2016 - March 2019

Doctor course, Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan

April 2014 - March 2019

Collaborative Graduate Program in Design, Kyoto University, Japan

April 2014 - March 2016

Master course, Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan

April 2010 - March 2014

Bachelor course, Undergraduate School of Architecture, Kyoto University, Japan

October 2023

Research Award for Young Researcher, Osaka Metropolitan University (Haruka Kato)

June 2021

Education and Research Award for Young Researcher, Osaka City University (Haruka Kato)

June 2020

Best Paper Award for Young Researchers, The City Plannnig Institute of Japan (Haruka Kato)

October 2019

Award for the Best Presentation, Annual Meeting of Architectural Institute of Japan (Haruka Kato)

August 2018

Award for the Best Presentation, 2018 International Conference of Asia-Pacific Planning Societies (Haruka Kato)

October 2017

Award for the Best Presentation, Annual Meeting of Architectural Institute of Japan (Haruka Kato)

August 2016

Award for the Best Presentation, Annual Meeting of Architectural Institute of Japan in Kansai (Haruka Kato)

September 2023 - March 2024

Action research for the community-based Edible Neighbourhood project, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology, Osaka Metropolitan University, JPY 150,000

July 2023 - March 2024

Development of impact evaluation methods for urban designs using medical big data, Strategic Research Promotion Project (Young Researcher), Osaka Metropolitan University, No. OMU-SRPP2023_YR05, JPY 1,000,000

December 2022 - March 2024

Community-led townscape design method utilizing Digital Twin, Research Grant for Urban Development, Organization for Promoting Urban Development, JPY 2,000,000

April 2021 - March, 2024

Spatio-temporal study on walkable neighborhoods for the “New Normal” using GPS location history data, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, No. 21K14318, JPY 4,420,000

April 2023 - February 2024

New Migration Policies for Peri-Metropolitan Cities Based on the "Urban Exodus" triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, Sasakawa Scientific Research Grant, Japan Science Society, No. 2023-1001, JPY 750,000

July 2022 - October 2023

Impact Evaluation of Walkable Design: Toward Smart City of Old New-Town, Practice Grant, Housing Research Foundation, No.2222, JPY 1,280,250

April 2022 - March 2023

Time-series analysis of the changes in home range and the number of cases of SARS-CoV-2 using GPS location history big data: Toward the walkable city, Incentive Research, Dai-ichi Life Foundation, JPY 800,000

December 2021 - November 2022

The relationship between walkability and future population from the viewpoint of real estate prices, Research Grant, Association of Real Estate Agents of Japan, JPY 1,000,000

May 2021 - March 2022

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Walkable Designs in Old New-Town Areas to Contain Medical Costs, Strategic Research Grant for Young Researchers, Osaka City University, JPY 1,000,000

June 2020 - October 2021

Scenario Planning in Old New-town focusing on walkability, Research Grant, Housing Research Foundation, No.2010, JPY 700,000

April 2020 - March 2021

Effect of Walkability on Sustainability in the Kansai Metropolitan Area, Research Grant, Obayashi Foundation, JPY 1,000,000

October 2019 - March 2021

Gentrification caused by guesthouses, Research Fund, The City Planning Institute of Japan, Kansai Branch, JPY 150,000

August 2019 - March 202

Evaluation by residents for aging society scenarios in suburban areas from viewpoints of walkability, Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity start-up, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, No.19K23558, JPY 1,560,000